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Daniel K. Gebhardt 
Washington, District of Columbia
Trial Associate, since 2003
phone (202) 496-0400
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Trial associate Dan Gebhardt utilizes his professional experience from several of the country's most prestigious medical institutions to head the Firm's practice in disability retirement for federal employees. Mr. Gebhardt also works in all aspects of the Firm's litigation, including assisting with trials and complex mediations, negotiating settlements and preparing settlement agreements, participating in mediations before judges and other mediators, taking and defending depositions, advising clients, negotiating and drafting contracts, and preparing complaints, motions, oppositions to motions, appellate briefs, discovery requests and responses, and memoranda of law for cases in the federal courts and administrative agencies. Dan Gebhardt joined Gebhardt & Associates, LLP in 2003.

Before joining the Firm, Dan Gebhardt worked as a Judicial Intern for Chief Justice Haldane Robert Mayer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1999. He has also worked for the Office of Legislative and International Affairs at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; the Altheimer & Gray law firm, Shanghai, China office; and the Trattner & Associates law firm in Washington, DC. Mr. Gebhardt is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and New Jersey. In 2001, he earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and an LL.M. from the University of Melbourne Law School in Australia. Mr. Gebhardt graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a double major in biology and religious studies.

Credentials:

  • Experience in disability retirement for federal employees, civil litigation in federal court, administrative hearings, contracts, and intellectual property matters.
Areas of Practice:
Federal Employment Law
Disability Retirement
Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights
Whistleblower Rights
Class Actions and Multi-Party Cases
Contracts
International Law
Intellectual Property
Corporate Counsel
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 2005
District of Columbia, 2007
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2005
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 2007
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2001
J.D.
Law Journal: Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, Articles Editor


University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, , Australia, 2001
LL.M.
Major:  Asian and Commercial Law


University of Michigan, 1995
B.S.
Honors: With Honors
Major:  Biology
Major:  Religious Studies


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Member
American Bar Association (ABA)


ABA Section of International Law
Member


National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
Member


Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Trattner & Associates, Associate, 2001 - 2002


Altheimer & Gray, Shanghai, China Office, Summer Law Clerk, 2001


U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Legislative and International Affairs, Intern, 2000


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Chambers of Chief Judge Haldane Robert Mayer, Judicial Intern, 1999


University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Depart-ment of Urology, Houston, Texas, Research Assistant/Molecular Biologist, 1996 - 1998


University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Medicine, Oncology, Research Assistant/Molecular Biologist, 1995 - 1996


University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Urology, Research Assistant/Molecular Biologist, 1994


National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Rockville, Maryland, Research Assistant/Molecular Biologist, 1993 - 1994