Donna Williams Rucker Washington, District of Columbia
| Senior Trial Attorney, since
2008 | |
| phone | (202) 496-0400 |
| fax | |
Senior trial attorney Donna Williams Rucker heads the Firm's practice in private sector employee cases at the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC), as well as our cases for D.C. Government employees, fire fighters, and police officers. Known as one of the best employment litigators in the Washington, DC area, Ms. Rucker has demonstrated a passionate commitment to employment discrimination and civil rights litigation for over 20 years. She has handled a voluminous number of trials, court hearings, administrative hearings, and EEOC charges of employment discrimination. Ms. Rucker also assists clients who have distinct legal needs in bankruptcy, personal injury, police brutality, and corporate counsel. A former Magistrate Judge in Virginia, Ms. Rucker joined Gebhardt & Associates, LLP in 2008 and works at the partner level.
Credentials:
- Extensive jury trial, courtroom, negotiations, deposition, and administrative hearing experience during 22 years of active law practice
- Areas of Practice:
- Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights
- U.S. District Court Trials and Hearings
- D.C. Superior Court Trials and Hearings
- EEOC Charges of Discrimination (Private Sector Employees)
- D.C. Fire & EMS Trial Board Cases
- Federal and D.C. EEO Administrative Hearings
- Settlement Negotiations and Mediation
- D.C. Office of Human Rights Discrimination Cases
- D.C. Office of Employee Appeals Cases
- Wage and Hour Litigation
- Civil Rights (Non-Employment)
- Bankruptcy
- Personal Injury
- Corporate Counsel for Small Businesses, Non-Profit Orgns. & Trade Associations
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1988
- District of Columbia, 1998
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- Education:
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
1986
J.D.
Honors: Member, Labor Law Moot Court Team - City College of New York (C.C.N.Y.),
1983
B.A.
Major: Pre-Law
Major: Public Speaking & Debate
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Member
- National Association of Women Judges
- Member
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- DuBoff & Associates, Chartered, Silver Spring, MD, Senior Attorney, 1998 - 2008
- Alexander, Bearden, Hairston & Marks, Silver Spring, MD, Senior Attorney, 1993 - 1997
- Williams & Associates, P.C., Washington, DC, Principal and Lead Attorney, 1989 - 1997
- 18th Judicial Circuit, Alexandria, VA, Magistrate Judge, 1987 - 1988
