Lenore C. Garon Washington, District of Columbia
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| phone | (202) 496-0400 |
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Lenore Garon is a senior appellate and trial attorney who handles employee appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals and major motions and discovery in the U.S. District Court. After a long career as a U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission lawyer, Ms. Garon now uses her considerable legal skills to protect the rights of federal employees. For example, her appellate advocacy helped establish a liberal standard in the D.C. Circuit for employment discrimination cases in the 2008 Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms case. A former Stanford Law Review member and a 2007 contestant on the popular television quiz program, Jeopardy!, Ms. Garon works half-time for Gebhardt & Associates, LLP in an Of Counsel capacity and is licensed in Virginia, where she resides, and in the District of Columbia.
- Areas of Practice:
- Federal and State Court Appeals
- Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights
- Federal Employment Law
- Civil Service Law
- Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship (Virginia)
- Bar Admissions:
- Virginia, 1996
- District of Columbia, 1973
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1975
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
- Education:
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California,
1972
J.D.
Law Review: Stanford Law Review, Note Editor - University of Rochester,
1969
B.A.
Honors: Editor of College Newspaper
Honors: Member, College Judicial Council
Major: History
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Women's Bar Association
- Member
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Member
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
- Member
- Fairfax Bar Association, VA
- Member
- Law Office of Lenore C. Garon, PLLC, 1991 - Present
- Principal and Lead Attorney
- Boone & Associates, P.C., a healthcare law firm, Fairfax, VA, 1998 - Present
- Of Counsel Attorney
- Past Employment Positions:
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Certified Guardian Ad Litem
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Trial Attorney, 1976 - 1983
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Trial Attorney, 1972 - 1976
