Myrrel C. Hendricks Jr. Washington, District of Columbia
| Senior Trial Attorney/Of Counsel, since
2004 | |
| phone | (202) 496-0400 |
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| Email Me | |
Senior trial attorney Myrrel Hendricks is the Firm's lead lawyer in federal whistleblower and disciplinary cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Mr. Hendricks has unmatched experience in MSPB cases, having represented both employees and agencies before the Board and having served as an MSPB Administrative Judge and as legal counsel to MSPB Board Member Dennis M. Devaney. Mr. Hendricks is considered one of the best defenders of government whistleblowers. He also represents federal employees before the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. District Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals. Mr. Hendricks is Of Counsel and a key advisor to Gebhardt & Associates, LLP. He holds appointments for clients who live in Baltimore and in Baltimore County, MD where he lives.
Credentials:
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Thirty years of experience in federal administrative hearings and related federal court appeals; extensive experience in court hearings, negotiations, and depositions
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Experience, early in his career, in private law practice in both federal court and administrative cases, non-profit organization matters, and executive severance agreements
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Named currently to the Washingtonian Magazine Top 1% for his defense of government whistleblowers
- Areas of Practice:
- Federal Administrative Hearings (30 Years of Experience)
- Whistleblower Rights Cases before the OSC, the MSPB, and the Federal Courts
- Disciplinary Cases before Federal Agencies, the MSPB, and the Federal Courts
- Settlement Negotiations and Mediation
- Security Clearance Cases
- Veterans' Re-Employment Rights Under USERRA
- Special Retirement Benefits Cases before the OPM, the MSPB, & the Federal Courts
- Annuity Overpayment Cases before the OPM, the MSPB, and the Federal Courts
- Disability Retirement Applications to the OPM and Appeals to the MSPB
- Disability Discrimination Claims before the EEOC and the Federal Courts
- Discrimination Cases before EEOC, Federal Courts & District of Columbia Courts
- Federal Employee Appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit
- Executive Severance Agreements
- Corporate Counsel for Non-Profit Organizations
- Corporate Counsel for Trade Associations and Small Businesses
- Bar Admissions:
- District of Columbia, 1979
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1984
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1987
- Education:
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
1979
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude - California State University at San Bernardino,
1976
B.S.
Honors: With High Honors
Major: Psychology
Minor: Political Science
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Member
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attorney
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (on detail)
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Attorney, 1986 - 2004
- MSPB, Administrative Judge
- Honorable Dennis M. Devaney, MSPB Board Member, Legal Counsel, 1982 - 1986
- Tighe, Curhan & Piliero, Associate, 1981 - 1982
- Webster, Chamberlain and Bean, Associate, 1979 - 1981
