Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Washington, DC

Scott Oswald is an accomplished trial lawyer who has brought more than three dozen trials to verdict. He has recovered more than $120 million in judgments and settlements for his clients.

Mr. Oswald litigates employment and whistleblower actions nationwide. He has broken new ground in whistleblower law:

* First Sarbanes-Oxley Act liability verdict to withstand appeal

* First reported jury verdict under new (2009) anti-retaliation provisions of False Claims Act

* First Dodd-Frank Act retaliation lawsuit to reach discovery in federal court.

Mr. Oswald has significant experience with qui tam cases. He has fought for employees' rights under federal statutes including Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, and USERRA. He represents clients in non-compete, wage, and overtime actions in federal and state courts, and spoken up for whistleblowers before federal agencies and on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Oswald is recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America, a top 100 Super Lawyer in Washington, D.C., and one of the“Top Ten Employment Lawyers” in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area by Top Ten Leaders. He is an American Lawyer Magazine “Top Rated Lawyer.”  Mr. Oswald has been awarded a Martindale Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review rating and is rated 10 out of 10 by Avvo.

Mr. Oswald serves as the Co-Chair the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Complex Litigation Subcommittee and as a board member and CLE-Chair of the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Oswald is a Past-President of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and serves as its Bench-Bar Committee Chair.