Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Washington, DC

At The Employment Law Group, P.C., R. Scott Oswald is the managing principal attorney. With over 40 jury trials in his past, he is an accomplished, experienced trial lawyer handling employment law, civil rights and consumer immigration cases. For over 20 years, Mr. Oswald has worked with the people of Washington, D.C., to meet their needs and has settlement and judgment totals of over $200 million for his clients.

With an Avvo “Superb” rating, Mr. Oswald has also been selected for inclusion into the Best Lawyer in America list eight times. He is currently the chair of the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee, and co-chair of the American Bar Association’s employment law subcommittee. A former president of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, he is currently head of the bench-bar committee. He is also a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Recently, Lawdragon named Mr. Oswald as one of the top 500 United States plaintiff-side employment lawyers, and in 2018, he was included in the Top Lawyer list by Washingtonian Magazine. He studied law at Howard University and graduated with his Juris Doctor and then extended his skills at the Trial Lawyers College. For his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, Mr. Oswald holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.

Admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., Mr. Oswald has broken ground in several areas of whistleblower law. In federal court, he was involved with the first retaliation lawsuit to reach discovery under the Frank-Dodd Act. He obtained the first jury verdict under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013’s whistleblower protection and had the first jury verdict under the False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation provisions.

* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.