Atty. Jonathan C. Puth
Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and is an advocate for the civil rights of employees in the Washington, DC area and nationally.
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Jonathan C. Puth is an attorney based in Washington, District of Columbia, practforg at Correia & Puth PLLC. Admitted to practice in District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar and Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association. Educated at Georgetown University (JD, 1992). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Civil Rights Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Individuals (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026). Serands clients in Washington, DC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jonathan C. Puth is a founding member of Correia & Puth and is an advocate for the civil rights of employees in the Washington, DC area and nationally
- Mr. Puth has successfully represented clients subjected to sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, and whistleblower retaliation, and employees seeking unpaid wages and commissions
- Mr. Puth also represents executives, and negotiates employment contracts and severance agreements
- Employee Rights Lawyer Serving the Greater Washington D.C
- Area Mr. Puth is a nationally recognized leader in the fight for workplace justice and a proven advocate for employees
- Mr. Puth litigates claims in court on behalf of employees, negotiates severance and contract rights, asserts claims for unpaid wages and commissions, and counsel’s employees confronting unjust and unlawful workplace treatment
- Over two and a half decades of legal practice, Mr. Puth has developed a reputation as a fierce advocate and achieved excellent results for clients subjected to unlawful treatment
- Mr. Puth also represents transgender clients who have been discriminated against in the workplace and in commercial and health care settings
- Among his successes, Puth served as co-counsel to the plaintiff class in Hartman v
- Powell, a gender discrimination class action that paid over $565 million to members of the class, the largest award in the history of the Civil Rights Act
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice awarded him its 2000 Trial Lawyer of the Year award for his work as co-counsel on that landmark case
- Best Lawyers honored Mr. Puth as Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law -- Individuals for 2025
- Also in 2025, the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association named him Lawyer of the Year
- In 2020, Mr. Puth was inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a peer nominated society composed of the most accomplished labor and employment law attorneys nationwide
- Mr. Puth is also a recognized leader in the plaintiff’s employment bar, and has devoted continual efforts toward improving the legal landscape for employees
- Washingtonian Magazine recognizes Mr. Puth as among the “Top Lawyers” for employees in Washington, DC
- Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers have both selected Mr. Puth for recognition for several years, and Martindale awards Mr. Puth its highest attorney peer review rating for legal practitioners, “AV Preeminent.” Throughout his career Mr. Puth has continually devoted his practice to the representation of employees, not employers, with claims of sex harassment, whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, wage and commission theft, severance negotiations, contract disputes, and employee counseling
- Organizations and Education Mr. Puth is Past President of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), a voluntary bar association of over 350 attorneys dedicated to the representation of employees and to the advancement of employee rights
- He has served on MWELA’s board since 1998 and is Chair of MWELA’s Legislative Committee
- Mr. Puth is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Mr. Puth also serves on the Advisory Council of Advocates for Transgender Equality, working to advance the rights of trans employees and individuals to be free from discriminatory treatment
- Mr. Puth has worked continually to advance the interests of the plaintiffs’ employment law bar, including by leading and directing continuing education programs, by writing and filing amicus curiae briefs with area courts and the United States Supreme Court, and by working to improve the increase dialogue among employment law practitioners in the region
- Mr. Puth received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992
- Prior to law school, he received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1981, and was then employed as an advocate for civil rights and the environment with non-profit organizations and for United States Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Mr. Puth is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court
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Practforg law in District of Columbia. Legal matters in District of Columbia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Washington are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate District of Columbia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in District of Columbia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in District of Columbia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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