Atty. Janette M. Blee
Janette Blee focuses her practice in all areas of employment and labor law. For well over twenty years she has counseled and represented employers and individuals in matters involving a wide variety of employment law issues, including discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, protected concerted activity, and other civil rights claims.
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Janette M. Blee is an Of Counsel based in Washington, District of Columbia, practicing at Carr Maloney P.C.. They have 37+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1989. Their practice focuses on employment, business, and civil rights. Admitted to practice in Virginia Maryland District of Maryland Eastern District of Virginia Western District of Virginia (1989). Educated at George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1989) and Mount Saint Mary's College (B.A., 1986). Active member of Virginia State Bar Association American Bar Association. Serands clients in Washington, DC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Janette Blee focuses her practice in all areas of employment and labor law
- For well over twenty years she has counseled and represented employers and individuals in matters involving a wide variety of employment law issues, including discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, protected concerted activity, and other civil rights claims
- She also is skilled in complex commercial litigation, business law, directors and officers liability (D&O) issues, civil rights matters, and defense of nonprofits and religious institutions
- Janette’s clients rely on her to help them successfully manage the multiple aspects of the employment relationship and ever-changing employment laws, including issues of hiring, discharge, discipline, discrimination, workplace harassment, sexual harassment, family-and-medical leave, overtime and wage-and-hour matters, and restrictive covenants including noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements
- She uses her trial skill and experience to position clients to avoid litigation, or if litigation becomes necessary, to achieve the best possible results
- Her risk management services include negotiating and drafting executive, employment, and severance agreements
- employee handbooks
- and other employment-related documents
- When litigation is necessary, Janette defends her clients and pursues a diverse array of employment claims in the state and federal court systems, in arbitration, and at the administrative level
- Janette takes the time to get to know her clients on a personal level
- She has extensive experience with high-publicity cases, and is sensitive to how litigation and legal issues can affect a client on many levels
- After earning her law degree, Janette served as a law clerk to the judges in the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria, Virginia
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Civil rights attorneys for discrimination, police misconduct, constitutional rights, and civil liberties cases.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in District of Columbia
Practicing 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 substantive 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 substantive 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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