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Larry J. Stein, Esq. has been principal/owner in the The Law Offices of Larry J. Stein, L.L.C. since its founding in January 2006, representing federal and private sector employees in the full range of employment and labor matters including: Employment Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Disciplinary Actions, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims, Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination, Severance Agreements/Non-compete clauses. Mr. Stein formerly was Senior Counsel in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Litigation Division, U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he handled federal appellate, district court and administrative litigation, including highly complex employment and banking law cases. He was a Federal Government attorney for more than 30 years. Commendation from Eugene A. Ludwig, former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, for “admirable mix of professionalism and humanity” in defending the agency in multi-year, major sexual harassment litigation. Biddle v. Rubin, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 1996).
Mr. Stein has been a volunteer trained mediator with the Washington Field Office of the EEOC’s WISE program since 2019. In that role, he has mediated and resolved a wide range of employment disputes.
In his most significant case, Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41 (2012), the Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, established that a broader class of Federal Government employees now has access to the federal district courts to challenge their discriminatory removals from federal service. Prior to Kloeckner, these employees had no access to federal district court on their claims of discrimination.
Practice Areas:
Federal Labor and Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Disability Retirement, Disciplinary or Adverse Actions, Retaliation, Severance Agreements/Non-Compete Clauses
Admitted:
Pennsylvania, 1977; District of Columbia, 1986; Virginia, 2006.
U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth; District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Law School:
Washington College of Law, J.D., American University, Washington, D.C.
Cases:
Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41 (2012), wherein the Supreme Court established, unanimously, that a broader class of Federal Government employees now has access to federal district court to contest their discriminatory removals from the federal service. Prior to Kloeckner, these employees had no access to federal district court on their claims of discrimination; Nguyen v. Voorthuis Opticians, Inc., 478 F.Supp.2d 56 (D.D.C. 2007); Horton v. Bank One, N.A., 387 F.3d 426 (5th Cir. 2004); Ghiglieri v. Ludwig and Commercial Nat'l Bank, 125 F.3d 97 (5th Cir.1997); Biddle v. Dep't of the Treasury, 1996 WL 14001 (N.D.Ill. 1996); American Commerce Nat'l Bank v. Clarke, 974 F.2d 127 (9th Cir. 1992); First Nat'l Bank of Gordon v. Dep't of the Treasury, 911 F.2d 57 (8th Cir. 1990).
