About THE LAW OFFICE OF GERALD L. GILLIARD, ESQ., LLC
Gerald L. Gilliard is the principal counsel of The Law Office of Gerald L. Gilliard, Esq., LLC.
Tel. (202) 827-9753
Fax. (202) 478-1783
E-Mail: ggilliard@employmentlegalteam.com
Website: www.employmentlegalteam.com
Mr. Gilliard’s subject matter expertise includes extensive practice before federal courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and U.S. Office of Special Counsel, and in the areas of employment and labor relations law, adverse and performance based actions, alleged discrimination and whistleblower reprisal, security clearance revocations, competitive and non-competitive promotions, suitability determinations, background investigations, probationary periods, pay and benefits, worker's compensation, hours of duty and time and attendance, performance assessment and deficiencies, and disability retirement, and removal, standards of conduct, and investigations.
Victories for Mr. Gilliard’s clients include a 2017 victory at an EEOC hearing for a federal employee, the 2014 execution of a sizable private litigation settlement of an Americans with Disabilities Act complaint (despite the client's untimely death), 2013 reinstatement of a federal police officer fired for being a witness in a fellow officer's EEOC case, the 2008 reinstatement of two African-American male TSA screening officers barred from work for wearing hair braids, the successful 2009 defense of the security clearance of a federal security officer with a dual U.S.-Jordan citizenship, obtaining back pay and reinstatement for a Federal officer fired for falling asleep on post in 2008, and orchestrating the 2010 dismissal of an agency executive who falsified payroll records. Mr. Gilliard was an associate with the only law firm to successfully take to trial companies profiting illegally from the Iraq postwar reconstruction. Since then, Mr. Gilliard has represented employees facing workplace discrimination and unwarranted adverse actions and has served as counsel to employment and government contracts departments of two prominent Washington law firms.