Stephen Pershing
Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.
- Biography
I’m a civil rights plaintiffs’ lawyer by lifelong passion and three decades of experience. Now of counsel to one of D.C.’s leading employment law firms, I was previously in sole practice representing individuals and organizations after litigating for the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Department’s civil rights division, and an elite public interest firm. I am also a longtime adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School.
- Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employment Discrimination, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- Since 2006
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- Languages
- French:
Spoken, Written - German:
Spoken, Written - Hebrew:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Of counsel
- Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.
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2023 –
Current
- Adjunct faculty
- George Washington University Law School
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1999 –
Current
- Principal
- Pershing Law PLLC
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2014 –
2022
- Sole practice in employment and other civil rights law, elder law, mediation.
- Founding director and faculty
- Washington Consortium for Law Externships and Exchange
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2011 –
2016
- Washington law semester program for a consortium of law schools across the U.S.
- Director and faculty
- UCDC Law Program
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2009 –
2011
- Washington semester program for students at the law schools of the University of California.
- Senior litigation counsel
- Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.
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2005 –
2009
- Senior trial attorney
- U.S. Justice Department, Civil Rights Division
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1996 –
2005
- Legal director
- ACLU of Virginia
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1989 –
1996
- Education
- University of Virginia School of Law
- J.D. (1987)
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- Harvard University
- B.A. (1979)
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- Professional Associations
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Ass’n
- Vice president
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2017 –
Current -
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Maryland State Bar
 # 1412040006
- Member
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2014 –
Current -
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District of Columbia Bar
 # 482580
- Member
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2006 –
Current -
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Virginia State Bar
 # 31012
- Member
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1990 –
Current -
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American Bar Ass’n
 # 00589484
- Member
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1990 –
Current -
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