The Quality of Your Legal Representation Matters

FEDS legal representation is one of the main reasons FEDS is recommended over all other carriers by the leading federal employee associations.

  

Our panels of law firms have 30+ years of specific experience in representing federal employees. Shaw, Branford and Roth leads our panel, providing representation on a wide range of employment law and federal personnel issues. 

 

Founded in 1982, Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. provides quality legal representation on a wide range of employment law and federal personnel law issues. The focus of this practice is on discipline and adverse action cases, employment discrimination complaints, Inspector General and Internal Affairs investigations, security clearance issues, and other federal and private-sector employment disputes. SB&R attorneys litigate cases before the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Foreign Service Grievance Board, and federal and state courts. The firm is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers®. The law firm is also listed on the GSA Schedule and is available to perform legal services for federal agencies. Since the inception of the FEDS program, we have drawn upon the expertise of Shaw Bransford & Roth to provide our insureds with the best legal representation possible, and we continue to proudly have the firm lead our panel of attorneys.

Meet Your Counsel

Debra L. Roth is the managing partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where she has practiced since 1989. Ms. Roth’s law practice concentrates on representing federal officials and employees in all aspects of federal personnel employment law. Her practice focuses on representing federal executives and managers, and on representation of federal employees and law enforcement officers in Inspector General, internal, and congressional investigations. Read her Full Bio here.

Julia H. Perkins is a partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where she has practiced federal personnel and employment law since 2009. Ms. Perkins also regularly hosts FEDtalk on Federal News Radio. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Perkins was a Senior Counsel for Employment at the United States Senate, representing Senate offices on labor and employment law issues. Read her Full Bio here.

Christopher J. Keeven is a partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where he has practiced federal employment and personnel law since 2009.  Mr. Keeven is experienced in representing individuals and employers in a wide array of employment matters, including: litigation, appeals, investigations, disciplinary proceedings, and the security clearance process. Read his Full Bio here.

James P. Garay Heelan is an associate attorney at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where he has practiced federal personnel and employment law since 2012. Mr. Heelan has additional experience as a judicial intern in litigation against the federal government and as an intern at a law firm supporting litigation on behalf of American Indian communities against the federal government for violation of the federal trust relationship with those communities. Read his Full Bio here.

Conor Dirks is an associate attorney at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where he has practiced federal personnel and employment law since 2013. In law school, Mr. Dirks clerked at Shaw Bransford & Roth, and conducted legal research on a wide array of federal employment cases. He has helped craft decisions in cases involving government fraud, shareholder derivative actions, and family law, among others. Read his Full Bio here.

Michael Sgarlat is an associate attorney at Shaw Bransford & Roth, where he has practiced federal personnel and employment law since 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sgarlat worked at a law firm representing both state and federal employees facing adverse actions, primarily in EEO matters and has clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for U.S. Attorney and General Counsel’s Office while in law school.  Read his Full Bio here.

Lisa Kleine is an associate attorney with the firm, where she practices federal personnel and employment law, drawing on her expertise in litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Kleine was a civil trial attorney for almost 10 years. Since 2010, she has worked on federal employment law matters as an equal employment opportunity investigator and federal agency decision writer for various federal agencies. Read her Full Bio here.

 

The Jeffery Law Group, PLLC concentrates their practice exclusively in the areas of federal employment, labor and security clearance law. The attorneys at The Jeffrey Law Group, PLLC, frequently practice before the MSPB, EEOC and DOHA. The Jeffrey Law Group, PLLC, brings dedication and talent to providing effective counsel for federal employees, supervisors, managers, executives and contractors, as well as federal-sector unions, agencies, and employee associations. The attorneys of the firm concentrate their practice exclusively in the areas of federal employment, labor and security clearance law. The firm frequently represents federal employees and contractors nationwide and those stationed abroad.

 

Meet Your Counsel

Upon graduation from law school, there was no question that Peter Jeffrey would practice labor and employment law after internship experience at the NARA, where he found that solving the labor and employment problems of his fellow co-workers was his true passion and purpose. As the founding member of the Jeffrey Law Group, PLLC, Peter continues to advocate for fairness in the workplace, with a focus on honest, straightforward advice, and efficient representation for busy clients. Read his Full Bio here.

Elizabeth K. Newman focused on labor and employment law at American University’s Washington College of Law, interning at the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  After law school, Liz joined the NLRB as a staff attorney on a Board Member staff.  In 2007, wishing to directly assist Federal employees, Liz left the NLRB to practice at a Washington, DC employment law firm, where she worked with Peter Jeffrey.  Seeing a kindred hard worker, Liz has practiced with Peter for almost ten years.  Together, they focus on honest, straightforward advice for their clients. Because her clients have put hard work into their Federal careers, she works equally hard to help them in their Federal employment matters. Read her Full Bio here.

 

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