District of Columbia license and practice

Edgar N. James is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and is an Active member of the District of Columbia Bar (admitted December 19, 1980). Verify the current record at https://my.dcbar.org/memberdirectory before hiring an attorney.

Edgar N. James is a Washington, DC employment law attorney at James & Hoffman, P.C., where he focuses on labor and employment law. He previously served as general counsel to the Allied Pilots Association for 25 years and has handled Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions. He is a senior editor of the American Bar Association’s Railway Labor Act treatise. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1979 and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health in 1979, and his undergraduate degree from Portland State University in 1969. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland, and he has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia since 1980.

Matters this legal field covers

Employment legal work may cover discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour disputes, wrongful termination, and workplace policies.

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