Overview
Julie H. McConnell represents employers and public accommodations in complex litigation before federal, state and local agencies, courts and courts of appeals. Julie’s specific experience includes disputes involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state employment and accessibility statutes. Additionally, Julie represents employers in litigation involving disclosure of trade secrets, violation of noncompetition agreements and whistleblower disputes.
Julie counsels employers on a wide range of employment and workplace issues, such as personnel policies and practices, employment contracts, employee separations and terminations and internal investigations.
Julie maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing employers in various matters, as well as representing clients who are seeking asylum and immigration-related benefits in the United States.
Results
- Represented Fortune 100 company and prevailed at bench trial involving claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Represented multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate and successfully obtained the district court’s grant of summary judgment on disability discrimination claims under federal and California state law
- Represented defendant and obtained dismissal of lawsuit alleging discrimination under federal and state law brought by persons with mobility and psychiatric disabilities
- Represented leading entertainment company in prevailing on multiple disability discrimination claims before the Florida Commission on Human Relations
- Represented employers in internal workplace investigations involving allegations of sexual harassment and race and sex-based discrimination
Community
- American Bar Association
Credentials
Education
American University – Washington College of Law, JD, cum laude, 2015
Vanderbilt University, BA, magna cum laude, 2008
Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the District of Columbia
US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
