Profile
Joe Gebhardt is the founder and managing partner of Gebhardt & Associates, LLP, an employment law firm in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he has been an attorney for 37 years and has extensive courtroom, class action and appellate experience. He founded Gebhardt & Associates, LLP nearly 20 years ago to provide strong legal representation and advocacy for employees in the government and private business sectors. Since then, he has successfully represented hundreds of clients in high-profile and low-profile cases involving discrimination, disability and wrongful termination. He is recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as an AV-rated attorney, has earned the Super Lawyer designation awarded by Law & Politics and has been named in the top 1 percent of Washington lawyers by The Washingtonian magazine. A member of the American Bar Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, he focuses his practice on employment law cases involving federal employees, age discrimination and all other types of discrimination, civil rights, women's rights, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and disability. His published works include the report "Blueprint for Civil Service Reform, a Fund for Constitutional Government," which was a catalyst for the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.
About Joseph Gebhardt
Law School: Harvard Law School
Admitted: 1972, Washington D.C.
Professional Webpage: www.gebhardtlaw.com/Bio/JosephGebhardt.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Rated AV (Highest Lawyer's Rating) by Martindale-Hubbell
- Varsity Football and Wrestling, Cornell College, Iowa
- Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell College, Iowa
- Student Council President, Cornell College, Iowa
- Student Member, HLS and Harvard University Committees on Governance
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Member, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA)
- Member, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
- Member, American Bar Association
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1972
- District of Columbia, 1972
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1978
- Maryland, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2001
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Team Manager and Coach, Potomac Soccer Association, Potomac, MD, 1987 - 1992
- President, Glen Mar Park Community Association, Bethesda, MD, 1977 - 1978
- Member, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC) and Maryland Democratic Central Committee, 1986 - 1990
- Chair, Advisory Council, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1988 - 1990
- Chair, Vice Chair, and Federal Commissioner, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1978 - 1983
- Elected Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1974
- Elected Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1976
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1974
- The Offenses of Richard M. Nixon: A Guide To His Impeachable Crimes (Co-Author), New York Times Book Co., 1974
- Blueprint for Civil Service Reform, a Fund for Constitutional Government Report, (a Catalyst for the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978) (Co-Author), 1976
- Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1976
Educational Background:
- Cornell College, Iowa, B.A., in History, Magna Cum Laude, 1968
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