R. Scott Oswald

R. Scott Oswald is an American trial lawyer known for his litigation prowess on employment discrimination and whistleblower protection. He is the Managing Principal of the Employment Law Group.

Education background

R. Scott Oswald received his law degree from Howard University School of Law. He is also a graduate of University of Virginia and Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming.

Career

R. Scott Oswald has been a trial lawyer for decades with records of litigation accomplishments in employment discrimination, whistleblower protection and other areas of trial law. He championed the cause of using whistleblower anti-retaliation laws in securing monetary damages for whistleblowers. His litigation cases helped the establishment of the vanguard of employment and whistleblower law for federal employee whistleblowers.

Oswald's legal practices have been featured in national publications including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Times, Medical Practice Compliance Alert, Employment Law360, Workforce Management Magazine, and some others.

Oswald serves as the Co-Chair for the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Complex Litigation Subcommittee. He also serves as the Bench-Bar Committee Chair for the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and has been its former president. He is a board member and CLE-Chair of the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association. He is the faculty chair of The Washington D.C. Bar's "Changing Currents in Employment Law" CLE and a regular panelist on the D.C. Bar's "Fundamentals of Employment Law" series.

Oswald lectures and speaks regularly on employment and whistleblower law with particular focus on the trial of employment and whistleblower protection claims in state and federal courts. He has authored articles on federal and state whistleblower and employment law protections.

Awards and recognition

  • Listed as one of top Top 100 Trial Lawyers by National Trial Lawyers
  • Listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2013
  • Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Washington, DC by Super Lawyers
  • Listed in Top 100 Super Lawyer in Washington, D.C., 2015 and 2016
  • Listed as one of "Top Ten Employment Lawyers" in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.
  • Awarded a Martindale Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review rating

See also

  • Employment discrimination
  • Labour law
  • Whistleblower Protection Act
  • Whistleblower protection in the United States