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Debra A. D’Agostino is a
Partner with Tully Rinckey PLLC and concentrates her practice in federal sector employment and labor law.
Debra provides representation to federal employees throughout the country in a wide range of personnel matters, including claims related to discrimination, sexual harassment, equal pay, classification, and adverse/disciplinary actions. She has represented clients at all stages of the administrative process before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Merit Systems Protection Board, and Office of Special Counsel and regularly facilitates successful settlements prior to litigation.
Debra
has
significant
experience
practicing
before
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission,
the
Merit
Systems
Protection
Board,
and the
Office
of
Special
Counsel.
Additionally,
Debra
has
represented
clients
in
appellate
matters
before
the
EEOC’s
Office
of
Federal
Operations
and the
U.S.
Courts
of
Appeals
for the
Federal
and D.C.
Circuits.
Debra
also has
experience
practicing
before
the U.S.
Court of
Federal
Claims
and
representing
D.C.
government
employees
before
the D.C.
Office
of
Employee
Appeals.
Prior to
joining
Tully
Rinckey,
Debra
served
as an
associate
with
Passman
&
Kaplan,
P.C., a
well-known
law firm
in the
D.C.
area,
where
she
specialized
in
providing
representation
to
federal
sector
employees
in
issues
related
to labor
and
employment
law.
Debra
earned
her
Juris
Doctorate
with
honors
from the
George
Washington
University
Law
School
in
2001.
During
law
school,
she
served
as
president
of the
Law
Association
for
Women
and as
Chair of
the
Student
Bar
Association’s
Committee
on
Discrimination
and
Harassment.
She also
served
in
several
clerkships,
including
for New
York
State
Sen.
Charles
E.
Schumer,
where
she
researched
Native
American
land
claims,
and for
NARAL
Pro-Choice
America.
In
addition
to her
Juris
Doctorate,
Debra
holds a
B.A. in
Sociology
with a
minor in
Women’s
Studies
from New
York
University.
Debra is
currently
on the
Executive
Board of
the
Metropolitan
Washington
Area
Employment
Lawyers
Association
and a
member
of the
National
Employment
Lawyer’s
Association’s
Amicus
Committee.
She is
admitted
to
practice
in the
U.S.
Court of
Appeals
for the
District
of
Columbia
Circuit,
the U.S.
Court of
Appeals
for the
Federal
Circuit,
and New
York
State.
In her
free
time,
Debra
enjoys
amateur
boxing,
cooking,
and
D.C.’s
favorite
pastime
-
politics.
Publications
Federal employees Legal Survival Guide, How to Protect & Enforce Your Job Rights, 2nd Edition (Contributor)
Recommended
Changes
to the EEOC
Federal
Sector
Law,
Regulations,
and
Procedures
BNA
Employment
Discrimination
Reporter,
Vol. 32,
No.15,
April
15,
2009;
BNA
Government
Employee
Relations
Reporter,
Vol. 47,
No.
2300,
April
14, 2009
(Co-author)
Various
articles
for
Fedweek.com’s
Federal
Legal
Corner,
including
EEOC
Issues
Decisions
on
Sanctions;
Establishing
a
Discrimination
Case;
and
TSA
Found
Liable
for
Discrimination
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