Workplace Discrimination & Harassment Attorneys in Northern Virginia
Your Job Should Depend on Your Work, Not Who You Are
Race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, national origin. We pursue and defend claims under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and the Virginia Human Rights Act across Northern Virginia.
Protected for a Reason
Federal and Virginia Law Both Have Your Back
300 Days
Typical deadline to file a charge with the EEOC in Virginia
Title VII
Plus the ADA, the ADEA, and the Virginia Human Rights Act
Both Sides
We pursue claims for employees and defend them for employers
Sources: U.S. EEOC; Title VII, ADA, and ADEA; Virginia Human Rights Act.
Discrimination and harassment are not just unfair, they are illegal, and the protections come from two directions at once. Federal law and Virginia’s own expanded Human Rights Act both apply, which gives employees more options and gives employers more to get right.
When the Workplace Turns Hostile, We Step In
Discrimination is not always loud. Sometimes it is a promotion that never comes, a schedule that punishes one group, or a culture fit excuse that always lands on the same kind of person. Harassment can be a single severe incident or a steady drip that makes the job unbearable.
Federal law, through Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA, protects employees from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and age. Virginia’s Human Rights Act adds its own broader protections and applies to many smaller employers.
We represent employees who were targeted or pushed out, and we defend employers facing a claim. The case usually turns on the pattern, the documents, and how the complaint was handled, and we build it on all three.
Schedule a ConsultationWhere We Come In
- ✓ You were passed over because of a protected trait
- ✓ You face harassment that management ignored
- ✓ You reported discrimination, and nothing changed
- ✓ You were denied a reasonable accommodation
- ✓ You are an employer facing a discrimination charge
- ✓ You need a complaint to be investigated the right way
What We Handle
Discrimination & Harassment Matters We Handle
From a hostile work environment to a denied accommodation, we build the pattern and the proof.
Hostile Work Environment
Harassment severe or pervasive enough to change the conditions of your job.
Disparate Treatment
Being treated worse than others because of a protected trait.
Failure to Accommodate
A disability or religious accommodation that was wrongly denied.
Pregnancy Discrimination
Adverse treatment tied to pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions.
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
Job benefits tied to tolerating unwelcome conduct.
Employer Defense
Businesses facing a charge, defended with a clean investigation and record.
Why Employees and Employers Trust Us
We See the Pattern
Discrimination often hides in comparisons. We line up how others were treated to expose it.
Federal and State
We use Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA alongside the Virginia Human Rights Act for the strongest position.
We Move on Deadlines
An EEOC charge runs on a roughly 300-day clock in Virginia. We file in time, every time.
Both Sides of the Claim
We pursue justice for employees and defend employers with a documented, good-faith record.
What to Expect
How Working With Us Begins
1
Consultation
Tell us what happened. We listen, ask the right questions, and find the claims or the exposure in your situation.
2
Review the Record
We read the contract, the emails, the pay records, and the policies, then tell you plainly where you stand and what your deadlines are.
3
Assert or Protect
We file the charge, send the demand, negotiate the severance, or build the compliant policy, with a clear plan and your goals at the center.
4
Resolve or Try It
We push for the strongest resolution available and are fully prepared to take it to the EEOC, to court, or to trial.
Attorney Insight
“Discrimination cases are rarely about one bad comment. They are about a pattern, and patterns live in comparisons. Who got the promotion, who got written up for the same thing that others did without consequence, what changed after someone disclosed a pregnancy or a disability. My job is to gather those comparisons and show the through-line. On the employer side, the best defense is almost always a complaint that was taken seriously and investigated honestly. Whichever side I am on, the record made before the lawyers arrived usually decides the case.”
Anthony I. Shin, Esq.
Founder, Shin Law Office
Common Questions
Answers Before You Call
What counts as illegal discrimination?
Treating someone worse in a job because of a protected trait such as race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, or national origin. It can show up in hiring, pay, promotions, discipline, or firing.
What makes harassment unlawful?
When it is severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment, or when job benefits are tied to tolerating it. A single serious incident can qualify, and so can a steady pattern.
Do I have to file with the EEOC first?
For most federal claims, yes, and the deadline in Virginia is generally about 300 days. We handle the charge and the timing so the process does not trip you up.
My employer ignored my complaint. Does that matter?
Yes. How a complaint was handled is often central. An employer that ignored or buried a report weakens its own defense and strengthens your claim.
What is a reasonable accommodation?
An adjustment that lets an employee with a disability, or a religious need, do the job, unless it causes the employer undue hardship. Denying a reasonable one can be unlawful.
I am an employer facing a charge. What should I do?
Do not retaliate, preserve the records, and get counsel early. We help you respond to the charge, run a proper investigation, and defend the claim.
Stand Up to Workplace Discrimination
Whether you were targeted or you are defending your business, these cases turn on the pattern and the record. Let us look at yours. Serving employees and employers across Northern Virginia.
Prefer to talk now? Reach Anthony I. Shin, Esq. at 571-445-6565.
Based in Loudoun County and serving clients across Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland, we know that when everything’s on the line, the right attorney doesn’t just make a difference, they determine the outcome.
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