Attorney
Lynne Bernabei has been litigating employment discrimination, civil rights, and whistleblower cases for over thirty years. She is a founding partner of Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, where she handles claims of civil rights violations, and discrimination cases across the country. Although the practice focuses on cases in state and federal court in the Mid-Atlantic region, she has also litigated cases in New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Ms. Bernabei received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1972. In 1977, she received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Ms. Bernabei clerked for the Honorable William B. Bryant, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, from 1977-1978.
Ms. Bernabei has been selected for inclusion in all editions of The Best Lawyers In America since 2006 and in SuperLawyers from 2007 to the present. From 2002 onward, the Washingtonian magazine named Lynne Bernabei one of Best Attorneys in Washington, D.C. In April, 2004 the Legal Times Magazine named Lynne Bernabei one of top 12 Leading Labor & Employment Litigators in Washington, D.C. Ms. Bernabei has also been featured in an article that appeared in The City Paper in August of 1992, entitled “The Women to See,” and in the July/August, 1988 edition of The American Lawyer, entitled “Lynne Bernabei: In Tune with Whistle-Blowers.”
Ms. Bernabei has appeared on “Sixty Minutes,” and all other television news broadcasts, National Public Radio, and other national media outlets. She has also been quoted regularly by New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and National Law Journal.
Ms. Bernabei serves as a member of the editorial board of the Labor Law Journal and teaches Continuing Education Legal courses to the American Bar Association and other legal groups. Ms. Bernabei has been selected as a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and is an arbitrator on the National Roster of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).
“New Age Cross-Examination,” essay in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, 206-211 (2006).
“Protect the Whistleblower,” National Law Journal (June 19, 2006) (co-authored with Jason Zuckerman).
“Protect Clients’ Private Health Records,” Trial (September 2004) (co-authored with Andrew Schroeder).
“Stereotyping Hurts the War: Little Cooperation in Finger-Pointing,” Washington Times (November 24, 2004) (co-authored with David Cole).
“How to Listen to Your Workers: Employers – and Lawyers – Need to Heed Complicated Rules on Surveillance,” Legal Times, March 31, 2003, at 32.
“The Effect of Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Agency Decisions on Employment Discrimination Litigation,” 3 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 98 (Spring 2001) (co-authored with Alan Kabat).
“Reverse Litigation (SLAPP) Lawsuits and Employment Discrimination Law: Impermissible Retaliation Against Employees,” 2 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 269 (Fall 2000).
“Microsoft: Separate and Unequal Treatment of Its Employees,” 2 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 205 (Summer 2000).
“How Revisions to the Federal Discovery Rules Will Increase Rather Than Curb Discovery Abuse,” 2 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 101 (Winter 2000) (co-authored with Alan Kabat).
“Confidential Settlement Agreements and the Right to Testify,” 2 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 81 (Winter 2000).
“Taking Back Civil Rights from Juries,” 1 Journal of Employment Discrimination Law 7 (1999).
“Judicial Legislation Run Amok: Court Adopts Strict Test for Harassment Liability,” Legal Times (July 12, 1999).
“Harassment vs. the Reasonable Employer,” Legal Times, July 13, 1998, at S-30 (co-authored with Debra Katz).
“Blow the Whistle on Secrecy Deals,” Legal Times (April 6, 1998).
“Judge Needs Gag Order for Spouse: Husband’s Advice in Clinton Case Violates Judicial Ethics,” Legal Times (February 16, 1998) (co-authored with Debra Katz).
“Are Employment Laws Doing Their Job?,” The American Lawyer (September 1997).
“Practicing Public Interest Law in a Private Law Firm,” 96 West Va. L. Rev. 293 (1994) (co-authored with Debra Katz).
“Whistleblowers Bill: For Employees Who Speak Out, a Shield,” Legal Times, May 1988, at 16-17.
The High Citadel: The Influence of Harvard Law School (1978) (co-authored with Joel Seligman).
“The Case of the Co-Opted Critic: Ralph Nader and Harvard Law School,” The Washington Monthly (October 1978).
“The Sad State of Pro Bono Activity,” Trial (October 1977) (co-authored with Sharon Tisher and Mark Green).
Bringing the Bar to Justice: A Comparative Study of Six Bar Associations (1977) (co-authored with Sharon Tisher and Mark Green).
