Carla D. Brown

Ms. Brown, of Fairfax County, Virginia, earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1996 and received her law degree from George Mason University School of Law in 1999. Ms. Brown is currently admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland. Ms. Brown is also admitted to practice in the federal trial courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Ms. Brown was recognized in Super Lawyers magazine as a Virginia Rising Star.

Ms. Brown has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout Virginia, as well as in the District of Columbia. Ms. Brown handles contractual matters, including the negotiation and review of severance agreements, covenants not to compete, and employment agreements. Ms. Brown also counsels employees who are subjected to workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

Verdicts Ms. Brown has obtained on behalf of her clients include Grissom v. The Mills Corporation, Civil Action 06-961 (E.D. Va. 2007) (Sarbanes-Oxley wrongful termination, breach of contract, and defamation per se - $459,566 judgment, fees and costs awarded). Reported decisions include: Zeng v. EDS, 2007 U.S. Dist LEXIS 44412 (June 12, 2007) (denying a motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claims of tortious interference and intentional infliction of emotional distress); Duckett v. District of Columbia, et al., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 32523 (D.C. Cir. May 23, 2006) (dismissing claims against physician who was falsely accused of violating the civil rights of an inmate).

Recent presentations by Ms. Brown include: "Strategic Thinking in Settlement Negotiations" (the Virginia Bar Association Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference on Labor Relations and Employment Law, October 6, 2006); "Careers in Labor & Employment" (D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Section, July 26, 2007); "Hot Topics in Employment" (The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, July 28, 2009); "Hot Topics in Employment Law and Ethical and Professional Mediation Guidelines to Resolve Cases Early" (Fairfax Bar Association, Las Vegas, October 6, 2009); "Plaintiff's Perspective: What's the Plan? Issues That Arise in State, Federal, or ADR Forum" (Virginia Nineteenth Annual Employment Law Update, May 13, 2010).

Ms. Brown is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the Metropolitan Washington Employment Law Association, the Fairfax Bar Association, the Northern Virginia Black Attorneys Association, and the Federal Bar Association. She is also a Barrister of the George Mason American Inn of Court.