Mr. Mishkin is co-chair of Patton Boggs’s Employment Law Practice Group. He litigates on behalf of companies and nonprofit organizations, with particular emphasis on the law of equal employment opportunity, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, covenants not to compete and trade secrets and employment contracts. He also represents companies in public accommodations discrimination matters under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and its state counterparts.

Mr. Mishkin has tried jury and non-jury cases and argued appeals in state and federal courts in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia as well as other jurisdictions. He has defended class actions as well as individual and multi-plaintiff cases. He regularly appears in proceedings initiated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state and local human rights agencies as well as in arbitration proceedings. Mr. Mishkin also counsels clients on compliance with federal and state civil rights laws, personnel manuals, performance evaluations, alternative dispute resolution and hiring and firing policies and practices.

Mr. Mishkin is a frequent speaker at legal, trade association and firm-sponsored seminars on employment issues, including The Investigations Seminar: Investigating Misconduct In A Diverse Workplace, which is co-sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management. He devotes a considerable part of his practice to presenting in-house training programs for clients, including Managers and the Law.

In 1992, Mr. Mishkin served on President Clinton's transition team for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Prior to entering private practice in 1981, Mr. Mishkin served as a law clerk to Judge Peter H. Wolf of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Professional Affiliations:

• Faculty member, Georgetown University Law Center's GULC/NITA Intensive Session in Trial Advocacy Skills (2001-2004)
• Faculty member, Georgetown University Law Center's GULC/NITA Depositions Seminar (2002)
• Various GULC CLE programs on employment litigation
• Legal Editor, Society for Human Resource Management Learning System
• Member, Ethics Committee of George Washington University Hospital and Adjunct Professor of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine (1986-___)
• Vice Chair, Legalink, a worldwide network of law firms
• Member, Labourlink, a worldwide network of employment lawyers
• Workplace Flexibility 2010 Legal Working Group
• Faculty Member, Advanced Legal System Institute for Biomedical and Biotechnology Education (ALSI)
• Member, The Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, Inc. National Programs Committee