About Us
FORTNEYSCOTT
#DCInsiders
FortneyScott, a Washington, DC-based law firm counseling and advising clients on the full spectrum of workplace-related matters. Known as “DC insiders,” the firm offers clients unparalleled experience and expertise by its attorneys, who formerly held senior positions at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), on corporate and Congressional legal staffs, in major law firms, and who served as a judge on a United Nations’ international tribunal.
FortneyScott counsels and trains employers on workplace legal compliance matters and best practices, and we closely track the latest developments by the Federal agencies and Congress. Our attorneys’ have extensive experience in addressing:
- EEO and affirmative action
- Pay equity
- DEI&A
- Wage and hour/prevailing wages
- Union organizing and collective bargaining
- Worker health and safety
- Workplace investigations
We conduct privileged self-audits assessing compliance on all workplace practices, including pay systems, hiring and promotion practices, employment tests, wage and hour and worker classifications, and other employment practices.
FortneyScott counsels and represents U.S. and international employers and executives and provides foreign-based clients with legal advice on complying with U.S. workplace laws.
Federal Agency Expertise
We regularly represent clients before government enforcement agencies, including DOL, EEOC, and NLRB, on matters ranging from the routine to crisis situations. Our attorneys have significant experience and expertise:
- Federal contractors’ affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations that are enforced by DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Investigations of EEO discrimination, harassment, and other workplace claims and enforcement by the EEOC
- DOL audits on wage and hour and prevailing wage compliance matters
- NLRB-enforced obligations involving union organizing and collective bargaining; and,
- Worker health and safety enforced by DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
