GREENSTEIN DELORME & LUCHS, P.C.

1620 L Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, D.C.  20036-5605

Telephone: (202) 452-1400    Facsimile: (202) 452-1410

 

Biography:  Alan Weitz has been in private law practice for more than 25 years, specializing in employment and business matters.  He has extensive experience before the EEOC, state agencies and both federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels.  He has handled a broad range of workplace issues such as discrimination cases, wrongful termination suits, sexual harassment investigations, public accommodations access and employment of persons with disabilities under the Americans With Disabilities Act.  He advises management on workplace law compliance and provides training at both the executive and staff levels.

 

Mr. Weitz also has considerable experience in civil regulatory litigation in such matters as partnership and corporate organization disputes, commercial sales and real estate, class actions, international arbitration, and government contracts.  His cases included defense of a $30 million commercial lease claim affirmed by the D.C. Circuit, a $70 million award for AT&T after trial in the International Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and successful government contract protests before the General Accounting Office.

 

Mr. Weitz advises a number of trade associations.  He has served as counsel to a national task force on Diversity in Management for women and minorities and a task force for the Americans With Disabilities Act.  He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been a member of the Labor Relations Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Mr. Weitz has authored various articles, including Meeting the Challenge and Maximizing Opportunities for Employees with Disabilities (published in The Curve), “Making Diversity Work” (published in Chain Store Age Executive), “Effect of ADA on Facility and Store Design” (published in World Coffee & Tea), and “Effect of ADA on Convenience Store Design” (published in Petroleum Marketer).

 

In addition to his years in private practice, Mr. Weitz was counsel on the Senate Watergate Committee.  He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review and the Sheldon Fellow.  Mr. Weitz was the valedictorian of his class at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.