Larry J. Stein

Larry J. Stein, Esq. has been principal/owner in the The Law Offices of Larry J. Stein, L.L.C. since its founding in January 2006, representing federal and private sector employees in the full range of employment and labor matters including: Employment Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Disciplinary Actions, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims, Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination, Severance Agreements/Non-compete clauses. Mr. Stein formerly was Senior Counsel in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Litigation Division, U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he handled federal appellate, district court and administrative litigation, including highly complex employment and banking law cases. He was a Federal Government attorney for more than 30 years.

In his most significant case, Kloeckner v. Solis, 568 U.S. 41 (2012), the Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, established that a broader class of Federal Government employees now has access to the federal district courts to challenge their discriminatory removals from federal service. Prior to Kloeckner, these employees had no access to federal district court on their claims of discrimination.

Mr. Stein has been a volunteer trained mediator with the Washington Field Office of the EEOC’s WISE program since 2019. In that role, he has mediated and resolved a wide range of employment disputes

Mr. Stein and Ms. Koppel both are longstanding members of the Washington Metropolitan Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), and Ms. Koppel joined the Board of Directors effective January 2022.