Creative Dispute Resolutions: Mediation and Arbitration in Maryland and D.C.

Diane A. Seltzer, Esq.

Practice Areas:
Labor and employment disputes (discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, wage and hour issues), employment contracts, severance agreements, First Amendment issues, MSPB complaints, and disputes concerning non-solicitation and non-competition agreements

Experience:
- Attorney/Principal, Seltzer Law Firm, Washington, D.C., Representation of both employees and management in employment-related disputes, 1997-2003; 2004-present
- Law Clerk, Hon. Frederick C. Wright, III, John P. Corderman, and Daniel Moylan, Washington County, Maryland Circuit Court, 1991-1992
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, American University's Washington College of Law, "Employment Law: The Employment Relationship," 2003 - present

Education:
- J.D., American University's Washington College of Law, 1991 (Staff Member, Law Review)
- B.A. Sociology, cum laude, Tufts University, 1988

Affiliations:
- Co-Chair, Employment and Labor Relations Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation, 2004-present
- Co-Chair, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Committee on Employment and Labor's Subcommittee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 2000-2004
- Vice President, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, 1998-1999, 2000-2002; Board Member, 1995-present; Newsletter Editor, 1995-1997
- Chair, Employment Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1996-1998
- Panelist, D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Section, "How to Be an Effective Attorney in Mediation of Private Sector Cases at the EEOC," October 2007
- Panelist, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, "Attorney Advocates in Alternative Dispute Resolution," May 2001
- Vice-Chair, Federal Law Clerk Training Program, American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2007-present
- Member, District of Columbia Bar's Law Practice Management Section's Steering Committee, 1998-2000