The Goldsmith Law Firm provides full service legal representation in matters relating to the employment relationship. The firm's primary focus is in representing employees and former employees in the courts and before various administrative agencies. Leizer Z. Goldsmith, Principal of the firm, received his B.A. from the University of Michigan, in 1985, and his J.D. from Boston College of Law School in 1988. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts. He is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court and several United States Courts of Appeal. Mr. Goldsmith has practiced law in Washington, D.C. since 1988. Initially, as a litigator in the Appellate Litigation Branch at the national headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board, he argued cases before various United States Courts of Appeals. Subsequently, Mr. Goldsmith was an associate with the law firm of Connerton, Ray & Simon, where his work was devoted primarily to labor and employment discrimination matters. Since founding his own firm in 1992, Mr. Goldsmith has successfully represented employees in cases arising in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Goldsmith's services include litigation in the federal and local courts, as well as various administrative agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board. Mr. Goldsmith also advises clients in employment disputes that do not result in litigation. Mr. Goldsmith also lectures on employment law topics. Mr. Goldsmith is a member of the Executive Board, as well as former Treasurer of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, and is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association.