Michael J. Snider, Esq. is the managing member and founder of the Law Offices of Snider & Associates, LLC, a Baltimore-based firm concentrating in servicing the legal needs of Federal employees worldwide.
The firm has about 40 dedicated service providers, including seven attorneys with over 60 years of combined experience. The firm handles EEO Complaints, MSPB Appeals, Grievance/Arbitrations for Federal Unions, and class action overtime cases. The firm also handles personal injury, criminal defense cases and is rolling out a pre-paid legal type of program designed specifically for Federal Employees.
Attorneys at the firm are licensed in Washington, DC; Maryland; West Virginia; New York and Illinois
Mr. Snider has successfully represented employees denied promotions, subjected to a hostile work environment because of their race, gender, disability or religion, and recovered nearly $100 million in backpay and damages for employees.
He has worked on a class action RICO case against Honda (In re American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Dealerships Relations Litigation (MDL 1069) that resulted in a $330 million settlement on behalf of more than 1400 class action and direct action plaintiffs); See www.nctrial.com/results_business_torts.htm.
Mr. Snider trains Union officials in EEO Complaints, Arbitration Hearings and MSPB Appeals and Hearings. He has lectured at conferences as an expert in sexual harassment and in disability discrimination law.
Areas of Practice:
Employment law – Employee
Labor law
Arbitration
EEOC and MSPB hearings
Overtime violations
Wage and Hour violations
Fair Labor Standards Act
Disability discrimination
Reasonable Accommodation
Sexual Harassment
Gender discrimination
Age discrimination
Race Discrimination
National Origin Discrimination
Religious Discrimination
Religious Accommodation discrimination
Litigation and Appeals
Government Agencies
Bar Admissions:
Maryland State courts, 1996
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 1996
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2004
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1998
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2006
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2005
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2004
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (specially admitted)
United States Supreme Court, 2001
Education:
- University Of Maryland at Baltimore, JD, 1996 (with Honors)
- Pennsylvania State University, BS (Psychology, minor – Business and Political Science)
Honors and Awards:
- Corpus Juris Secundum award (Civil Procedure)
- Asper Fellow / law clerk (Hon. Paul Alpert, MD Court of Special Appeals)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
and has belonged to the American Bar Association (ABA), Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), Industrial Research Relations Association (IRRA) and the Society of Federal Labor and Employment Relations Professionals (SFLERP).
Classes / Seminars Taught:
Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)(formerly Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA)); January 2002 (http://www.lera.uiuc.edu/)
DC Metro Region - Regional Training Program, November 3-4, 2004
National Training Program, Reno, Nevada, July 21, 2005
US-Japan Veterans TBI, Autism Healthcare Exchange, July 13-14, 2009
US-Japan Goodwill Exchange for Technology and Research to Bring Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), PolyTrauma and Persons with TBI, Autism and Special Needs into Healthcare, Community and Workplace In Honor of the Ambassador of Japan, http://mindknit.org/index.php?page=us-japan-2008
Prior Employment and Associations:
United States Social Security Administration, Woodlawn, Maryland, 1997-1998
Office of the General Counsel, Litigation Division, Attorney Advisor
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, Local 1923, 1999-2004
General Counsel
Largest federal government Union Local in the country
Litigated dozens of Arbitrations, EEO and MSPB hearings and appeals
Earned millions of dollars for bargaining unit employees
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA - HHS)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Department of Defense (DoD)
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, Stump Head, MD
National Mediation Board, Washington, DC
US Army – Ft. Detrick, MD
Snider Law Offices, 1996-2002
Law Offices of Snider & Fischer, LLC, Partner, 2002-2005
Law Offices of Snider & Associates, July 2005-present
Cases of Note:
AFGE Council 222 and NFFE Local 1450 v HUD, $24 million FLSA Overtime Settlement
AFGE Council 228 v SBA, $7.6 million FLSA Overtime Settlement
AFGE Local 1770 v US Army, Ft. Bragg, $4.1 million FLSA Overtime victory and settlement
AFGE Local 32 and OPM, Washington, DC, $500,000 FLSA Overtime settlement
AFGE Local 1770 v US Army, Ft. Bragg, $ Title 38 Victory and Settlement
NFFE Local v Watervliet Army Arsenal, $ FLSA Overtime Settlement
NFFE Local 1998 v US Department of State, Passport Agency, FLSA Overtime Settlement
AFGE Local 1770 v US Army, DENTAC, FLSA Overtime Settlement
NFFE Local 273 v Ft. Sill, OK, $850,000 FLSA Overtime Settlement
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