Jonathan C. Puth

Jonathan C. Puth is a member of Webster, Fredrickson, Correia & Puth and an advocate for the civil rights of employees throughout the Washington metropolitan region. Mr. Puth represents clients with claims for workplace discrimination, race and sex harassment, as well as claims for wages, commissions, and contract rights. Mr. Puth also handles a variety of litigation matters for the firm's bankruptcy and commercial practices. Mr. Puth is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Puth is an advocate for the civil rights of employees throughout the Washington metropolitan region

Mr. Puth regularly advises clients regarding all aspects their employment relationships and their legal rights, including potential discrimination claims, terms of separation from employment, and severance negotiations. Notably, Mr. Puth served as counsel to the plaintiff class in Hartman v. Powell, a gender discrimination class action that garnered the largest award in the history of the Civil Rights Act. Along with his partners, Mr. Puth was awarded the 2000 Trial Lawyer of the Year award by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for his work on that landmark case.

Mr. Puth is a long-standing and active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), and he has served on the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) since 1998. Mr. Puth has worked continually to advance the interests of the plaintiffs' employment law bar, including by leading and directing continuing education programs, by writing and filing amicus curiae briefs with local courts, and by working to increase dialogue among employment law practitioners in the region. Mr. Puth received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1992. Prior to law school, Mr. Puth received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1981, and was then employed as an advocate for civil rights and the environment with non-profit organizations and for United States Congressman John Conyers, Jr.