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The Law Firm of Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Connolly, P.C. is Northern Virginia’s premier labor and employment law boutique firm. The practice of the Firm is dedicated exclusively to representing employers in addressing employment issues. The Firm advises management with respect to counseling and disciplining employees, and represents employers in responding to discrimination and harassment claims before the EEOC and in federal or state court. In addition, the Firm provides guidance on wage-hour issues (FLSA and SCA), and engages in drafting and litigating issues related to non-compete agreements. Prior to establishing the Firm ten years ago, each of the Firm’s five partners practiced law with some of the nation’s largest law firms, and the firm is committed to providing the same quality representation at a reasonable cost.

Recent and Upcoming Developments

The firm was recognized in the 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 editions of Chambers USA as one of the top 11 labor and employment firms in Virginia, and was the only boutique firm to receive that honor.  Eddie Isler, Mark Dare, and Theresa Connolly also were each honored as top labor and employment attorneys in the state.  For more information, go to www.chambersandpartners.com.

Eddie Isler, Steve Ray, Mark Dare, and Theresa Connolly were listed in the 2010 edition of Virginia SuperLawyers in the categories of Employment & Labor and Employment Litigation: Defense.  Eddie Isler was also listed as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Virginia.

Lori Turner was listed as a 2010 Virginia Rising Star by Virginia SuperLawyers in the category of Employment & Labor.

Mark Dare recently wrote the 2010 Supplement to Chapter Ten, "Unfair Competition," in Employment Law in Virginia.  Mr. Dare is an editor of this book, published by Virginia CLE and called "the Bible" of Virginia employment law, and he authored the original chapter on unfair competition.

Mark Dare wrote the 2010 Supplement to "Employment Law: Employee Rights and Employer Responsibilities" in The Virginia Lawyer: A Deskbook for Practitioners, published by Virginia CLE.

Mark Dare was appointed by the Governor of Virginia in December 2009 to represent the Dean of the George Mason University Law School in a gender discrimination case filed by a member of the law school faculty.  Summary Judgment was awarded to the Dean and George Mason University by the U.S. District Court on May 21, 2010.

Eddie Isler, Steve Ray, and Mark Dare were listed in the 2010 edition of Washington, D.C. SuperLawyers in the categories of Employment & Labor and Employment Litigation: Defense.

Theresa Connolly and Eddie Isler were named as two of the top sixteen employment defense attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area in the December 2009 edition of Washingtonian magazine.

The firm received a favorable ruling on a motion to dismiss in an ADEA case filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.  For a copy of the court's ruling in Panyanouvong v. Vienna Wolftrap Hotel, which contains an extended discussion of the equitable tolling doctrine in the context of the ADEA, please click here.

In August 2007, the firm succeeded in petitioning the Virginia Supreme Court to vacate an injunction order entered in a non-compete case by the Fairfax County Circuit Court.  To see the opinon of the Virginia Supreme Court, click here.

The Firm authored “The Virginia Wage and Hour Handbook”, published by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as part of its Legal Reference Series. Go to www.vachamber.com for more information.

Eddie Isler served as co-editor and contributing author of, Virginia Business Torts, published by Virginia Law Foundation.  For more information, go to www.vacle.org.