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Linda Hitt Thatcher 
Greenbelt, Maryland,
Managing Partner
phone 866-604-3882
301-850-1246
fax 301-441-9602
email Email Me

Linda Hitt Thatcher is the managing member of the Thatcher Law Firm, LLC in Greenbelt, Maryland . Her practice includes all aspects of employment law, including corporate counseling, EEO training and litigation on behalf of employers and employees. She has successfully represented women golfers in their sex discrimination complaints against country clubs and has appeared on NBC and Working Women television. She is also a certified mediator in civil matters. She has served as co-counsel with the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in employment discrimination cases. Ms. Thatcher is a faculty member of NITA Trial Advocacy Skills Program at Georgetown University Law Center and is a frequent panel member and speaker for numerous CLE programs. Linda Hitt Thatcher is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. She is currently the President of the Board of Governors of the Federal Bar Association of Maryland and is active in the Women's Bar Associations of both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Ms. Thatcher is a graduate of St. Mary's University Law School, San Antonio, Texas , where she served as an associate editor of Law Review. In December 2007 and again in December 2009, Ms. Thatcher was named as one of "Washington's TOP Employment Lawyers" by the Washingtonian magazine.

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Areas of Practice:
Employment Law Employee
Employment Law Employer
Employment Discrimination
Sex Discrimination & Sexual Harassment
Race, Disability, National Origin & Age Discrimination
Business Organizations
Government Agencies
Litigation & Appeals
Bar Admissions:
Maryland, 1988
District of Columbia, 1988
Pennsylvania, 1987
U.S. District Court District of Maryland
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
Education:
St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
Law Review: St. Mary's Law Journal, Associate Editor


Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Frequent Lecturer on Employment Issues and Trial Practice


Honors and Awards:
Washingtonian Magazine's "Washington's Top Employment Lawyers", 2007


Washingtonian Magazine's "Washington's Top Employment Lawyers", 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Federal Bar Association, Maryland Chapter
President: Board of Governors, 2010 - present


Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
Permanent Member


American Bar Association


Maryland Bar Association


National Employment Lawyers Association


Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association


Maryland Employment Lawyers Association


Georgetown University Law Center NITA Faculty Member


Women's Bar Associations of Maryland


Women's Bar Associations of the District of Columbia