John M Bredehoft

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 1

Labor & Employment

Virginia

18 Years Ranked

About

Provided by John M Bredehoft

USA

Practice Areas

Consumer Finance; Labor & Employment

Career

John’s practice emphasizes civil litigation and litigation-avoidance strategies. He works primarily in the fields of employment law, discrimination (including housing and public accommodation discrimination), and consumer finance and regulation. John is a member of our Employment Law Practice Group and an active participant in the firm’s Credit Union initiative. He is a member of the Firm’s COVID-19 Task Force, and has advised scores of clients on legal compliance, risk reduction, and employee management strategies in the time of pandemic (including his many well received Town Hall webcasts for client groups). He is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as in Virginia; he appears frequently in civil litigation of all stripes in the “Rocket Docket” of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Former Chair of the Virginia Bar Association Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, past Chair of the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers, and a former member of the VSB Standing Committee on Professionalism, John is a frequent speaker and compliance trainer to lawyers, corporate managers, law students, and to business groups nationwide. He has spoken in venues from Oregon to Key West, from Boston to San Diego, and in every law school in Virginia, on topics such as telework, harassment avoidance, legal professionalism, consumer class actions, fair credit reporting, and reasonable accommodations in cyberspace. He is the editor for the Virginia Employment Law section of Chambers Global Practice Guide (2019 and 2020).

Professional Memberships

Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism; Member; Virginia State Bar Education of Lawyers Section; former Chair; Board of governors, 2013- present; Virginia Bar Association; Chairman, Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, 2006-2007; Member, Governing Council, Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law, 1997-2009; District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State Bar; Defense Research Institute, Former Member and multiple national conference presentations for Appellate Advocacy Committee; Virginia Continuing Legal Education Advisory Committee on Employment Law