Joanna S. Friedman is an Associate with Tully Rinckey PLLC and concentrates her practice in federal sector employment and labor law.

Ms. Friedman provides representation to federal employees in a wide range of employment and labor issues including discrimination, sexual harassment, equal pay, adverse action, Title VII claims, and Inspector General (IG) Investigations. She has significant experience representing clients at all stages of the administrative process before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and Office of the Special Counsel.

In addition to her federal employment law representation, Joanna assists federal employees and contractors in all matters of security clearance law including application counseling, as well as during revocation, denial or suspension hearings and appeals.

Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Ms. Friedman represented federal personnel at another well-respected Washington, D.C. firm for close to three years. Also, she has substantial courtroom experience representing individuals charged with criminal law offenses while working as an associate at Mandell & Ginsberg, as well as a private bar attorney for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office.

Ms. Friedman earned her Juris Doctorate at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York. During her time in law school, she was an active member of the Public Interest Committee, an intern at the Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division in Queens, as well as a participant in the New York City Courtroom Advocates Program, representing women seeking orders of protection. Additionally, Ms. Friedman received a Masters in Law from American University Washington School of Law in the Program on Law and Government. There, she concentrated her study on advanced constitutional and civil rights law. Ms. Friedman also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from American University where she majored in Law & Society at the School of Public Affairs.

She is admitted to practice in Maryland and Wisconsin.

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