Katherine R. Atkinson

Katherine Atkinson, Managing Partner, represents individuals who stand up in the face of discrimination or retaliation in the workplace or a denial of their civil service protections. She advises and litigates on behalf of clients who have experienced whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, sexual harassment, and denials of their right to reasonable accommodation. Her clients include federal and private sector employees. Ms. Atkinson practices before the federal courts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, and arbitrators. She has spent nearly two decades advocating for federal employees who were denied civil service protections or faced discrimination or whistleblower retaliation. Ms. Atkinson has secured millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for her clients. 

Prior to joining Atkinson Law Group, Ms. Atkinson was a Senior Associate at a highly respected plaintiff-side employment law firm. There, she chaired the Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice Group, overseeing the firm’s employment discrimination cases in federal court.

Ms. Atkinson teaches employment law to fellow practitioners as an instructor for the Federal Employment Law Training Group (FELTG). With FELTG, Ms. Atkinson teaches courses on conducting workplace investigations, legal writing, Equal Employment Opportunity counseling, charge-drafting, remedies, and substantive employment discrimination law such as sexual harassment, disability discrimination, and reasonable accommodation. Previously, Ms. Atkinson taught legal writing and appellate advocacy to law students as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Ms. Atkinson is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA), where she previously served as a member of the Board of Directors. In her spare time, Ms. Atkinson spends time with her spouse and three kids and enjoys the outdoors as much as possible.