National workplace law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. has announced that shareholder Matthew F. Nieman has been elevated to Litigation Manager of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Region office, which is located in Reston.
Nieman represents employers in a broad spectrum of labor and employment law matters, including discrimination, wage and hour, questions related to the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), and workplace drug-testing issues.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Nieman was in public service as an active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate (“JAG”) at Fort Benning, Ga. and at Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq. Nieman received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1998, along with a commission as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the U.S.
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. After clerking for the
Williamsburg/James City County, Virginia Commonwealth Attorney’s Office throughout law school, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the William & Mary School of Law in 2001.
Nieman is a member of the state and federal bars of Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the Courts of Appeal for the First, Fourth, and D.C. Circuits. He is the immediate past President and Legislative Liaison of the Dulles Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and a member of the Board of the Cornell Club of Washington.