Brown, Goldstein & Levy partner Neel Lalchandani has been named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Guide. Neel was recognized in the categories of Civil Rights and Employee Discrimination.
At BGL, Neel has worked on a number of record-breaking civil rights settlements, often working to help secure some measure of justice for exonerated clients. Neel also serves as Vice Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project Board of Directors.
Neel also uses his experience in civil rights law to teach law students. He taught a seminar on wrongful convictions as an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown University Law Center, and he recently spoke with students in the ‘Social Work and the Law’ class at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
The Lawdragon selection process is highly competitive. In addition to reviewing submissions, Lawdragon independently researches and vets each nominated attorney. This year’s guide also marks the first year that attorneys globally were included, creating a more diverse and inclusive guide. Neel is joined by 13 other BGL attorneys in this year’s Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers guide.
About Neel Lalchandani
Neel has significant experience with complex litigation in both state and federal court as well as in arbitrations. He has successfully resolved cases involving employment discrimination and retaliation, unpaid wages, wrongful convictions and police misconduct, reasonable accommodations and disability discrimination, fair housing, and the Randolph-Sheppard Act. Neel has also successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in commercial matters involving breach of contract, business torts, and trade secrets. Learn more about Neel here.
About Lawdragon
Lawdragon is a legal media company that provides free online news and editorial features, including its well-known guides to the nation’s leading lawyers. Read the full 2024 Lawdragon Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers guide here. Learn about the other BGL attorneys who were recognized here.
About Brown, Goldstein & Levy
Founded in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, with an office in Washington, D.C. The firm is nationally recognized in a wide variety of practice areas, including complex civil and commercial litigation, civil rights, health care, family law, and criminal defense. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered law firm that brings decades of experience and passionate, effective advocacy to your fight for justice.