Jonathan R. Mook

• Obtained favorable Virginia Supreme Court ruling on intentional infliction of emotional distress
• Obtained a precedent setting Supreme Court ruling regarding the rights of parents
• $3 million arbitration award including damages and attorneys’ fees upheld by D.C. Court of Appeals
• Obtained multi-million dollar settlement in a wrongful death 1983 action involving a SWAT team police shooting

Education

• J.D., Yale University, 1977
• B.A., magna cum laude, Lawrence University, 1973

Admission to Practice

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• U.S. Supreme Court

• DC Bar – “Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act: ADA Employment Law and Litigation for Beginners 2024” – August 14, 2024
• Strafford – “ADA Accommodations for At-Risk Employees” – January 27, 2021
• Simplify Compliance – “HR Trends” – January 20, 2021
• International Municipal Lawyers Association – “Americans with Disabilities Act: Litigation Update” – January 5, 2021
• District of Columbia Bar – “Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act: ADA Employment Law and Litigation for Beginners” – August 4, 2020
• Business & Legal Resources – “Mental Health in the Workplace: How to Address Employee Mental Health Issues Due to Stress, Anxiety, and PTSD and Avoid Any Legal Backlash” – June 17, 2020
• International Municipal Lawyers Association – “The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What You Need to Know” – April 15, 2020
• American Public Power Association – “The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What You Need to Know” – April 6, 2020

• February 2022 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “COVID-19: A Regarded-As Disability”
• October 2021 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Is Long COVID an ADA Disability: The Jury is Still Out”
• July 2021 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “When Reassignment to Vacant Position Violates the ADA”
• May 2021 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Fourth Circuit Says That Attorney Fees May Be Awarded Even Where Employee Suffers No Damages”
• March 2021 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Tenth Circuit Joins Other Courts on Failure to Accommodate Claims”
• January 2021 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Fourth Circuit Says “No” to Transfer Preferences for Disabled Employees”
• June 2020 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “ADA Protections for Opioid Use Disorder”
• May 2020 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Being Unable to Perform One’s Job Is Not Disabling Under the ADA”
• February 2020 – Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin – “Tenth Circuit Holds That Medical Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Disability”

• April 26, 2024 – Law360 – “High Court’s Title VII Ruling May Boost Workers In ADA Suits”
• March 22, 2024 – Law360 – ” What Attys Can Learn From Recent Workplace Bias Dissents”

• Best Lawyers in America (since 2014)
• AV Preeminent Rating with Martindale-Hubbell