Linda Hitt Thatcher

Of Counsel

7849 Belle Point Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Linda Hitt Thatcher recently joined RWL as of counsel. Linda is the founder and managing member of Thatcher Law Firm, LLC in Greenbelt, Maryland. Linda’s practice includes all aspects of employment law, including corporate counseling, EEO training, and litigation on behalf of employers and employees. She served as co-counsel with the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in employment discrimination cases and has served as a faculty member for the NITA Trial Advocacy Skills Program at Georgetown University Law Center. Since 2007, Linda has consistently been selected as a Top Employment Lawyer by Washingtonian Magazine.

Linda is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, a past President of the Board of Governors of the Federal Bar Association of Maryland, and an active member in the Women’s Bar Associations of both Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Achievements

Maryland and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer (2020, 2019)
Exceptional Service Award from the Judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in recognition of dedication and commitment in providing exceptional service to this Court (2017)
Washingtonian Magazine: Washington’s Top Employment Lawyers (2020-2007)

Publications and Presentations

Frequent Lecturer on Employment Issues and Trial Practice
NITA Trial Advocacy Skills Program, Faculty Member, Georgetown University Law Center

Practice Areas

Employment: Management
Employment Law Employee
Employment Discrimination
Sex Discrimination & Sexual Harassment
Age, Race, Disability & National Origin Discrimination
Business Organizations
Government Agencies
Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

Maryland (1988)
District of Columbia (1988)
Pennsylvania (1987)
U.S. District Court District of Maryland
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court (2010)

Education

Linda received her J.D. from St. Mary’s University Law School in San Antonio, Texas, where she served as associate editor of Law Review. She received her B.A. in Government from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.