Mark Papadopoulos
Partner
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Mark E. Papadopoulos is a Partner at Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Connolly, P.C. 

Mark litigates cases and advises clients on a wide range of labor and employment matters including those arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the Fair Labor Standards Act as well as state workplace law such as restrictive covenants and common law torts.  Mark is co-author of the Virginia Wage and Hour Handbook and frequently presents seminars on the Fair Labor Standards Act and related wage and hour topics.  Mark served as Chair of the Fairfax Bar Association’s Employment Law Section from 2010-2011.

Prior to joining Isler Dare in 2008, Mark served for six years in the U.S. Department of Labor.  In 2005, Mark was appointed Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards where he assisted with a variety of wage and hour matters including federal regulations, legal guidance documents, and enforcement policy with a particular emphasis on matters involving the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Prior to this appointment, Mark practiced for three years in the Solicitor’s Office of the Department of Labor where he rendered advice and litigated cases on behalf of the Department.

Before his government service, Mark practiced civil litigation for three years in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Mark graduated magna cum laude from Cornell Law School in 1998.  After law school, Mark clerked for one year for the Honorable J.L. Edmondson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Mark resides with his wife and three children in Falls Church, Virginia.

Education

Cornell Law School, J.D., 1998
Magna Cum Laude
Order of the Coif
General Editor, Cornell Law Review

Haverford College

B.A. English, 1995

Professional Memberships

State:
     Connecticut (1999)
     District of Columbia (2000)

     Virginia (2008)

Federal:
    U.S. Supreme Court
    U.S. Courts of Appeals (4th Circuit; 5th Circuit;

     7th Circuit; 10th Circuit; D.C. Circuit)

Bar Associations:
     Fairfax County Bar Association, Employment Law Section