BAKER SIMMONS, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW

Our Business

The firm’s primary clientele is comprised of closely held corporations, non-profits, fraternal organizations, churches, licensed professionals, entrepreneurs, and federal workers involved in employment and other disputes with U.S. Government.

Richard Carnell Baker, Esq.

Richard Carnell Baker, the managing partner of Baker Simmons, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, is a Washington, D.C. lawyer with over twenty-eight (28) years of litigation and transactional experience.  He spent his formative years as a corporate and commercial litigator with McGuireWoods, LLC, in its Washington, D.C. and Tysons Corner offices.  He serves as lead trial counsel for employers, employees and other entities involved in discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful discharge, Civil Rights, Title VII, intellectual property, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, breach of contract, personal injury, real estate, and unfair competition cases before the District of Columbia Superior and Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals in the District of Columbia and Virginia, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.  He represents licensed professionals in administrative and related matters.  He served as a Commissioner in Chancery of the Fairfax Circuit Court for over ten (10) years, and CEO/Chairman of the Board of a Federal Credit Union for over seven (7) years.  He is a permanent member of the prestigious Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit.  He has received awards from the Virginia State Bar, American College of Trial Lawyers, U.S. Small Business Administration, Fairfax County 4-H, and the Dean of the American University, Washington College of Law.

Bar Admissions, include:  Supreme Court of Virginia; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Amana Thompson Simmons, Esq.

Amana Thompson Simmons is a trial counsel for both employees and employers in employment and labor law matters, including grievances, collective bargaining disputes, EEOC, Title VII and other anti-discrimination claims before State and Federal Courts and administrative tribunals. Responsible for all aspects of litigation case management, including, but not limited to, legal analysis, preparing pleadings, mediating claims, negotiating terms, implementing docket control measures, supervising attorneys, law clerks and contractors.   Attorney Simmons earned her Juris Doctorate in 1996 from American University, Washington College of Law.  She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in 1993 from Hampton University (cum laude).  

Bar Admissions:  Maryland (1997), Virginia (1997), District of Columbia (Eligible); U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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