Contact Information

Main phone

301-652-6880

Fax

301-652-8972

Email

mdymersky@fdalaw.com

Assistant

Lisa L. Chili

Practice Description

• Litigation

Experience

Michael A. Dymersky is a partner in the Chevy Chase, Maryland, office of Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP. He is a member of the firm's litigation department.

Prior to joining Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP, Mr. Dymersky was a partner at Reasoner, Davis & Fox, in Washington, D.C., which later merged into Hamilton and Hamilton, LLP, where he was also a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Dymersky has had extensive government experience as well. He was a trial attorney at the Federal Election Commission for six years. (The Commission has civil litigation authority independent of the Department of Justice).

Mr. Dymersky's current practice encompasses general civil litigation, employment law, higher education law, and commercial law, as well as arbitration.

Mr. Dymersky's trial and appellate work (first-chair) has resulted in numerous published and reported decisions, including: Brown v. George Washington University, 802 A.2d 382 (2002), Kakaes v. George Washington University, 790 A.2d 581 (2002); FCE Benefit Adm'rs, Inc. v. George Washington University, 209 F.Supp.2d 232 (D.D.C. 2002); Cheatle v. Cheatle, 662 A.2d 1362 (D.C. 1995); Scales v. George Washington University, 1991 WL 199869 (D.D.C. 1991), aff'd, 44 F.3d 1031 (D.C.Cir. 1994), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1104 (1995); Sugrue-Spencer v. Resolution Trust Corp., 1991 WL 277525 (D.D.C. 1991); Saunders v. George Washington University, 786 F.Supp. 854 (D.D.C. 1991); Federal Election Comm'n v. Franklin, 718 F.Supp. 1272 (E.D.Va. 1989); Stark v. Federal Election Comm'n, 683 F.Supp. 836 (D.D.C. 1988); Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Comm'n, 645 F.Supp. 169 (D.D.C. 1986); and Federal Election Comm'n v. LaRouche, 644 F.Supp. 120 (S.D.N.Y. 1986).

Mr. Dymersky is an active Arbitrator on National Arbitration Forum panels, specializing in employment and commercial matters.

Mr. Dymersky's clients have included major universities, health care organizations, banks, insurance companies, and numerous other Washington area businesses.

Mr. Dymersky is the co-author of "A Quandary of the Civil Rights Act of 1991: Is the New Law Retroactive?" Journal of College and University Law, Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter, 1993, he is an author and reviewer of Chapter 13, "Employment Law", District of Columbia Practice Manual, Third Edition, Volume 1 (1994); he is the author of "Fee for All: 'Fees for Fees' in Maryland Estate Litigation," Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council's Estate Planning Newsletter, Issue No. 35, Winter 2002; and Mr. Dymersky is the co-author of "Use of Motive Evidence in Judicial Review of Rezonings," Environmental Law Reporter, News & Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 7, 37 ELR 10472 (June 2007).

After serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Dymersky received his B.A., cum laude, from Rocky Mountain College (Montana), his M.A. from The Catholic University of America, and his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He has studied law also at the University of Exeter, England. Mr. Dymersky is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Bar and Court Admissions

• Maryland, 1992
• District of Columbia, 1983
• Virginia, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The District of Columbia Bar
• Virginia State Bar
• Maryland State Bar Association, Inc
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
• The Counsellors
• The Barristers

Publications and Presentations

• Co-author, "A Quandary of the Civil Rights Act of 1991: Is the New Law Retroactive?" Journal of College and University Law, Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter, 1993
• Author and reviewer, Chapter 13, "Employment Law", District of Columbia Practice Manual, Third Edition, Volume 1 (1994)
• Author of "Fee for All: 'Fees for Fees' in Maryland Estate Litigation," Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council's Estate Planning Newsletter, Issue No. 35, Winter 2002
• Co-author of "Use of Motive Evidence in Judicial Review of Rezonings," Environmental Law Reporter, News & Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 7, 37 ELR 10472 (June 2007)

Education

• B.A., Rocky Mountain College, 1977 (cum laude)
• M.A., The Catholic University of America, 1979
• J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 1982
• Mr. Dymersky has studied law also at the University of Exeter, England.