Sharon Fast Gustafson is a solo practitioner in Arlington, Virginia. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, in 1991. After law school she worked for four years in the labor and employment law group at Jones, Day in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Gustafson now practices in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. She advises and represents both employees and employers in employment-related legal matters. She was awarded Lawyer of the Year (2016) by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. She is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association.
Ms. Gustafson was counsel for Peggy Young in Young v. United Parcel Service, 2011 WL 665321 (D.Md.), aff'd, 707 F.3d 437 (4th Cir. 2013, rev'd and remanded, 575 U.S. ____, 135 S. Ct 1338 (2015).