Perspectiva General

Bethany Ingle represents employers in a wide variety of employment law matters. Her experience includes litigation and advice to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws addressing discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as workers’ compensation. Bethany often defends charges of discrimination before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, and various local agencies. She frequently appears in federal and state courts and has successfully obtained dismissal, summary judgment, and defense verdicts on behalf of her clients. Bethany has also successfully defended cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Although she enjoys litigation, Bethany also has extensive experience in negotiating good resolutions for her clients. She drafts employment contracts, severance agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies. Bethany has also conducted employee trainings. 

Bethany often counsels employers in the retail, manufacturing, transportation, and technology industries, but enjoys working with clients in all industries and learning what people do for a living. 

Prior to joining Littler, Bethany was an associate at a regional law firm, where she defended employers and insurers in workers’ compensation claims. Before that, Bethany was an assistant public defender in Newport News, Virginia, where she gained invaluable trial skills.

During law school, Bethany interned with the EEOC, held leadership positions on the Moot Court Board, and was a manuscripts editor for the Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest.

Bethany serves as her office’s liaison to the firm’s Associates and Pro Bono Committees.

Afiliaciones Profesionales y Comunitarias

Member

Virginia Bar Association

Member

Fairfax Bar Association

Reconocimiento

Named, Ones to Watch

The Best Lawyers in America®

2023-2024

Speaking Engagements

Ask a Littler Attorney: Insights on What 2022 Has in Store for Your Workplace

February 23, 2022

Virginia Fall Employment Law Mini Series: Masks, Mandates, Vax? Oh My! – Navigating Workplace Safety

Tysons Corner, VA

September 29, 2021

2021 Mid-Atlantic Virtual Employer Conference

September 9, 2021

Ask Your Littler Attorney

Tysons Corner, VA

March 17, 2021

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program

November 9, 2018

Hot Topics in Working Hard and Hardly Working: Paid Leave Laws, USDOL PAID Program, and Wage Payment and Collection Act Enforcement

2018 Mid-Atlantic Employer Conference, Washington, D.C.

June 5, 2018

Educación

  • J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, 2009cum laude
  • B.A., College of William & Mary, 2004

Admisión de la barra

Virginia
Maryland

Cortes

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia