Mr. Salb is the Principal attorney of Lippman, Semsker & Salb.

Mr. Salb litigates and provides counsel in Estate Planning and Probate matters as well as in family law, employment law, and business disputes.

Mr. Salb was elected to the Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar Section on Labor and Employment Law in 2005, and he has served as co-chair of the Section since 2008. Mr. Salb served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association from 2006 through 2008.

Bar Admissions and Other Bar Memberships:

Mr. Salb is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court. He is admitted to practice in the Federal and State courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Salb is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association; the Real Property and Trusts & Estates, Litigation, and Labor and Employment Law Sections of the American Bar Association.

Notable Successes in Published Decisions (chief drafter or lead counsel):

Thompson v. District of Columbia, 530 F.3d 914 (D.C. Cir. 2008); Steele v. Schafer, 535 F.3d 689 (D.C. Cir. 2008); Smith v. Cafe Asia, 246 F.R.D. 19 (D.D.C. 2007); Aleman v. Chugach Support Services, Inc., 485 F.3d 206 (4th Cir. 2007) (co-author of brief for amici supporting Appellants); Dickerson v. SekTek, Inc., 238 F.Supp.2d 66, (D.D.C.,2002); Jenkins v. United Healthcare, 82 F.E.P.Cases 984 (D.C. 2000); Lockhart v. Cade, 728 A.2d 65 (D.C. 1999); Griffin v. Washington Convention Center, 142 F.3d 1308 (D.C.Cir. 1998); Rao v. County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al., 108 F.3d 42 (4th Cir. 1997); Sotabinda v. Hotel Lombardy, et al., 173 F.R.D. 5 (D.D.C. 1997); and Van Allen v. Bell Atlantic-Washington, D.C., Inc., et al., 921 F.Supp. 830 (D.D.C. 1996).

Education:

Mr. Salb received his J.D. from Emory University in 1994. He was Articles Editor of the Bankruptcy Developments Journal, a student-edited journal for bankruptcy practitioners. Mr. Salb was Martin Luther King Fellow, North Carolina Legal Services in 1993, and he was the recipient of the Dean’s Public Service Award for 1994 at Emory.

Mr. Salb received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, with a minor in Women’s Studies, from the University of Connecticut, in 1991. While at the University of Connecticut, Mr. Salb was inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society.

Teaching, Publications, and Speeches:

Presenter, "Estate Planning for Collector's of Craft," Washington Craft Show, 2009.

Presenter, "How to Protect our Children Legally," Choice Moms Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., May 2009.

Presenter, "Adoption Options," Choice Moms Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., May 2009.

Moderator, "MySpace, Facebook, and the Workplace: Employment Law Issues at the Intersection of Our Online and Professional Lives," presented by the D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Law Section, July 2008.

Moderator, "Burlington Northern One Year Later: A Major Change to Retaliation Claims or a Decision of No Real Consequence?" presented by the D.C. Bar Labor & Employment Law Section, February 2007.

Facilitator, "Maybe Baby," a multi-session program on family planning for gay and lesbian people, presented by Whitman Walker Clinic, 2005-2007.

“Current Developments in Employment Law,” delivered to the annual Human Resources Development symposium, Bowie State University, April 2002.

Panelist, “Settlement Techniques,” delivered to a meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers’ Association, May 2000.

Panelist, “Employment Law Issues for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People,” Public Presentation to the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association of Washington, May 2000.

Panelist, “The Interplay of Labor and Employment Law; a Practitioner’s View,” delivered to a meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers’ Association, March 2000.

Panelist, “Zealous but Ethical: Proper Deposition Conduct,” delivered to the Annual Convention of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers’ Association, February 2000.

Professorial Adjunct, American University College of Law, 1999 -2000.

Judge, Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, Moot Court Association competition, November 1998.

“Employment Issues for Human Resources Professionals,” delivered at Bowie State University’s graduate program in Human Resources Development, October 1998, January 1997, and October 1996.

Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority: Progress and Promises, The Atlanta Project of the Carter Center, 1994. Evaluated the formation, successes, and necessary policy and law reforms necessary to make the Land Bank an effective tool in decreasing decrepit and tax-delinquent properties in Atlanta.

Moderator, Emory University School of Law Diversity Day Panel Discussion on Diversity in the Legal Community April 1994.

Moderator, “Where has Justice Gone?” (panel program on teaching justice in legal education) September 1993.