Weldon H. Latham is a principal in the Washington, D.C. Region office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is founder and leader of the Corporate Diversity Counseling practice group, leader of the firm’s internal Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and has served as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.
Weldon represents Fortune 200 companies, major government agencies, and other complex organizations in a variety of legal matters, including crisis management, corporate diversity counseling, employment law, internal investigations, and government relations.
Weldon advises clients in crisis management and diversity representation, complex civil rights reviews and employment law audits, as well as dispute resolution, investigations and defends class action lawsuits involving allegations of race, gender, and age discrimination and harassment law. He also directs confidential litigation assessments, corporate diversity compliance reviews, internal legal vulnerability assessments, and assists clients in developing "best practice," benchmarking, and diversity enhancement action plans.
Weldon has over 20 years of senior partner level direction of major crisis management, civil rights program reviews, and employment discrimination litigation. Weldon has a distinguished record of public service. He has served as assistant general counsel, White House Office of Management and Budget; general deputy assistant secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; captain, secretary of the Air Force, General Counsel’s Honors Program; member of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Procurement and Technical Data Rights; civilian aide to the secretary of the Army; member of the U.S. Small Business Administration National Advisory Council; served on the Board of the Maryland Stadium Authority; and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, as chair of the Legal Committee.
