The Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) presented its 2015 Lawyer of the Year award to Valencia Rainey, a senior attorney with The Law Offices of Gary M. Gilbert & Associates, P.C. MWELA bestows its prestigious Lawyer of the Year award annually to an employment lawyer whose work reflects the highest level of professionalism, commitment to employee rights, and unusual achievement. Valencia is an experienced employment law litigator, with extensive trial and courtroom experience. Rainey litigates matters in the private sector and federal sector and focuses her practice on discrimination, sexual harassment, severance and separation agreements, negotiations, contracts, and workplace issues.