Alan Banov and Associates welcomes the arrival of Edgar Ndjatou.  He will be a law clerk until he passes the bar.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ndjatou gained significant experience in employment and labor law in Washington, D.C.  He interned at the D.C. Employment Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting workers’ rights.  He also spent some time with the law firm of Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC, a plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law firm.  In addition, Mr. Ndjatou was a law clerk at the Service Employees International Union and at Bernstein & Lipsett, PC, a firm specializing in wage and hour litigation.

Originally from Cameroon and raised in New York City, Mr. Ndjatou earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in Economics in 2006 from Brandeis University.  He received his Juris Doctor in 2009 from American University, Washington College of Law.  While in law school, Mr. Ndjatou was President of the Black Law Students Association and was Senior Marketing Editor of The Modern American, a publication devoted to diversity in the law.  Mr. Ndjatou also competed in the ABA’s Representation in Mediation Competition and was a member of the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Region Championship team.

Edgar is a member of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association and the National Bar Association.  He took the Maryland Bar exam in July, and we wish him well in passing it!

You can contact him at edgar@banovlaw.com.