SmartFeds Mission and Vision
SmartFeds Law Group is owned by minority, women co-founders who have proudly innovated advances in federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) practices having led civil rights offices in the executive branch at the senior and executive level.
MISSION | With over 60 years of combined experience, our dedicated team is instrumental in empowering effective engagement in the EEO process. We continuously strive to provide our clients with effective and meaningful solutions, demonstrating our commitment to excellence and integrity.
VISION | We aim to make workplaces better through proactive prevention and grievance resolution.
Meet Our Co-Founders
Sarah Summerville, Esq
I am a seasoned attorney with over 25 years of experience in Employment Law, specializing in a wide range of areas including Labor Relations, Resolving Workplace Disputes, Reasonable Accommodation, Harassment Investigations, Third Party Litigation and Employment Discrimination Litigation. Throughout my career, I have achieved numerous favorable case resolutions, demonstrating my commitment to mitigating risks in the workplace.
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Lorena McElwain
Since beginning my federal service in1999 as a Census Statistician, I have dedicated my career to improving civil rights programs. Appointed to the U.S. Senior Executive Service in 2009, I have successfully led reasonable accommodation, compliance reporting, workforce analytics, issued final agency decisions, and negotiated significant cases under Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act. With a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and a Minor in Linguistics from the University of Texas at El Paso, I am a proud first-generation college graduate.
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