Leading the Charge for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for 30 Years

Curtis Lewis and Associates (CLA), a minority-owned small business, was founded in 1986 by Curtis J. Lewis. CLA is a general practice law firm with a primary focus on labor and employment law.

Our experience in these areas has evolved into an extensive range of EEO and HR services relating to equal employment opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, affirmative employment, mediation, human resources management, civil rights, collective bargaining, and Conflict Management and Prevention.

As such, a significant number of CLA assignments involve training. This includes classroom, computer-based (E-learning), Webinars, and video-assisted delivery.

CLA has provided services to federal and state agencies for over 21 years and private sector clients for more than 26 years. We pride ourselves in our delivery of high-quality services provided to our clients by our diverse and experienced CLA Associates.

Our goal is to support public and private sector employers by educating management and employees, coaching, and assisting their compliance with the law, regulation, and policy.

Our Experience


Curtis Lewis & Associates offers EEO services in mediation, workplace discrimination investigation, counseling, Federal Agency Decisions, and training. The primary substantive focus of CLA is Labor and Employment services for management. This includes workplace issues pertaining to conflict management, worker disabilities, anti-harassment, diversity and inclusion, workplace discrimination, and mediation.

In the area of Diversity and Inclusion, CLA reviews existing programs, designs, develops and implements agencies’ strategic plans in accordance with agency-wide and government-wide guidelines, conducts surveys and studies, analyzes data and makes recommendations, facilitates D&I Counsels and trains managers to manage and monitor agency D&I Plans/programs; integrates D&I into existing training and conflict management training.

In the area of Human Capital, CLA analyzes data, conducts organizational assessments/climate surveys, designs and implements D&I strategic plans, Executive Coaching, Policy Development, Programs Accountability, and Measurements, Workforce Analysis, and Strategic Planning.

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What We Can Do For You

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CLA offers a comprehensive range of HR and EEO services to federal agencies. CLA assists agencies with mandatory training to comply with Executive Orders, Regulations, Judgments, and corrective actions. This includes training requirements for the No FEAR Act, Diversity & Inclusion, and corrective actions.

We offer classroom-based, e-learning, webinars, and video-assisted training. CLA assists agencies in developing strategic plans as well as to conduct assessments.

CLA also maintains a large number of certified mediators in the formal and informal stages of the EEO complaint process.

Selected List of Customers

  • Agency for Health Care Policy
  • International Broadcasting Bureau And Research
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • DC Convention Center
  • Mineral Management Service
  • DC Office of Human Rights
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Defense Finance and Accounting Administration Services
  • National Capitol Planning Commission
  • Defense Information System Agency Commission
  • Department of Energy
  • National Gallery of Art
  • Department of the Interior
  • National Labor Relations Board
  • Department of Transportation
  • Patent Trademark Office
  • Department of Veteran Affairs
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Superior Court of the District of Columbia
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • U.S.Department of Education
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • U.S.Government Printing Office
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • U.S.Marine Corps
  • Federal Reserve Bank
  • U.S.Post Office
  • Government Services Administration
  • U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Health and Human Services
  • Maryland State Judiciary
  • Transportation Services Administration