Whittney Barth is an Associate at Sanford Heisler Sharp.

At Sanford Heisler Sharp, Whittney’s practice has focused primarily on employment discrimination cases, representing both individuals and proposed classes. Working with a team of Sanford Heisler Sharp attorneys, Whittney has represented clients including:

• a female commercial real estate executive with claims of gender and race discrimination against Cushman & Wakefield and her supervisor
• an employee of a religious university fired on account of sexual orientation
• female attorneys with claims of gender, maternity, and race discrimination against a large law firm
• a survivor of sexual assault with disabilities in her claims against a private high school
• a whistleblower in a matter before the SEC
• a proposed class challenging the constitutionality of certain policies within immigration court bond hearings

Whittney received her law degree from The University of Chicago Law School, her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School, and her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Miami University. While at the University of Chicago, Whittney served as the Executive Comments Editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law, participated in the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project clinic, and was a teaching assistant for two undergraduate courses in the University’s Laws, Letters, and Society Program. She earned pro bono honors and was awarded the Ann Watson Barber Outstanding Service Award and the 2L Public Interest Award. While at Miami, Whittney received the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Provost Student Academic Achievement Award and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

A member of the Maryland bar, Whittney has co-authored articles on employment issues, including the ministerial exception, protections for employees’ private speech, and vaccine mandates, that appear in Law360, Bloomberg Law, and the University of Illinois Law Review. She has also presented on topics that include employees’ rights to participate in peaceful protests. Whittney is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp and prior to law school, Whittney managed a university-based research and educational project for nearly five years.

When Whittney is not lawyering, she enjoys exploring the DMV’s (DC-Maryland-Virginia) culinary scene with her spouse and taking care of their two adopted Siamese cats.