Over the course of his career, Mr. Filippatos has worked tirelessly to defend employee rights in the workplace. He is experienced in claims of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, race or gender based hostile work environment, unlawful micro-aggression, retaliation, denial of religious and disability accommodations, violation of state and federal wage and hour laws, and interference with medical and other protected leave(s). Mr. Filippatos regularly provides crucial guidance for his clients on matters of discrimination, retaliation, employee rights, and employer liability in the workplace. Mr. Filippatos received his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law. During law school, Mr. Filippatos served in numerous leadership roles, including on the Executive Board of Fordham’s Moot Court team, as Treasurer of the Fordham Law Labor and Employment Law Society, and as Social and Events Chair of Fordham’s chapter of OUTLAWS (LGBT Students’ Association). Mr. Filippatos was highly dedicated to servicing employee and civil rights while in law school, becoming instrumental in the founding of his law school’s Labor and Employment Law Society, as well as to the installation of gender-neutral restroom options on his law school’s campus. Before joining Filippatos PLLC, Mr. Filippatos worked at other employment law firms, where he focused on both plaintiff’s rights and employment defense. Additionally, Mr. Filippatos worked as a student attorney at Fordham University’s Criminal Defense Clinic where, under a student practice order, he represented underserved clients in New York criminal court, in matters ranging from arraignment to post-conviction. Prior to law school, Mr. Filippatos worked as a paralegal at internationally-recognized immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English & American Literature from New York University, with a minor in Creative Writing.

Area of Practice: EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR INDIVIDUALS Parisis G. (“Gerry”) Filippatos is the Founding Partner of Filippatos PLLC. Mr. Filippatos is a seasoned and versatile labor and employment attorney with nearly three decades of experience in the field. He has represented thousands of employees in legal matters involving employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on gender, pregnancy, race, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity; separation and severance agreements; executive compensation; restrictive covenants; and whistleblower retaliation. Mr. Filippatos concentrates his practice in the litigation of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, as well as retaliation cases against financial services firms and Fortune 500 companies. He is also a highly adept negotiator, having successfully represented countless individuals in matters involving executive compensation, employment contracts, and severance agreements. Mr. Filippatos’s clients hail from a broad range of industries.

Ilya’s experience includes representing clients in employment, personal injury, and business matters. Ilya is passionate about fighting on behalf of the underdog – whether it be an employee who is mistreated in the workplace, a person who is injured, or a small business. ? Prior to entering private practice, Ilya externed for the Honorable D. Lowell Jensen (Ret.) of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, as well as for the Honorable Ming C. Chin of the Supreme Court of California. Ilya is a cum laude graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Hastings International & Comparative Law Review. Prior to law school, Ilya graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a double major and minor. ? Ilya launched his legal career more than a decade ago at Downey Brand LLP where he represented a variety of clients, such as individuals and publicly traded companies. Ilya then joined a tech company as its General Counsel and then became General Counsel for a government agency that has an approximately 50 million dollar annual budget. As General Counsel, Ilya assisted defending his clients in actions involving employment and personal injury claims. As the founder of Infinity Law Group, Ilya grew the practice through an early establishment of trust and results. ? Ilya is fluent in Russian and knows enough Thai to get a laugh out of anyone who speaks Thai. Ilya is passionate about the outdoors, the housing industry, and travel. Ilya is very fortunate to have lived in Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe.

Kyle Findley plays a lead role in achieving exceptional results on behalf of plaintiffs at Arnold & Itkin. As a licensed attorney in both Texas and Louisiana, Kyle aggressively represents plaintiffs in state and federal courts in the Gulf Coast region and throughout the United States. Kyle\'s practice primarily focuses on representing plaintiffs in maritime, land contamination, trucking, plant explosions, and catastrophic personal injury cases. He also played a key role in helping Gulf Coast residents recover from the devastating effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP oil spill. Currently, he is assisting home and business owners throughout Coastal Texas who are facing insurance claims after the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. It was through Kyle\'s success that he was selected by The National Trial Lawyers to be included as a \"Top 40 Under 40\" lawyer. This list represents a selection of 40 lawyers under the age of 40 who have a reputation of excellence amongst their peers and have obtained exemplary settlements and verdicts as a trial lawyer. In addition, his success has led to being awarded lifetime memberships into both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for the numerous verdicts and settlements exceeding one and two million dollars that he has obtained for his clients. Kyle has also been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars? Edition from 2015 to 2019. Kyle is a sixth generation Texan. After graduating high school in Tyler, Kyle attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in government with business foundations, achieving university honors during his tenure. After graduation, Kyle worked for a national commercial real estate firm, representing institutions and high net worth individuals, where he specialized in investment sales. There, he gained invaluable negotiation experience, while also closing one of the largest transactions within his company. Although he enjoyed his success in real estate, he quickly discovered that he would rather use his skills in the courtroom fighting on behalf of those that were wronged by the conduct of others. Determined to make a career in the courtroom, Kyle earned his law degree at South Texas College of Law. During law school, Kyle clerked at Arnold & Itkin and continued on as a lawyer following graduation. Kyle is also an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, and the Houston Bar Association.

Jason Fine (aka Big Al) specializes in representing victims suffering injuries caused by motor vehicle, slip and fall, construction site accidents, and negligence of security personnel. Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, he has litigated cases from Philadelphia County to Allegheny County. He graduated from the University of Delaware and went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from the Widener University School of Law in 1998. Jason launched his career as an Assistant Defender with the prestigious Defender Association of Philadelphia, allowing him to develop effective courtroom skills early in his career. Jason also worked for the Defender Association of Philadelphia for five years and tried hundreds of cases to verdict including many major felony jury trials. Prior to opening the J. Fine Law Group, P.C., Jason worked at three other prominent Center City law firms specializing in personal injury. Over his years, Jason has been involved in many high-profile cases and continues, year after year, to obtain high verdicts/settlements/awards for his clients.