Employee-Side Employment Law California · Washington · Texas · Nevada · Colorado

Employment lawyers for employees.

Because when it's your job, it's personal.

Ackermann & Tilajef represents employees in wage and hour, workplace discrimination and harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination, and equity and severance matters across California, Washington, Texas, Nevada, and Colorado.

THE RECORD
$350M+

Recovered for employees

Through verdicts and settlements over the past 10 years.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Employee-side counsel
We represent employees, not employers.
Five-state team
Team admissions include CA, WA, TX, NV and CO.
Firm review
Every submission is reviewed by the firm; potential matters are reviewed by an attorney.

What workplace issue are you facing?

Wage
& Hour

Unpaid overtime, missed meal or rest breaks, employee misclassification, unreimbursed business expenses, and other pay violations.

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Discrimination
& Harassment

Discrimination, sexual or racial harassment, hostile work environments, and other unlawful workplace treatment.

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Retaliation
& Wrongful Termination

Adverse action taken after an employee reports misconduct, requests workplace protections, or exercises a legal right.

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Equity Compensation
& Severance

Stock options, RSUs, bonuses, commissions, severance agreements, and other compensation disputes arising during or after employment.

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Not sure where your situation fits? Request a free case review

Employment law is what we do.

Meet the team →

The firm represents employees in individual, class, collective, and representative matters, from one worker's dispute to unlawful practices affecting an entire workforce.

A record of results for workers.

A wage-and-hour class-action practice, with recoveries across discrimination, antitrust and executive matters. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

$14M

Rest-break class action for grocery workers, as co-lead counsel.

CALIFORNIA · 2024 · FINAL
$10.94M

Meal-break class action for approximately 11,600 health-care workers.

HEALTH CARE · WASHINGTON · 2025 · FINAL
$5.5M

No-poach antitrust settlement for truck drivers.

TRANSPORTATION · 2022 · FINAL
$350M+
IN VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS
2,000+
CLASS, COLLECTIVE & PAGA CASES LED BY CRAIG SINCE 2007

What our clients say.

I have not worked with any lawyers in the past who provide such professionalism and respect for their client as your team does.
Miguel C.
I want to thank Craig for all of his help in resolving my disagreement and settlement with my former company. I am grateful that you were there to help me.
Justin R.
Thank you, Craig, for all your help. I really appreciate it. It was an absolute pleasure. You are very intelligent and I truly admire you.
Jenaro J.

Five states. One side of the table.

Offices in Beverly Hills and Tacoma, with attorneys licensed to represent
employees in California, Washington, Texas, Nevada, and Colorado.

STEP 1 OF 2

Choose where you worked.

Select a state, then choose the workplace issue that sounds closest to what happened.

Tell us what happened.

Answer a few brief questions, free and private. Every submission is reviewed by the firm, and potential matters are reviewed by an attorney. Submitting does not create an attorney-client relationship; that begins only if the firm agrees in writing to represent you.

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