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Filippatos PLLC celebrates a win after a federal magistrate judge barred Kirkland & Ellis LLP from accessing Filippatos’s clients sensitive information. Filippatos is representing Zoya Kovalenko as she sues her former employer, K&E, for sexual discrimination. K&E submitted subpoenas to Kovalenko’s other former employers, requesting personnel files. Attorney Tanvir Rahman, a partner at Filippatos, said the decision could deter other employers from using tactics like this to harass and annoy victims.

Filippatos PLLC is representing Abby Grossberg in her lawsuit against Fox News. She alleges that her employer made her a scapegoat in a high-stakes defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. She also alleges the network coached her to give misleading answers during her deposition. With the help of the Filippatos PLLC team, she hopes to challenge Fox News’ workplace culture. Her lawsuit raises questions about how the network treats employees.

Filippatos PLLC represented former SAC Capital Advisors LLC junior trader Andrew Z. Tong in a high-profile lawsuit that alleged severe workplace harassment. Tong claimed he was pressured into taking female hormones to implement a ‘feminine approach’ to trading, as devised by colleague Ping Jiang. These actions purportedly led to significant personal and psychological repercussions for Tong. This case raises critical questions about workplace ethics and the extent of employer influence over employees in high-stakes financial environments.

Filippatos PLLC is representing Broadway actor Zuri Washington in a lawsuit alleging that the producers of the national tour of 1776 wrongfully discriminated against her. Attorney Tanvir H. Rahman told various outlets that Washington was wrongfully terminated and that her firing was “racially motivated, retaliatory, and unlawful.”

Washington’s complaint named several entities and alleged eight causes of action related to discrimination, retaliation, or aiding and abetting the same. She is seeking damages for lost wages, benefits, pain and suffering. She is asking that the defendants make a declaration “declaring that Defendants engaged in, and enjoining Defendants from continuing to engage in, unlawful employment practices prohibited by Section 1981 and the New York State Human Rights Law and New York City Human Rights Law in that Defendants discriminated and retaliated against Plaintiff on the basis of her race (Black/African American).”

Filippatos PLLC is representing Palm Management’s former general counsel, Joy Vida Jones, in a racial discrimination lawsuit. Jones claims her former employer began discriminating against her after she revealed a lung cancer diagnosis in 2018. She claims she was excluded from company business before being terminated after the company’s sale to Landry’s in 2020. She is suing Palm Management for damages related to the denial of her pay and bonuses because of the discrimination. She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, along with court fees