The people behind the firm.
Ackermann & Tilajef represents employees in wage-and-hour class actions, discrimination, harassment and executive matters across California, Washington, Texas, Nevada and Colorado. Meet the attorneys and professionals who do the work.
Shareholders
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Craig J. Ackermann
Craig has spent nearly 30 years representing employees in harassment, discrimination and wage-and-hour class actions, serving as lead or co-lead counsel in class, collective and representative matters across California, Washington and Texas, through settlement, trial and appeal.
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Yael Tilajef Ackermann
Yael helped build the firm's sexual-harassment practice and has served as lead or co-lead counsel in harassment matters across California, bringing individual and multi-plaintiff cases for workers and shaping how the firm prepares them.
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Brian Denlinger
Brian leads the firm's Washington practice, handling discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters alongside its wage-and-hour class actions, and is admitted in Washington and Colorado, giving the team reach across both states' workplace-rights laws.
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Avi Kreitenberg
Avi joined the firm in 2017 and became a shareholder in 2022. His practice centers on California and Washington wage-and-hour class and representative actions, from the first filing through class settlement approval and payout.
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3Amanda Lutsock
Amanda is a Washington attorney who came up through the firm, joining as a legal assistant, becoming its senior paralegal, and returning as an associate, which shows in how thoroughly her discrimination and retaliation matters are prepared.
View profile →Erika Smolyar
Erika focuses on workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation matters, representing employees across the firm's multistate employment practice while leading its Nevada work before the state's agencies and courts.
View profile →Milton Gao
Milton represents employees in workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation matters as part of the firm's California employment-litigation practice, supporting case development, discovery and motion work across the firm's class and individual dockets.
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One side of the table.
The firm represents workers in disputes involving pay, workplace treatment, retaliation, termination and compensation.
Attorneys licensed in California, Washington, Texas, Nevada and Colorado collaborate across matters and jurisdictions.
The team investigates the record, develops the claims, negotiates where appropriate and prepares matters for trial when necessary.