Richard Celler has managed/handled thousands of overtime and employment cases during his 14 years of exclusive practice as a labor and employment attorney.  Some of his more notable results over the past 10 years are as follows:

• $1,220,000 Jury/Trial Judge Award for Vice President Terminated for Having Depression and Anxiety Under the Family Medical Leave Act;
• $489,000 Jury Verdict for Gay Employee for Harassment, Discrimination and for Being Fired in Retaliation for Complaining About Mistreatment;
• $365,000 Recovery for Female Executive Fired for Being Pregnant;
• $330,000 Trial Verdict for Hourly Paid Worker Fired for Having HIV/AIDS;
• $276,000 Recovery for Individual Broker Who Was Fired Before Getting Paid His Commissions;
• $260,000 Recovery for Executive Discriminated Against and Fired on the Basis of His Age;
• $225,000 Recovery for Arab American Discriminated Against for Being Egyptian (“Called Terrorist,” Spied on By Co-Workers);
• $175,000 Recovery for Deaf Employee Discriminated Against By His Employer;
• $166,500 Recovery for Female Employee Sexually Harassed in the Workplace;
• $125,000 Recovery for Gay Employee Harassed and Retaliated Against in the Workplace;
• $122,000 Recovery for Employee Fired for Whistle-Blowing On Employer About Illegal Billing Practices;
• $85,000 Recovery for Hospital Employee Fired for Testifying Against Hospital regarding Medicare Fraud.
• $35,000 Recovery for Employee Whose Manager Insisted She Work From Home While on FMLA leave.

 
Results for Individual Overtime/Wage Claims:

• $225,000 Recovery for Sales Clerk Employee at Gas Station Whose Employer Didn’t Pay Minimum Wage or Overtime for 3 Years;
• $88,000 Recovery for Hotel Front Desk Employee Whose Employer Made Her Work Off the Clock for 3 Years;
• $72,000 Recovery for Limousine Driver Misclassified as an Independent Contractor by His Employer;
• $55,000 Recovery for Satellite Installer Misclassified as an Independent Contractor by His Employer;
• $50,000 Recovery for Construction Site Laborer Who Was Paid Straight Time Overtime for 3 Years;
• $44,500 Recovery for Waitress Who Failed to Receive Minimum Wage and Overtime for 2 Years;
• $37,800 Recovery for Exotic Dancer Who Was Misclassified as Independent Contractor for 2 Years;
• $37,000 Recovery for Paralegal Who Was Misclassified as Exempt Employee for 3 Years;
• $25,000 Recovery for Truck Driver Who Was Not Paid Proper Minimum Wage for 3 Years.

 
Results for Class Action Claims:

• $10,000,000.00 Recovery for National Class of Workers Not Properly Paid Overtime or Minimum Wage for time spent changing in and out of protective clothing for work;
• $9,750,000 Recovery for National Class of Workers Misclassified as Exempt (Employer Claimed They Were Not Entitled to Overtime Compensation);
• $6,000,000 Recovery for Class of Sales Representatives Not Properly Paid Overtime;
• $3,450,000 Recovery for National Class of Construction Superintendents Misclassified as Exempt (Employer Claimed They Were Not Entitled to Overtime Compensation);
• $3,000,000 Recovery for Class of Oil and Gas Inspectors Not Properly Paid Overtime;
• $2,750,000 Recovery for National Class of Construction Workers Not Properly Paid Overtime;
• $2,400,000 Recovery for National Class of Chicken Workers Not Properly Paid Overtime and Minimum Wage;
• $1,750,000 Recovery for Class of Oil and Gas Inspectors Not Properly Paid Overtime;
• $1,200,000 Recovery for Class of Construction Superintendents Misclassified as Exempt (Employer Claimed They Were Not Entitled to Overtime Compensation);
• $1,200,000 Recovery for Class of Satellite Installers Misclassified as Independent Contractors;
• $1,100,000 Recovery for Group of Doctors Who Were Not Paid Their Properly Salaries Under the Terms of Their Employment Agreements;
• $675,000 Recovery for Class of Sales Representatives Not Properly Paid Overtime;
• $500,000 Recovery for Class of Oil/Gas Inspectors Not Properly Paid Overtime.

 
If there is a particular case you would like more information on, please let us know.  To the extent we are permitted to disclose the details of those claims (if there is no confidentiality agreement), we are more than happy to provide this information to you.