Fisher Phillips Welcomes 2020 Fall Associate Class

ATLANTA (November 2, 2020) – Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, welcomes 15 attorneys in its Fall 2020 associate class. The attorneys join in nine offices across the country to expand Fisher Phillips’ teams working on employers’ most pressing workplace issues now and preparing them for the workplace of the future.

“This group represents the best and brightest in the industry, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Fisher Phillips family,” said Roger Quillen, Chairman and Managing Partner of Fisher Phillips. “The new associates will have opportunities to work on some of the most complex and challenging labor and employment cases while also helping us, as a firm, look toward the future and stay ahead of the curve. We are excited for the many opportunities we will have to work together and help shape the rapidly evolving employment law landscape in this country.”

Fisher Phillips welcomes the following associates:

Vana Ebrahimi – Los Angeles

Ariella Kupetz – Los Angeles

Evan Kroll – Los Angeles

Taylor Platt – Los Angeles

Tam Vu – Irvine

Russell Blakey – Irvine

Bayan Salehi – Irvine

Steven Eheart – San Diego

Carola Murguia – San Diego

Abby Harrington – San Francisco

Chase Parongao – Woodland Hills, CA

Joseph Nelson – Cleveland

Ten Stallings – Fort Lauderdale

Lydia Middleton – Kansas City

Stephanie Robin – Philadelphia

The incoming associates expand the firm’s capabilities to continue helping employers through this unprecedented time of pandemic-related workplace issues. Starting with the country’s first shelter-in-place orders, companies have been relying on Fisher Phillips to guide them as they’ve grappled to keep up with the uncertain and fast-breaking legal developments. And now that employers have become a target for lawsuits arising from COVID-19, the firm’s talented team of litigators has been tracking the varied legal claims and developing defense strategies to best position clients to get through this new era. The new associates join an incredible team of attorneys focused on keeping employers ahead of the curve as it relates to the daily impact of COVID-19 on day-to-day business operations.

The associates are also an important part of Fisher Phillips’ overall growth as the firm continues to expand its national footprint. Throughout the past year the firm has added new office locations in Woodland Hills, California; Nashville, Tennessee; and Detroit, Michigan.