Representative public settlements
and victories
Throughout her 12-year tenure at the EEOC, Nakkisa Akhavan played a significant role in numerous impactful civil rights and employment discrimination cases, including the following:
$1.2 Million
Class sexual harassment of male and female employees of casino and hotel chain, 2025, Las Vegas, NV.
$10 Million
Class age discrimination in layoffs, 2020, Los Angeles, CA.
$2.2 Million
Class hiring discrimination on the basis of race and sex by national staffing agency, 2024, Los Angeles, CA.
$2 Million
Class disability discrimination by nursing and assisted living facilities, 2020, Fresno, CA.
$865,000
Class racial harassment against Black employees, 2023, Riverside, CA.
$1.4 Million
Class national origin discrimination, 2025, Guam
$600,000
Class sexual harassment against call center employees, 2015, Los Angeles, CA.
$6.8 Million
Class age and disability discrimination against physicians subjected to mandatory retirement, 2023, San Diego, CA
$3.5 Million
Class sexual harassment against female and male customer service employees, 2018, Fresno, CA.
$325,000
Class disability discrimination by health care and assisted living facility chain, 2017, Visalia, CA
$925,000
Class sexual harassment and disability discrimination by travel and entertainment concierge, 2019, Las Vegas, NV
$18 million
Class sexual harassment against female employees, 2022, Los Angeles, CA.
Representative matters are provided for illustrative purposes only. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each matter is different and must be evaluated on its own facts and applicable law.