Upper Jay Civil Rights Lawyers

Marjorie Mesidor is a renowned attorney acknowledged for her exceptional service to clients who have experienced discrimination based on protected characteristics such as race, gender, and disability, among others. She specializes in prosecuting employment cases against both Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations accused of discriminatory practices, including claims of sexual harassment. Throughout her career, she has achieved remarkable success, obtaining over $47 million in awards and settlements for her clients. Marjorie gained widespread recognition in 2013 for her involvement in the Johnson v. STRIVE landmark case, which established a precedent on the issue of discrimination among individuals of the...

Robert Schacht is Of Counsel to Phillips & Associates and serves as special Trial Counsel. He is is a skillful, experienced trial attorney who graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1999. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, and he is also admitted to practice in the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York. He is also admitted to practice in the District of New Jersey. He works exclusively as a plaintiff’s attorney.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Schacht has tried many cases in Bronx, Queens, King’s, Richmond, New York,...

Susan Tylar has dedicated her legal career to being an advocate for the rights of workers in the workplace. Ms. Tylar received her law degree from Hofstra Law School and began her career with Leeds, Morelli and Brown as a litigation associate where she represented current/former employees of Fortune 500 companies and municipalities with employment and civil rights claims based on race, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, and religion. As part of a team, she managed a multi-million dollar class-action employment discrimination case with over five hundred participants against a nationwide company. She was also assistant counsel in the...

Elissa Krell graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2000 where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. She is admitted to practice in New York State as well as the U.S. District Court, for both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Her practice focuses on the representation of federal and public sector employees in all areas of employment discrimination such as sexual harassment, retaliation, hostile work environment, race, sex, age, and disability.

Prior to working with The Bell Law Group, Ms. Krell worked as a Staff Attorney in the General Litigation Division of the New...