ELISSA GYSI
Partner
Hill, Farrer & Burrill, LLP
Hill, Farrer & Burrill partner Elissa Gysi has built a career around a number of high profile and successful efforts in the employment law realm. She has successfully brought over 50 motions to compel arbitration of pending class action and PAGA claims in state courts and has assisted over 30 employers, including national retail companies, construction companies and restaurants in litigating and resolving representative PAGA actions.
Gysi represented a large, national employer in arbitration by terminated employee alleging disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, and wrongful termination. Under Gysi’s legal stewardship, her client prevailed in arbitration. She also successfully represented a large, national employer in arbitration by a former employee alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination. In yet another recent case where her client prevailed in arbitration, Gysi represented a large, national employer in arbitration by former employee alleging age discrimination and retaliation.
