Robert J. Valli, Jr.

Valli Kane & Vagnini LLP (“VKV” or “Firm”) is a nationally recognized law firm with more than 70 years of collective litigation experience amongst its partners. VKV concentrates on representing workers in the areas of employment discrimination and wage-and-hour violations. The attorneys in the Firm have actively prosecuted well over 1,000 individual actions and numerous mass, class and collective actions on behalf of workers. The Firm’s litigation practice includes nationwide class actions wherein VKV has been appointed lead or co-lead counsel, often working in tandem with some of the most well respected plaintiffs’ discrimination and wage-and-hour firms in the nation. Its lawyers have successfully obtained verdicts and settlements totaling in excess of 100 million dollars in class and collective cases against major retailers, health-care companies, and financial institutions. In addition, VKV has successfully represented numerous relators in False Claims Act cases resulting in tens of millions of dollars in False Claims Act recoveries. Further, the firm routinely handles complex commercial litigation matters. The Firm has been recognized for its expertise and efforts from courts. Indeed, Judge Cathy Seibel of the S.D.N.Y. stated that “Class Counsel have extensive knowledge in litigating wage and hour collective and class actions such as this, are familiar with the complex factual and legal questions at issue in this Litigation, and have and will continue to adequately represent the Plaintiffs and members of the Settlement Class in a comprehensive and vigorous manner.” Additionally, the Firm was honored in 2014 with the Texas Lawyer’s award for the highest verdict in Employment Discrimination and in 2017 with the NAACP Legacy Award.