Correia & Puth

What Correia & Puth does

Correia & Puth is a Washington, DC-based plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law firm organized as a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC) and founded in 2014-2015 by Linda M. Correia and Jonathan C. Puth. The firm represents exclusively employees, federal workers, students, and individuals — never employers — in matters spanning workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower retaliation, unpaid wages and severance, federal employment (MSPB, OSC, EEOC), and Title IX claims. Practice areas are organized into five integrated lines: Discrimination/Harassment/Retaliation, Whistleblower Protections, Unpaid Wages & Severance, Federal Employees Representation, and Title IX Claims, with sub-pages covering protected classes from race and sex to gender identity, pregnancy, religion, and USERRA veteran status.

The firm operates as a traditional professional services practice with no proprietary technology platform, no app, and no public API or SDK; product delivery is through attorney-client representation rather than a software stack. Notable case outcomes documented in the record include a $930,000 jury verdict in a transgender employee harassment case, $1.0 million and $1.25 million settlements in sex discrimination and harassment matters, and the federal court-ordered reinstatement of an MSPB member wrongfully removed by the Trump administration. Co-counsel arrangements with Public Justice, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Wardenski P.C., and Kator Parks Weiser & Wright extend the firm's effective capacity beyond its roughly 10-15 attorneys and staff.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees under contingency, hourly, or flat-fee arrangements depending on case type, with intake offered free of charge via phone or website. The firm is privately held by its partners with no outside investment, no parent company, and no subsidiaries; it is headquartered at 1400 16th St NW #450, Washington, DC and serves regional markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia alongside national federal employment and Title IX matters.

Name

Correia & Puth

Legal name

Correia & Puth, PLLC

Website

https://correiaputh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Correia & Puth is a law firm that specializes in employment law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Workplace discrimination law
• Whistleblower protection law
• Title IX litigation
• Wage and hour claims

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Law firm generates revenue through legal fees from client representation, which may include contingency fee arrangements, hourly billing, or flat fees depending on case type. Represents employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, Title IX, and wage claims.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Correia & Puth is a plaintiff-side civil rights law firm that represents exclusively employees and students facing workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower issues, unpaid wages, and Title IX claims. The firm delivers legal services through five integrated practice areas: Discrimination/Harassment/Retaliation, Whistleblower Protections, Unpaid Wages & Severance, Federal Employees Representation, and Title IX Claims. Services are provided via attorney-client representation, beginning with a free initial intake consultation.

Product overview

Correia & Puth is a civil rights law firm that provides legal services exclusively for employees confronting workplace discrimination, retaliation, and unfair treatment. The firm offers a unified suite of practice areas including Discrimination/Harassment/Retaliation, Whistleblower Protections, Unpaid Wages & Severance, Federal Employees Representation, and Title IX Claims. Rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, the firm operates as a single integrated legal practice where attorneys handle diverse practice areas from the same firm, with specialized expertise across federal employment law, private sector claims, and educational institution matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation Legal Services Legal representation for employees facing workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on protected characteristics including race, sex, age, disability, national origin, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Represents individuals in EEOC charges, federal and state court litigation, and settlement negotiations.
• Whistleblower Protections Legal services for federal government employees, contractors, and private sector workers who face retaliation for reporting wrongdoing, including False Claims Act qui tam litigation, OSC complaints, and MSPB whistleblower appeals.
• Unpaid Wages & Severance Representation in wage and hour disputes, including unpaid wages, commissions, overtime violations, severance agreement negotiation, and Fair Labor Standards Act claims. Includes corporate accountability work for wage theft victims.
• Federal Employees Representation Specialized legal services for federal sector employees navigating EEO complaints, MSPB proceedings, Office of Special Counsel complaints, and workplace rights under federal employment law.
• Title IX Claims National legal services using Title IX as a mechanism for maintaining educational environments free from discrimination and retaliation, including campus sexual assault, sex discrimination, and gender identity discrimination claims against schools and universities.

Quantifiable outcome

• $930,000 jury verdict for transgender employee subjected to harassment and retaliation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright, PLLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership representing Cathy Harris in MSPB reinstatement case against Trump administration.
• Human Rights Campaign FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership representing federal employees and their families in litigation challenging the elimination of gender-affirming healthcare coverage. Filed EEOC complaints and class action lawsuits against the Trump administration on behalf of federal workers.
• Wardenski P.C.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership representing Jennifer Capasso in lawsuit against Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for discriminatory treatment based on gender identity. Also co-counsel in South Carolina transgender bathroom ban case.
• Public JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership in civil rights litigation including South Carolina anti-trans law challenge and St. Anselm's Abbey School lawsuit. Public Justice's Students' Civil Rights Project works closely with the firm on multiple cases.
• Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership in litigation challenging South Carolina's anti-trans bathroom ban law.
• Whitman Walker Legal ServicescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPro bono partnership through which Diana Portillo Medrano case was referred. The firms work together through Pro Bono Partnership program. Firm received Dale Edwin Sanders Award for Pro Bono Excellence from Whitman Walker.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & TollminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel partnership representing John and Jane Doe in civil rights lawsuit against St. Anselm's Abbey School for racist and disability-based harassment.
• Peggy Browning FundminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner Subhashini Bollini served as panelist at the Peggy Browning Fund's 28th annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Outten & Golden LLP: Premier plaintiff-side employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage matters nationwide. Most directly comparable peer given shared employee-only orientation, similar scale, and overlapping federal-sector and discrimination practices.
• Wigdor LLP: Plaintiff-side employment discrimination firm known for high-profile individual and class actions. Comparable in its exclusive employee representation model, media visibility strategy, and pursuit of high-value verdicts and settlements.
• Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch PC: DC-based plaintiff-side employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, whistleblower, and federal-sector matters. Highly comparable on geography, exclusive-employee stance, and federal employment practice focus.
• Nichols Kaster PLLP: Plaintiff-side employment law firm handling discrimination, wage and hour, and whistleblower matters with a national footprint. Comparable on contingency-fee model, employee-only focus, and class-action capacity.
• HKM Employment Attorneys LLP: Plaintiff-side employment law firm focused on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and whistleblower claims. Comparable boutique scale, employee-only model, and contingency-fee revenue structure.
• McGillivary Steele Elkin LLP: Plaintiff-side federal-sector employment law firm with deep MSPB and EEOC practice. Directly comparable on federal employee representation niche that distinguishes Correia & Puth from generalist employment firms.

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Lewis P.C. One of the largest U.S. employment law firms, primarily representing employers. Comparable as the dominant player in employment law practice area, useful for sizing the broader market despite opposite-side representation.
• Littler Mendelson P.C. Largest U.S. employment and labor law firm, employer-side. Comparable as the scale benchmark for the employment law category, though its defense-side model contrasts with Correia & Puth's plaintiff-only stance.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: National plaintiff-side litigation firm with a substantial employment practice and existing co-counsel relationship with Correia & Puth (e.g., St. Anselm's case). Comparable on impact-litigation orientation and class-action capacity.

Others

• Public Justice: National public interest advocacy organization that co-counsels impact litigation with Correia & Puth across civil rights matters. Not a competing firm, but a strategic partner shaping the firm's case pipeline and visibility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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