The Clifford Law Firm

Name

The Clifford Law Firm

Legal name

The Clifford Law Firm, PLLC

Website

https://cliffordemploymentlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Labor Relations & Employment Practice Advisory (BPAHAGAK)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Labor law representation
• Workplace dispute mediation
• EEOC charge defense
• Wage and hour compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Employer Legal Services: Provides business owners with high-quality legal representation through hourly-rate or flat-fee arrangements for employment matters including litigation, EEOC charges, DOL investigations, policies & handbooks, and wage & hour issues.
2. Mediation Services: Dennis Clifford serves as a mediator in complex employment disputes. Single-plaintiff cases typically $5,000; non-compete and trade-secret matters typically $5,500; class and collective-actions typically $6,000 to $12,000. Available for in-person or Zoom mediations.
3. Employee Legal Services: Represents employees in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and severance agreement matters. Not currently accepting new clients for employee matters, focusing only on mediations and arbitrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Clifford Law Firm provides specialized labor and employment law services, including employment litigation, EEOC charge defense, DOL investigation representation, employment policies and handbooks, and wage and hour compliance advice for employers. The firm also represents employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and severance agreement matters, and operates a nationwide mediation and arbitration practice led by Board Certified attorney Dennis Clifford.

Product overview

The Clifford Law Firm is a single-practice law firm specializing exclusively in labor and employment law. The firm operates as a unified legal services offering rather than a platform architecture, providing board-certified employment law representation to both employers and employees. The core services are organized into Employer Services (Employment Litigation, EEOC Charges, DOL Investigations, Policies & Handbooks, Wage & Hour Advice) and Employee Services (Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation/Whistleblower, Severance Agreements), with Mediation positioned as a standalone dispute resolution service bridging both client types. Dennis Clifford brings Big Law pedigree and Board Certification to deliver selective, high-conviction representation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Litigation

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $550 million in class/collective action exposure handled
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• American Arbitration AssociationcoreOthersMr. Clifford is an active member on the American Arbitration Association's Mediation and Arbitration Panels for employment law matters, indicating a significant professional relationship for dispute resolution services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig is a major international law firm with a significant labor and employment practice. It is a comparable broad incumbent offering overlapping employment litigation and counseling services to enterprise clients that Clifford also serves.
• Epstein Becker Green: Epstein Becker Green is a national law firm with a leading employment, labor, workforce management, and employee benefits practice. It is a comparable specialty incumbent for employer-side employment law and class action defense work that Clifford handles.
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Seyfarth Shaw is the international law firm where Dennis Clifford was formerly a partner and chair of the Houston employment and labor department. It is a relevant competitor and former-employer benchmark for the Clifford practice, with a large employment litigation bench nationwide.
• Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest U.S. labor and employment law firms with 1,000+ attorneys across 50+ offices. It serves as a direct competitor to Clifford in the employer-side employment litigation and compliance advisory space, with comparable wage-and-hour and class action practices.
• BakerHostetler: BakerHostetler is a national law firm with a sizeable labor and employment practice group handling employment litigation, wage-and-hour, and trade secret matters. It competes in the same employer-side employment law space as The Clifford Law Firm.
• Littler Mendelson P.C. Littler is the largest labor and employment law firm in the world with 1,800+ attorneys across global offices. It is the dominant incumbent in the same labor and employment law niche as The Clifford Law Firm, offering both employer-side litigation and workplace policy advisory services.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. Jackson Lewis is a major U.S. employment law firm with 950+ attorneys focused exclusively on labor and employment. It competes directly with Clifford on employer-side employment litigation, wage-and-hour class actions, and EEOC charge defense.
• Akerman LLP: Akerman is a national law firm with a strong labor and employment practice group, including wage-and-hour class action defense. It is a comparable incumbent operating in overlapping employment law markets, particularly in Florida where Clifford maintains a mediation office.
• Fisher Phillips LLP: Fisher Phillips is a national labor and employment law firm with 500+ attorneys across 35+ offices. It serves as a closely comparable specialty incumbent to Clifford, focused exclusively on employment law with strong employer-side litigation and counseling practices.

Direct peers

• Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP: Constangy is a national labor and employment law firm with a comparable specialty focus on employer-side employment litigation, wage-and-hour class actions, and EEOC defense. It is a closer peer match for Clifford given its mid-sized specialty focus rather than full-service broad practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/employmentlawyer

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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