Donati Law

What Donati Law does

Donati Law, PLLC is a Memphis-based family law firm founded in 1980 that provides legal representation primarily to individual employees, accident victims, immigrants, veterans, and criminal defendants across Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. The firm operates nine core practice areas, including employment law, personal injury, workers' compensation, social security disability, immigration, criminal defense, civil rights, veterans' benefits, and wage and hour violations, with nine attorneys (Don Donati, William "Billy" Ryan, Robert Donati, Ellen Donati Flechas, Bryce Ashby, Alison Ryan, Janelle Crandall Osowski, and Ruchee J. Patel) holding combined experience of more than 150 years. The practice is family-owned and operated by the Donati and Ryan families, with no external investment, funding, or M&A activity disclosed.

The firm's primary assets are its people and case record rather than technology. Donati Law operates without a proprietary technology platform, relying on standard legal practice tools, a single Memphis headquarters at 1545 Union Avenue, and a content-rich website with 300+ blog posts spanning 2009-2025. Notable litigation outcomes include a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court victory in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White (2006) on Title VII anti-retaliation, a $4.9 million class action settlement on behalf of Shelby County Jail detainees, and multiple precedent-setting appellate rulings. The firm has been consistently recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms rankings.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees, primarily contingency arrangements for workers' compensation and personal injury matters and hourly or fixed fees for employment, immigration, criminal defense, and civil rights cases. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via phone intake ((901) 209-5500), web forms, and SEO-driven organic traffic, with no intermediary referral networks. Ownership is concentrated among the Donati and Ryan founding families, and the firm has not raised institutional capital or executed acquisitions.

Name

Donati Law

Legal name

Donati Law, PLLC

Website

https://donatilaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Donati Law, PLLC is a Memphis-based family law firm founded in 1980 that represents individual employees, accident victims, immigrants, veterans, and criminal defendants across Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi across nine practice areas, operating on contingency and hourly fee structures via direct client intake.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Defense & Legal Aid Services (BPAIAFAC)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Personal injury law
• Workers compensation law
• Civil rights litigation
• Immigration legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

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 Fees — Contingency: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for workers' compensation cases — clients owe nothing until compensation is recovered. Employment law and personal injury matters likely operate on similar contingency or hourly arrangements.
2. Legal Fees — Hourly/Other: For cases not on contingency, the firm bills on an hourly or fixed-fee basis for legal representation services in employment law, immigration, criminal defense, and civil rights matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Donati Law, PLLC is a Memphis-based family law practice that provides legal representation to individual clients across employment law (discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, FLSA violations), personal injury (auto accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death), workers' compensation, social security disability, immigration (family-based, asylum, DACA, deportation defense), criminal defense, civil rights, veterans' benefits, and traffic citations. The firm serves clients throughout Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi from its Memphis, TN headquarters.

Product overview

Donati Law, PLLC is a Memphis-based family law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm operates as a single, unified legal practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. The core offerings include Employment Law Services (covering discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and FLSA violations), Personal Injury representation, Workers' Compensation claims, Social Security Disability advocacy, Immigration Law services, Criminal Defense, Civil Rights litigation, Veterans' Benefits assistance, and Wage & Hour Violations representation. The firm treats clients as family members and emphasizes personalized legal counsel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law Services

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.8M settlement for misclassified cable installers; $1M judgment for overtime class action; $400K for misclassified nurses; $4.9M Shelby County Jail class action settlement; $2.5M auto accident; $2.4M medical malpractice; U.S. Supreme Court precedent in Burlington Northern v. White

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sokolove LawminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2013Donati Law partnered with Sokolove Law to investigate and pursue cases involving injuries from drugs including Yasmin, transvaginal mesh, SSRI antidepressants, Pradaxa, and artificial hip replacements.
• Gilbert Russell Mcwherter, PLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2013Donati Law partnered with Michael Russell of Gilbert Russell Mcwherter, PLC in filing a Complaint alleging FLSA violations on behalf of Dish Network satellite installers and technicians against Dump Cable, Inc., alleging misclassification as independent contractors.
• Smith, Phillips, Mitchell, Scott & Nowak, LLP and Stroud Law FirmminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2013Donati Law partnered with Smith, Phillips, Mitchell, Scott & Nowak, LLP and Stroud Law Firm to pursue lawsuits against Fresenius (German prescription drug manufacturer and dialysis clinic operator) on behalf of patients who suffered severe injuries including heart attacks, strokes, and wrongful deaths from improper dialysis drug treatments.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Lewis: Largest U.S. employment law firm, though it primarily represents employers rather than employees. Comparable in employment law expertise and industry recognition, and a likely opposing counsel counterpart rather than direct competitor.
• The Cochran Firm: National plaintiff-side personal injury firm with multiple offices. Comparable to Donati Law in personal injury client base and contingency representation, but at a larger advertising-driven scale.
• Ogletree Deakins: Major national employment and labor law firm representing management. Comparable in employment law subject-matter expertise and serves as a typical opposing counsel for plaintiff-side firms like Donati Law on Title VII and wage matters.
• Weitz & Luxenberg: National plaintiff-side firm specializing in mass tort, environmental, and personal injury litigation. Comparable to Donati Law in class action and contingency plaintiff representation, with broader geographic reach.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiffs' firm specializing in class actions, mass torts, and employment discrimination litigation. Comparable to Donati Law in representing plaintiffs in employment/civil rights class actions, but at a larger scale and broader geographic scope.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiff-side personal injury and consumer protection firm with national footprint. Operates a Memphis-area office and competes for the same PI/employment/wage-and-hour plaintiff caseload as Donati Law, but at vastly greater scale and marketing spend.
• Outten & Golden: National plaintiff-side employment law firm representing individuals in discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour matters. Highly comparable to Donati Law's employment practice in client base and case types, though operating in larger metro markets.

Emerging players

• Hagens Berman: Plaintiff-side class action firm with strong employment and civil rights practice. Comparable to Donati Law in pursuing class and collective actions on behalf of employees, including overtime and misclassification matters.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll: Plaintiff-side class action firm with strong civil rights and employment discrimination practice. Comparable to Donati Law's civil rights litigation work, particularly on Title VII and constitutional matters.

Direct peers

• Sokolove Law: National mass tort and plaintiff-side firm that partnered with Donati Law on drug-injury and device litigation. Direct comparable in plaintiff-side mass tort strategy and contingency fee model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/donati_law
• Facebookfacebook.com/DonatiLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/donati-law-firm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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