Valli Kane & Vagnini

What Valli Kane & Vagnini does

Valli Kane & Vagnini LLP (VKV) is a privately held, boutique employment and civil rights law firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Garden City, New York, with additional offices in Dallas and Austin, Texas. The firm represents individual employees and class/collective action plaintiffs in cases involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations under the FLSA, FMLA retaliation, whistleblower claims, civil rights matters, and executive compensation disputes. Its practice is plaintiff-side and operates primarily on contingency fee arrangements for litigation matters, with hourly billing applied to other legal services. The firm is led by three founding partners — Robert J. Valli Jr., Sara Wyn Kane, and James A. Vagnini — supported by additional partners, an of counsel attorney, associates, paralegals, and dedicated operations, client relations, and office management staff, totaling roughly two dozen professionals.

The firm's core product is legal representation rather than a technology platform, and its underlying infrastructure is accordingly service-oriented. VKV's distribution and pipeline generation rest on three pillars: a content-marketing website (newyorkemploymentlawattorneys.com) publishing educational articles on employment law; a maintained presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn; and a sustained PR engine fueled by high-profile cases against defendants including Walmart, Equinox, MrBeast, Marilyn Manson, Kevin Costner, Delta Air Lines, the New York City Department of Social Services, and Stryker. Earned media coverage in Rolling Stone, CNN, the New York Times, Reuters, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, AP, and People drives top-of-funnel case inquiries, while bottom-of-funnel conversion occurs through online intake forms and toll-free case evaluations. Technology usage is limited to commodity SaaS tools — Clio Grow for case intake and client communications, Google Analytics for site traffic, and Google AdSense/DoubleClick for remarketing — with no proprietary technology products, applications, APIs, or AI/ML systems.

VKV's business model is professional services revenue from legal fees, generated under contingency fee arrangements for plaintiff-side employment cases (the firm receives a percentage of recovery) and hourly billing for other matters. Cumulative settlements and verdicts total $63.7 million, including individual outcomes such as a $12 million class action settlement for Equinox personal trainers in overtime litigation (July 2025) and a $30 million wage and hour case for NYC parking assistants. The firm represents clients nationwide across all 50 states and has formalized a working relationship with the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund at the National Women's Law Center for media assistance on sexual harassment and discrimination matters. Ownership is concentrated in the three founding partners under a traditional partnership model, with no external investors, private equity sponsorship, or parent company.

Name

Valli Kane & Vagnini

Legal name

Valli Kane & Vagnini LLP

Website

https://newyorkemploymentlawattorneys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Valli Kane & Vagnini is a privately held boutique plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law firm founded in 2005, representing individual workers and class actions in discrimination, harassment, wage theft, and retaliation cases nationwide from offices in New York and Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Workplace discrimination law
• Sexual harassment representation
• Wage and hour litigation
• Whistleblower claim representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Representation Services: Revenue generated from legal fees for employment law representation including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage theft, and retaliation cases. Operates on contingency fee basis for plaintiff cases and hourly rates for other legal services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Valli Kane & Vagnini is a plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law firm representing individuals and employee groups in discrimination, sexual harassment, wage theft, retaliation, wrongful termination, FMLA, whistleblower, civil rights, contract, severance, and compensation matters. It earns fees through contingency arrangements for plaintiff cases and hourly billing for other legal services, with case-evaluation and consultation intake.

Product overview

Valli Kane & Vagnini is a boutique New York employment law firm offering comprehensive legal services for employees. The firm operates as a single unified legal practice focused exclusively on employment rights litigation, providing representation across multiple interconnected service areas including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, FMLA claims, whistleblower protections, civil rights matters, and executive compensation disputes. The firm is not structured as a platform with separate modules but rather as a coordinated legal team offering these related employment law services as an integrated practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Discrimination Legal Services Legal representation for employees facing workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and other protected characteristics under federal and state law.
• Sexual Harassment Legal Services Legal representation for victims of workplace sexual harassment, including hostile work environment claims, quid pro quo harassment, and sexual assault cases.
• Wrongful Termination Legal Services Legal representation for employees wrongfully terminated in violation of public policy, employment contracts, or anti-retaliation provisions.
• Wage and Hour Litigation Legal representation in Fair Labor Standards Act and state labor law cases involving unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, off-the-clock work, and wage theft.
• Family and Medical Leave Act Services Legal representation for employees denied FMLA benefits or facing retaliation for exercising their leave rights under federal and state law.
• Whistleblower and Qui Tam Services Legal representation for employees who report illegal activities, fraud, or safety violations, including False Claims Act qui tam lawsuits.
• Civil Rights Law Services Legal representation in civil rights matters including housing discrimination, environmental discrimination, and violations of constitutional rights.
• Executive Compensation and Severance Services Legal representation for executives and employees negotiating employment contracts, severance agreements, and equity or bonus disputes.
• Employment Contracts Services Legal representation for employees reviewing, negotiating, and disputing employment agreements, non-compete clauses, and severance terms.

Quantifiable outcome

• $63.7 million in total settlements and verdicts achieved
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Time's Up Legal Defense Fund at National Women's Law CenterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 August 2026The Time's Up Legal Defense Fund provides media assistance and support to individuals bringing sexual harassment and discrimination claims. Supported Shawn White case against Walmart and Lorrayne Mavromatis case against MrBeast.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brown, Dolinsky & Lichtenberger LLP: Plaintiff-side employment law firm handling discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage matters. Comparable in boutique plaintiff-only model and contingency-based employment practice.
• Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC: Plaintiff-side employment law firm focused on discrimination, sexual harassment, wage/hour, and whistleblower matters with multiple U.S. offices. Comparable in plaintiff-side contingency model, employment focus, and marketing-driven client acquisition.
• Wigdor LLP: New York-based plaintiff-side employment and civil rights firm known for high-profile discrimination and harassment cases. Comparable given shared NYC plaintiff-side focus and media-driven profile.
• Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP: Plaintiff-side employment law firm focused on wage/hour class actions and individual discrimination/retaliation claims. Comparable given plaintiff-only focus and FLSA class action experience similar to VKV's Equinox and Stryker work.
• HKM Employment Attorneys LLP: Plaintiff-side employment law firm with offices in multiple states handling discrimination, harassment, and wage/hour matters. Comparable in plaintiff contingency model and nationwide case intake.
• Satterley & Kelley PLLC: Plaintiff-side employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, and whistleblower matters. Comparable in plaintiff-only focus and contingency representation of individual employees.
• Swartz Swidler LLC: Boutique plaintiff-side employment law firm handling discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage/hour matters nationally. Comparable in practice focus, plaintiff representation, and contingency fee structure.
• Outten & Golden LLP: Premier national plaintiff-side employment and civil rights law firm representing individuals in discrimination, harassment, wage/hour, and executive disputes. Closest comparable peer given similar plaintiff-only focus, contingency economics, national reach, and marquee case profile.
• Phillips & Associates Attorneys at Law: New York-based plaintiff-side employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage disputes. Comparable given shared NYC HQ, plaintiff-only focus, and similar practice mix.

Emerging players

• Lawyers for Employee Rights and Advocacy (LERA): Plaintiff-side employment advocacy firm representing employees in discrimination, wage, and whistleblower matters. Comparable in plaintiff-only focus though smaller and more localized than VKV's national practice.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/vkvlawyers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/valli-kane-&-vagnini-llp
• Instagraminstagram.com/vkvlawyers
• Xx.com/vkvlawyers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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