Gittes Law Group

What Gittes Law Group does

The Gittes Law Group is a privately held, founder-owned Ohio law firm established in 1994 by principal Frederick M. Gittes, currently staffed by three attorneys (Principal, Associate, and Of Counsel) operating from a single office at 723 Oak Street, Columbus, OH 43205. The firm represents individual employees and civil rights plaintiffs in Ohio state and federal courts across a coordinated set of practice areas: employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, severance negotiations, employment contracts, police misconduct, public records, defamation, medical privileging, professional negligence, and whistleblower protection. The firm is admitted to practice exclusively in Ohio.

The practice is built on traditional legal services delivery rather than technology. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service, case-by-case engagements with individualized fee arrangements determined by case complexity and scope; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven: prospective clients reach the firm via telephone, the website contact form, or consultation requests, supplemented by earned media (New York Times, USA Today, CNN, Columbus Dispatch coverage), professional association leadership (former president of the National Employment Lawyers Association), and co-counsel referrals from advocacy organizations including the NAACP, AARP Foundation Litigation, Public Citizen, and the Ohio Innocence Project. Notable case outcomes include Ohio Supreme Court precedent establishing sexual harassment as a tort and permitting personal liability for discriminatory managers, plus federal appellate decisions expanding civil rights protections for mentally ill individuals.

The firm has no disclosed revenue, no institutional or private-equity ownership, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no AI/ML or proprietary technology stack. Its competitive position rests on three decades of precedent-setting casework, peer recognition (Best Lawyers in America for 20+ years, Ohio Super Lawyers Top 100, ACLU of Ohio statewide award in 1996), and a deliberately narrow Ohio-only geographic footprint.

Name

Gittes Law Group

Legal name

The Gittes Law Group

Website

https://gitteslaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Gittes Law Group is a privately held Ohio law firm founded in 1994 that represents individual employees and civil rights plaintiffs in employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, police misconduct, and whistleblower cases, practicing exclusively in Ohio courts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law services
• Civil rights representation
• Workplace discrimination cases
• Police misconduct law
• Whistleblower protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

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 Representation Services: Fee-for-service legal representation for employment discrimination, civil rights, police misconduct, whistleblower, and related cases. Revenue generated through client engagements for legal counsel and advocacy services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Gittes Law Group provides plaintiff-side legal representation for individuals in Ohio on employment law matters (wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, severance, employment contracts) and civil rights matters (police misconduct, constitutional violations, defamation, public records, privacy, whistleblower protection). Services are delivered through direct attorney-client engagements handled by a small team of Ohio-licensed attorneys practicing in Ohio state and federal courts.

Product overview

The Gittes Law Group is a unified legal services firm offering comprehensive employment law and civil rights representation. The firm provides a coordinated portfolio of legal services including employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, police misconduct, public records disputes, defamation, medical privileging, and whistleblower protection. The practice areas function as interconnected service lines, with attorneys handling cases across both workplace issues and government/civil rights matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law Services
• Employment Contracts Services
• Discrimination Legal Services
• Harassment Legal Services
• Severance Agreements Services
• Civil Rights Legal Services
• Police Misconduct Legal Services
• Public Records Legal Services
• Privacy Legal Services
• Defamation Legal Services
• Medical Privileging Legal Services
• Medical Leave and Wages Legal Services
• Professional Negligence Legal Services
• Whistleblower Protection Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Substantial financial settlements and court-ordered remedies in discrimination cases
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NAACPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel representation in federal civil rights litigation including discrimination cases
• AARP Foundation LitigationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel representation in civil rights and discrimination cases on behalf of older Americans
• Public CitizencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in federal litigation and consumer/worker rights cases
• Ohio Innocence ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel representation in wrongful conviction and justice reform cases
• Legal Aid Society of ColumbusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for legal representation of underserved populations in Columbus
• National Employment Lawyers AssociationcoreOthersLeadership and membership; firm principal Frederick Gittes served as former president; attorney Jeffrey Vardaro serves on Amicus Committee of Ohio Employment Lawyers Association
• Ohio Employment Lawyers AssociationcoreOthersMembership and active participation; attorney Jeffrey Vardaro serves on Amicus Committee

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Katz Marshall & Banks LLP: Plaintiff-side whistleblower, employment discrimination, and civil rights firm with national docket. Particularly comparable to Gittes on whistleblower protection and False Claims Act litigation, where Gittes is also active.
• Coffman Legal, LLC: Ohio plaintiff employment and discrimination firm representing workers in wrongful termination and civil rights matters. Overlaps Gittes in case type, client base (employees), and Ohio regional footprint.
• Agee Clymer, LLC: Ohio employment law firm handling discrimination, FMLA, wage and hour, and severance cases. Highly comparable to Gittes in both plaintiff-side employment focus and Ohio geography.
• The Spitz Law Firm: Ohio-based employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination matters. Closest direct competitor given shared Ohio jurisdiction, employee-side focus, and comparable plaintiff employment practice.

Broad incumbents

• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP: Large Ohio-based general practice with a substantial employment law practice serving both employers and employees. Geographic peer to Gittes in Ohio, but operates at much larger scale across many practice areas.
• HKM Employment Attorneys LLP: National employment law firm representing employees in discrimination, harassment, and whistleblower matters. Directly comparable practice area with broader geographic reach than Gittes.
• Outten & Golden LLP: National plaintiff-side employment law firm handling discrimination, retaliation, and wage cases across multiple jurisdictions. Operates as a larger incumbent offering the same employee-advocacy focus Gittes provides locally in Ohio.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: Major plaintiff firm handling employment class actions, civil rights, and whistleblower cases nationally. Comparable on civil rights and employment practice areas, with substantially broader scale and class-action capacity.

Others

• Public Citizen Litigation Group: National public interest litigation organization with whom Gittes serves as co-counsel in federal civil rights and consumer/worker rights cases. Adjacent rather than competitive, but operates in the same plaintiff civil rights space.
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA): National professional association of plaintiff-side employment lawyers of which Frederick Gittes served as past president. Adjacent ecosystem player rather than direct competitor, but relevant as the industry's referral and amicus network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-gittes-law-group

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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