Alejandro Caffarelli

Alejandro Caffarelli is the founding partner of Caffarelli & Associates Ltd., an employment law firm located in downtown Chicago. He is also the former President of NELA-Illinois, the largest plaintiff employment lawyers’ group in Illinois. With over 25 years of experience as an employment lawyer, he has achieved success on behalf of his clients for a range of claims, including discrimination, retaliation, unpaid wages, medical leave, employment contracts, consumer law, and class actions. Mr. Caffarelli has extensive litigation and trial experience, including arbitrations, bench and jury trials at both state and federal levels, and appeals. He has participated in the negotiation of numerous six-figure settlements, including a $10.2 Million settlement in the case of Allen v. Chase (N.D.Ill. No. 13C08285), a $5.7 Million settlement in the case of Diaz v. Greencore (Cook Co. No. 2017CH13198), a $3 Million settlement in Montero v. Chase (N.D.Ill. No. 14CV09053), a $2.6 Million settlement in the case of Cardenas et al. v. John B. Sanfilippo & Sons, Inc. (N.D.Ill. No. 10C1354), a $2.5 Million settlement in the case of Leon et al. v. El Milagro (N.D.Ill. No. 11C4255), and numerous others. In 2014 Chief Judge Ruben Castillo appointed Mr. Caffarelli to the Pro Bono Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and in 2018 U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth appointed him to a joint screening committee whose task is to review and vet District Court candidates and advise the Senators regarding the candidates’ qualifications and fitness. In recognition of his achievements, Mr. Caffarelli has been awarded an “AV” rating by LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell. Since 2008, Mr. Caffarelli has been rated “superb,” a perfect 10 out of 10 on a numerical scale, by Avvo. Avvo is an online attorney rating service with an algorithm based upon an objective mathematical model. Since 2011, Mr. Caffarelli has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Thompson Reuters and in 2022 the organization named him one of the top 100 lawyers in the State of Illinois. He has been invited to speak by numerous organizations including the American Bar Association, the national employment lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association, and he is recognized as an expert in the field and has been quoted by national media including the New York Times online, the Wall Street Journal, and Univision.