Tanvir H. Rahman

Based in White Plains, New York, Tanvir H. Rahman functions as a partner at the Filippatos PLLC, a client-centric firm that strives to help employees achieve fairness and justice in the workplace. While he focuses much of his practice on representing courageous survivors of sexual assault and those who have bravely spoken out since the #metoo movement began, he also assists individuals and employees in many different industries with issues related to:

• Labor and employment law 
• Civil rights cases involving allegations of racial and other unlawful profiling, police brutality and misconduct, and discrimination at high-end retail stores and schools and universities
• Class action litigation
• Business and commercial law
• Appellate litigation

Driven by his passion for offering top-quality legal support and guidance to his clients, Mr. Rahman establishes close personal connections and long-term trust relationships with them. Professional and knowledgeable, he ensures that issues are explored to their core and are resolved in an amicable manner. He has helped his clients achieve numerous seven-figure settlements in multi- and single-plaintiff employment law cases throughout his career.

Mr. Rahman completed his dual undergraduate degrees in political science and economics summa cum laude at Macaulay Honors College at CUNY. He then acquired his Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law, where he was an article editor of its Journal of International Law and Politics. Having worked for a renowned law firm, as well as running his own law firm before joining Filippatos PLLC, he has gained a great deal of legal knowledge.

Possessing a license to practice law in New York and New Jersey, Mr. Rahman practices before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. A widely recognized attorney, he has been listed on the Best Lawyers: One to Watch in civil rights and employment law and the National Law Journal’s Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar.