Zhenia Burgis, Esq.

About Zhenia

“Mrs. Burgis is a BRILLIANT writer and an amazing advocate and person. She strongly believes in honesty, loyalty, and respect; she abides by these laws in dealing with those around them. She is a fighter and one of the most aggressive advocates I know.” - Michael Burgis, Esq., Managing Attorney. Zhenia Burgis graduated with honors with a B.S. in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (USC). In May of 2008, Mrs. Burgis graduated in the top 20% of her class from Southwestern University School of Law, where she was a member of the Southwestern Law Review and received CALI awards in Legal Research and Writing. Mrs. Burgis became licensed to practice law in December of 2008. From 2008 to 2013, Mrs. Burgis primarily devoted her practice to defending labor and employment related matters in both the public and private sectors. In April of 2013, Mrs. Burgis joined Michael Burgis & Associates, P.C. to chair the firm’s Labor and Employment Division. Mrs. Burgis brings the insight and experience of employment defense strategy to the Plaintiff’s side, applying her knowledge and expertise to effectively represent employees who have been subjected to unlawful employment practices, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Mrs. Burgis has extensive motion, deposition, and courtroom experience; she takes an aggressive approach to litigation to obtain the maximum results for her clients. Mrs. Burgis is also fluent in Russian and semi-fluent in Spanish.

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Colleagues at Michael Burgis & Associates

George P. Roland, Esq.

Of Counsel

Shant Kotchounian, Esq.

Employment Law Managing Attorney

Michael Burgis, Esq.

Lead Trial & Managing Attorney

Vysh Chandra, Esq.

Lead Appellate, Research & Writing Attorney

Timothy Chan, Esq.

Workers’ Compensation Trial Attorney

Emilie Cabrera, Esq.

Workers' Compensation Trial Attorney