About Tilak

Tilak Gupta is an experienced employment law attorney. He represents employees in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, reasonable accommodation, family and medical leave, whistleblower, and wage and hour cases. Mr. Gupta has extensive experience getting clients large settlements against big corporations. In cases where Mr. Gupta was involved on a day-to-day basis for the entirety of the case (from the time a client was retained until resolution of the matter), Mr. Gupta has helped clients obtain over $10,000,000 in settlements.  Details about these results are listed in the next tab in descending order by total value of the legal settlements.   

Mr. Gupta obtained his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. During his time at Loyola, Mr. Gupta interned at both the District Attorney’s Hardcore Gang Unit in Downtown Los Angeles and at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Eastlake Juvenile Office, where he argued seven trials on the record. At the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Hardcore Gang Unit downtown Los Angeles office, Mr. Gupta assisted in trial preparation and sat second chair on a two-defendant gang murder case.  He also clerked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where he worked on cases involving racial discrimination, LGBTQ rights, and immigrant rights. Mr. Gupta received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomacy & World Affairs, cum laude, from Occidental College in three years.

Bar Admissions State Bar of California United States District Court for the Central District of California Languages English, Hindi Member California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) Upcoming Speaking Engagements CELA Summer Law Clerk Orientation, “Drafting Declarations,” June 7, 2018 (Speaker) CELA TechTalk, “Navigating Wiki”, Summer 2018 (Speaker) Past Speaking Engagements CELA Summer Law Clerk Orientation, “Drafting Declarations,” June 28, 2017 (Speaker) CELA TechTalk, “Changes to the Federal Rules on E-discovery and How They May Affect Your State Court Cases,” July 2016 (Speaker) CELA TechTalk, “Laptops and apps for Lawyers,” November 2015 (Speaker) CELA, 28th Annual Employment Law Conference, “E-Discovery 101,” September 2015 (Speaker)

Publications
E-Discovery for Plaintiffs’ lawyers. (Plaintiff, November 2015 Issue)

Professional Committees/Volunteer Work
CELA Diversity Outreach Committee, immediate past Co-Chair and current Chair Emeritus
CELA Worker Outreach Committee, member
CELA Technology Committee, member
CELA, On-Campus Interviews, interview law students for clerkships yearly at Loyola Law School
CELA, attend and help organize worker outreach programs to inform California workers of their rights