Beliles & Associates, PLLC

My former employer (the government contractor that manages a large federally-funded research center where I worked in Charlottesville, VA) terminated me in 2022 for opposing corporate policies and programs that discriminated by race and sex in the guise of DEI. Blowing the whistle on employer discrimination is protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, so I decided to sue my former employer for retaliation. I asked FIRE to recommend a good civil-rights lawyer and was connected with Ben Beliles of Beliles & Associates, PLLC in Richmond, VA. I retained him after our first meeting because he had prepared by studying my complaint and was very open about the time, money, and effort plaintiffs need to expend in order to win federal civil lawsuits against large corporations. We worked well together throughout the three years it took to win because he understood the law, the quirks and uncertainties of the legal system, and how to obtain revealing information from hostile witnesses during depositions. Also, I could count on Ben to give me expert advice on what I should and should not do. His final legal memorandum to the court so clearly demolished the opposing arguments that the defendants offered to accept a judgment against them and in my favor, to pay me a large award for damages, and to reimburse my legal costs in full, just to avoid the impending jury trial. To anyone thinking about filing civil-rights or other employment-law complaint, I strongly recommend contacting Ben Beliles first.