Armando Ortiz Partner

Armando Ortiz is a partner at Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP who represents clients in single-plaintiff, collective, and class actions seeking to recover overtime, minimum wages, and other owed compensation. He has significant experience prosecuting wage and hour class and collective actions across industries including hospitality, energy (oil and gas), security, office workforces, construction, health care, and banking.

Mr. Ortiz also represents clients in a wide range of employment disputes, including claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under federal and state law, and has litigated cases arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the False Claims Act (FCA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Florida Insurance Unfair Trade Practices Act.

Prior to joining the firm, he gained experience litigating wage and hour and employment discrimination cases at a well-known Florida wage and hour practice. He received his B.A. from Boston College and his J.D. from Suffolk University, cum laude, where he was a member of the Journal of High Technology Law and served as a judicial intern in the Massachusetts state court system. Mr. Ortiz is licensed to practice law in New York, Massachusetts, and Florida, and before numerous federal district courts including the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York, the District of Massachusetts, the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the District of Colorado, the District of North Dakota, and the Western District of Arkansas. He has been named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars every year since 2017.

Published Works

Old Lessons Die Hard: Why the Essential Facilities Doctrine Provides Courts the Ability to Effectuate Competitive Balance in High Technology Markets, 13 J. High. Tech. L. 170 (2012)