Cyrus Mehri is a founding partner of the law firm Mehri & Skalet, PLLC. M&S litigates cases involving discrimination, civil and consumer rights violations and corporate, fraud on the government and corporate abuse. Mr. Mehri has served as co-lead class counsel in some of the largest and most significant race and gender cases in history: Roberts v. Texaco, Inc., ($176 million, 1997); Ingram v. The Coca-Cola Company ($192 million, 2001); Robinson v. Ford Motor Company (279 Apprentice Positions and $10 million, 2005); August- Johnson v. Morgan Stanley ($47 million, 2007); Amachoev v. Smith Barney ($34 million, 2008). 

The hallmark of each of those settlements is innovative programmatic relief.

In 2004, Mr. Mehri announced a new project with the National Council of Women’s Organizations called “Women on Wall Street,” which focuses on gender discrimination in financial institutions. In 2002, Mr. Mehri released a seminal report on the National Football League’s record on hiring minority coaches, which resulted in the adoption of a comprehensive diversity plan by the League and a record number of African American head coaches and front office executives.