Our People
Alejandro "Alex" Caffarelli
Alejandro Caffarelli is the founder of Caffarelli & Associates Ltd., a boutique labor & employment law firm located in downtown Chicago. He is a former President of NELA-Illinois, the largest plaintiff employment lawyers’ group in Illinois, and a former Board member of the Hispanic Lawyers’ Association of Illinois...
Alexis D. Martin
Alexis D. Martin joined Caffarelli & Associates in 2014. Throughout her career, Ms. Martin has focused on promoting employee rights. Ms. Martin concentrates her practice in employment litigation under both state and federal law, including wage and hour claims for classes and individuals, family and medical leave, unlawful retaliation, discrimination and harassment, and whistleblower claims...
Francisco Fernandez
Francisco Fernandez joined Caffarelli & Associates in November 2022. Mr. Fernandez attended the University of Virginia School of Law on a Dean’s Scholarship, graduating in 2018. After law school, Mr. Fernandez litigated complex commercial cases at Boies Schiller Flexner and civil rights cases at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). At MALDEF, Mr. Fernandez litigated voting rights, child welfare, and employment law cases, advocating for the rights of immigrants and workers. Mr. Fernandez earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame where he double majored in Arabic and Philosophy and worked in Cairo, Egypt before attending law school.
