Chiamaka Echebiri

Chiamaka Echebiri is a distinguished attorney and a tenacious, compassionate, and fierce advocate for workplace justice and family legacies. Chiamaka tackles a variety of employment matters for employees and executives, including discrimination and retaliation, sexual harassment and other unlawful harassment, contractual disputes, whistleblower claims, reasonable accommodation, unpaid overtime and wage and hour violations, and FMLA violations.

Alongside her employment practice, Chiamaka guides individuals, families, and small business owners through tailored, comprehensive estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and business succession planning. Her goal is simple: help families avoid collapse after the death or disability of a loved one, and give those left behind a clear path through what can be a deeply difficult process.

Known for her innovative legal arguments, skilled writing and research, and ability to secure favorable client results, Chiamaka approaches each matter with precision. With unwavering commitment, she provides high-quality, strategic, and client-centered representation, whether that means standing up to a powerful employer or sitting at the kitchen table to design a plan that protects everything you've built.

When representing clients, Chiamaka draws on her experience as a federal judicial law clerk, researching and drafting decisions and orders. In colloquial terms, Chiamaka served as the "Judge's extra brain." That insider perspective shapes how she crafts arguments, conducts research, and analyzes what makes a winning case. Chiamaka similarly served as a judicial law clerk for cases brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

With her insider judicial knowledge, writing and research prowess, and strategic and compassionate advocacy, Chiamaka's representation has resulted in multiple wins, from establishing favorable rulings for her clients to securing six- and seven-figure settlements for employees and executives.

Chiamaka is a natural advocate, making her work seamless and effective. Throughout her life and career, she has fought against injustice, whether personally harmed or not. At Echebiri Law Firm, she continues that lifelong work, pairing fierce courtroom advocacy with the thoughtful, long-view counsel that estate planning clients deserve.

"Happier, sustainable lives are built — one client and one case at a time."