Dorina Cela

Dorina Cela is an employment discrimination attorney, focusing on ensuring New York workers are given an equal opportunity in the workplace. She is admitted to the New York Bar and is a member of several professional associations including: The National Employment Lawyers’ Association in New York, the New York City Bar Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, serving on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, the Labor Relations & Employment Law Committee, and the Law and Literature Committee. Ms. Cela began working for Phillips & Associates in July of 2014, prior to which she attended Hunter College in New York, earning a B.A. in political science and psychology, followed by obtaining a law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. During law school, Ms. Cela earned several awards for her study of international human rights law and pro bono legal services. Through the school’s Alternate Dispute Resolution team, Ms. Cela learned valuable negotiation skills and strategies to negotiate efficiently on behalf of her clients. Ms. Cela also gained court experience by appearing on behalf of clients in probation hearings, under the supervision of senior attorneys as a certified law student at the San Diego Alternate Public Defender. Ms. Cela is fluent in Albanian, conversational in Italian, and familiar with French, German, and Spanish.

• Attorney
• Languages
• Albanian
• Italian

• New York

• National Employment Lawyers’ Association, New York (Member)
• New York City Bar Association (Member)
• New York Women’s Bar Association (Member)
• New York County Lawyers’ Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
• New York County Lawyers’ Association, Labor Relations & Employment Law Committee
• New York County Lawyers’ Association, Law and Literature Committee
• New York County Lawyers’ Association (Member)