Who says you can't fight city hall?

For employees who have suffered from discrimination in the workplace, either in government or with a big corporation, they don't have to look far for a legal advocate.

Jonathan Lovett, a White Plains attorney, has established a well-known practice over the past two decades, fighting for the little guy and taking on the big guns in corporate America and high-powered government in high-profile cases. His practice specializes in federal civil rights litigation, public-sector disciplinary defense, employment discrimination and labor law.

"This work brings me a lot of satisfaction. Yes, they are high-profile cases where I am representing the underdog. It's nice to beat city hall, Lovett said.

Lovett, 60, said he became a lawyer, probably because it was in his genes - he has two attorneys in the family - his father and one sister. Lovett said he was influenced on his chosen career path as a litigator partly after taking classes at Columbia Law School with an impressive litigator, Jack Weinstein, now a federal judge in the eastern New York judicial district.