Attorneys
Meet the team at Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti.

Derek L. Watkins
Derek Watkins is a founding partner of Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti, previously working along-side the same team at Sachs Waldman. He joined Sachs Waldman as an attorney in 2004 after working for that firm and the Maurice and Jane Sugar Law…
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Joseph R. Pawlick
Joseph Pawlick is a founding partner of Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti, previously working along-side the same team at Sachs Waldman. He also previously worked at a labor law firm in Chicago. Joe’s current practice focuses on representing mu…
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Hope L. Calati
Hope Calati is a founding partner of Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti, previously working along-side the same team at Sachs Waldman. Hope began her practice representing unions, workers and retirees in federal class action litigation involving h…
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Edmond Prifti
Edmond Prifti is a founding partner of Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti, previously working along-side the same team at Sachs Waldman. The majority of his practice has been devoted to representing Taft-Hartley funds. He also represents single em…
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George H. Kruszewski
George Kruszewski was instrumental in founding Watkins, Pawlick, Calati & Prifti after working forty years at Sachs Waldman. He is Chairperson of the firm’s Labor Practice. George’s practice is devoted to the representation of both public…
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Joseph W. Uhl
Joe Uhl has spent most of his career representing employers and employees in labor and employment disputes, counseling employers on how to comply with state and federal labor and employment laws, drafting employment policies and procedures, and devel…
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Lauren Crummel
Lauren Crummel focuses her practice on employee benefits law and representing Taft-Hartley plans. Lauren assists clients in all facets of multiemployer benefit plan governance including plan design, contract review, fiduciary and regulatory complianc…
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