About

Akers-DiCenzo Law PLLC is an employment law practice located in the great city of Buffalo, New York.   Handling employment law matters on behalf of employees in Buffalo and Western New York is all I do.  My goal is to provide employees with the practical advice and compassionate guidance needed to navigate and put a stop to unlawful workplace discrimination, retaliation, and toxic work environments.

Christina Akers-DiCenzo, Esq. (she/her/hers)

Owner & Attorney

I am passionate about helping employees navigate and solve problems at work so they may live healthy, joyful, and impactful lives.  


My entire career as an attorney I have practiced plaintiff-side employment law with a focus on pregnancy accommodation and discrimination, workplace lactation and breastfeeding rights, parental leave, disability discrimination and accommodation, sexual harassment, and anti-retaliation law.   I am honored to work alongside and fight on behalf of my courageous clients.


I am a proud member of the Bar Association of Erie County, the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York- Western New York Chapter, the National Employment Lawyers Association, and the National Employment Lawyers Association of New York.


Bar Admissions

State of New York

United States District Court, W.D.N.Y


Education

SUNY Buffalo Law School, Juris Doctor

SUNY Buffalo, School of Architecture & Planning, Masters in Urban Planning

Brandeis University, Bachelors


Community

Bar Association of Erie County, Chair of Labor Law Committee

Women's Bar Association of the State of New York - WNY Chapter, Former Local Director

WBASNY-WNY, Co-Chair of the Working Parents Committee

Temple Beth Zion, Trustee

Kadimah, Executive Committee At-Large Member, Former Board Member

Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Former Secretary and Former Trustee

Housing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.), Former Board Member

Allentown Association, Former Board Member 


Presentations / CLEs

Co-Presenter, "Long Covid and Workplace Reasonable Accommodations," Bar Association of Erie County, 2024 Labor & Employment Law Update CLE, April 11, 2024.


Co-Presenter, "Workplace Leave and Lactation Rights for Post-Partum Parents," WBASNY-WNY and UB Law sponsored CLE, March 12, 2024.


Co-Presenter, "#MeToo Movement: Current Legislative and Workplace Impacts and Special Ethical Considerations for Lawyers," UB Law Alumni Association, April 24, 2018.


Presenter, "Pumping at Work- A Look at State and Federal Workplace Lactation Rights," October 21, 2016.