legal Odysseus Profile

Athan T. Tsimpedes is a prominent Greek-American attorney, the founder of the Tsimpedes Law Firm, based in Washington DC.  He has enjoyed success in a variety of practice areas including international and domestic civil litigation.  In addition, Athan has appeared on numerous media and news outlets in the US and internationally involving cases ranging from representing clients from Bernard Kerik to consumers against McDonald’s to advocating the rights of displaced Cypriots. Athan has also been a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University and has been requested to present seminars at Georgetown University and on his Class Action lawsuit protecting Cypriots rights in the US, Toronto, London and Cyprus.    Athan is currently involved in Class Action litigation advocating rights of former security personnel who protected secret Nevada test sites in the U.S.  In another case, Athan represents the Kurdish victims of the genocidal Anfal campaign against Iraq.