Jahan Sagafi

JAHAN C. SAGAFI is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s San Francisco office, where he represents workers in employment class actions challenging discrimination, wage and hour abuses, Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, and other types of exploitation. He has won a jury trial for a nationwide class of approximately 1,000 technical support workers, an en banc appeal in the Ninth Circuit, and many settlements to recover backpay for overtime compensation, meal and rest breaks, vacation benefits, discriminatory pay and promotion gaps, and more.

Mr. Sagafi has represented a wide array of workers throughout the country, including HVAC service technicians, corporate instructors, financial advisers and trainees, security officers temp staffing workers, cashiers, call center customer service representatives, counselors, drivers, and many others.

During his career, he has recovered well over $100 million for workers, asserting claims against transportation companies (e.g., Uber, Lyft, Hertz, GlobalTranz), tech companies (e.g., AT&T, IBM, Computer Sciences Corp.), banks (e.g., Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney), retailers (e.g., Walmart, Target, Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess?, Raley’s) healthcare companies (e.g., Permanente, Premera Blue Cross), an accounting firm (PwC), insurance companies (e.g., Travelers, Farmers), restaurants, and more.

In addition to his trial court work, Mr. Sagafi represents plaintiffs in appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, and other courts, addressing issues such as workers’ rights, arbitration agreements, class certification, standing, unfair and deceptive practices under California’s Unfair Competition Law, and FDA preemption. He has also volunteered to write amicus briefs in the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.

Harvard Law School

J.D.

2001

Class-action settlements in an ever-more-crowded field

Plaintiff Magazine

February, 2017

Survey of State, Class Action Law 2015-16: A Report of the State Laws Subcommittee of the Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee of the American Bar Association

2016

Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Assoc. v. U.S. Department of Labor, No. 13-35765 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2016); Joseph Cesarz et al. v. Wynn Las Vegas LLC et al., No. 14-15243 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2016) (consolidated opinion)

O&G Employment Law Blog

February 26, 2016

Spotting FLSA & California overtime exemption violations

Plaintiff Magazine

January, 2016

Survey of the State, Class Action Law – 2014-15; A Report of the State Laws Subcommittee of the Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee

American Bar Association, Section of Litigation

2015

500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers

Lawdragon

2018

Top Labor & Employment Lawyers 2016-2018

Daily Journal, Northern California

2018

Super Lawyer’s Top Lists, Top 100 (2015-2018)

Super Lawyer

2018

Northern California Super Lawyers 2014-2018

Super Lawyer

2018

Daily Journal, Northern California

Leading Labor & Employment Attorney

2015

State Bar of California

Litigation Section Executive Committee Member

Current

Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association

Member

Current

National Employment Law Association

Member

Current

American Association for Justice

Member

Current

Consumer Attorneys of CA

Member

Current

California

State Bar of California

Since 2003