About
Jahan C. Sagafi is a dedicated lawyer in San Francisco, California, who specializes in representing workers in employment class actions. With a track record of success in challenging discrimination, wage and hour abuses, and other forms of exploitation, Sagafi has recovered over $100 million for workers across various industries.
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.Legal Issues
Certificates
No Certifications
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
California
Since 2003
Experience
Education
Harvard Law School
J.D. Graduation year: 2001
Associations
State Bar of California
Litigation Section Executive Committee has membershipCurrent
Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
has membershipCurrent
National Employment Law Association
has membershipCurrent
American Association for Justice
has membershipCurrent
Consumer Lawyers of CA
has membershipCurrent
Bar Association of San Francisco
Judicial Evaluations CommitteeCurrent
Bar Association of San Francisco
Volunteer Lawyer, Fee Dispute ArbitratorCurrent
Alliance for Justice
Board of Directors2014 - Current
American Constitution Society
has membership, Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Advisory Board2014 - Current
Public Advocates Inc.
Board of Governors2012 - 2015
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Chair of the Legal Committee2010 - 2011
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Vice Chair of the Board2010 - 2011
American Constitution Society
Chair of the Executive Board of the Bay Area Lawyer Chapter2009 - 2011
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Executive Committee2009 - 2011
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
has membership2006 - 2011