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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.

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Languages
  • English
Accepted Jurisdictions
California Jurdictions
California
Since 2003
Experience
    Education
    Harvard Law School Education School Logo
    Harvard Law School
    J.D.
    Graduation year: 2001
    Associations
    State Bar of California Professional Association
    State Bar of California
    Litigation Section Executive Committee has membership
    Current
    Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association Professional Association
    Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
    has membership
    Current
    National Employment Law Association Professional Association
    National Employment Law Association
    has membership
    Current
    American Association for Justice Professional Association
    American Association for Justice
    has membership
    Current
    Consumer Lawyers of CA Professional Association
    Consumer Lawyers of CA
    has membership
    Current
    Bar Association of San Francisco Professional Association
    Bar Association of San Francisco
    Judicial Evaluations Committee
    Current
    Bar Association of San Francisco Professional Association
    Bar Association of San Francisco
    Volunteer Lawyer, Fee Dispute Arbitrator
    Current
    Alliance for Justice Professional Association
    Alliance for Justice
    Board of Directors
    2014 - Current
    American Constitution Society Professional Association
    American Constitution Society
    has membership, Bay Area Lawyer Chapter Advisory Board
    2014 - Current
    Public Advocates Inc. Professional Association
    Public Advocates Inc.
    Board of Governors
    2012 - 2015
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Professional Association
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
    Chair of the Legal Committee
    2010 - 2011
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Professional Association
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
    Vice Chair of the Board
    2010 - 2011
    American Constitution Society Professional Association
    American Constitution Society
    Chair of the Executive Board of the Bay Area Lawyer Chapter
    2009 - 2011
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Professional Association
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
    Executive Committee
    2009 - 2011
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Professional Association
    American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
    has membership
    2006 - 2011
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