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Jahan C. Sagafi

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"I joined LCHB to promote justice for regular people. It's crucial that someone police the companies that succumb to the temptation to cut corners, cheating their employees or customers. Having an opportunity to correct these injustices is extremely rewarding."

Jahan C. Sagafi

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    American Lawyer
  • "Representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar."

    The National Law Journal
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Advancing the Rights of Employees

Jahan is a partner in our San Francisco office who focuses on challenging unlawful employment practices. Jahan has represented employees in significant cases involving the denial of overtime pay, including Rosenburg v. IBM ($65 million settlement), Higazi v. Cadence ($7.7 million settlement), Lewis v. Wells Fargo & Co. ($6.72 million settlement), Buccellato v. AT&T (12.5 million settlement), and other important cases of injustice in the workplace.

SuperLawyers badgeJahan's contributions to employment law have been recognized by the legal community. In June 2008, Centro Legal De La Raza honored Jahan and other members of the plaintiffs' team in the Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch class action lawsuit with the organization's Community Justice Award. The settlement required Abercrombie to pay $40 million to Latino, African-American, Asian-American, and female applicants and employees who alleged discrimination. Under the settlement, Abercrombie has undertaken comprehensive reforms in its recruitment, hiring, assignment, and promotion of employees.

Jahan has been recognized as a "Rising Star for Northern California" by Super Lawyers and holds a leadership role as the Chair of the Executive Board of the Bay Area Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society, and serves on the Executive Committee of the ACLU of Northern California, among other professional affiliations.

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Overtime Pay & The Rights of
Workers to Overtime Pay
Technical/IT Worker Lawsuit Against
HP for Deprivation of Overtime
 
Overtime Pay Law & IT Tech Workers

Awards & Honors

  • "Top 20 Under 40," Daily Journal, 2011
  • "Rising Star for Northern California," Super Lawyers, 2009-2011
  • Community Justice Award, Centro Legal de la Raza, 2008
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  • U.S. News Best Lawyers badge 2011-2012
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Education
  • Harvard Law School (J.D., 2001)
    Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (Senior Editor, 1999-2001); Board of Student Advisers (President)

    Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1994)

Memberships
  • ACLU of Northern California
    (Board Member; Chair of the Legal Committee, 2010-11; Vice Chair, 2010-11; Executive Committee, 2009-11)

  • American Bar Association

  • American Constitution Society
    (Chair of Bay Area Lawyer Chapter 2009-11)

  • Bar Association of San Francisco
    (Member of Judiciary Committee 2013-present)

  • Consumer Attorneys of California

  • National Employment Lawyers Association

Admissions
  • California

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

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