Jahan Sagafi

Jahan C. Sagafi is a prominent employment lawyer and social justice advocate based in San Francisco, California. He is a partner at Outten & Golden LLP, where he leads the firm's San Francisco office.13

Professional Background

Sagafi specializes in representing workers in employment class actions, challenging various forms of workplace exploitation including:

• Discrimination
• Wage and hour violations
• Fair Credit Reporting Act violations
• Worker speech suppression

He has successfully litigated cases against major corporations such as Uber, AT&T, Wells Fargo, Walmart, and many others, recovering over $100 million for workers throughout his career.1

Legal Career Highlights

• Won a jury trial for a nationwide class of technical support workers
• Secured an en banc appeal victory in the Ninth Circuit
• Obtained settlements protecting software engineers from gender and race discrimination
• Represented the State of California in a lawsuit against Activision for gender discrimination and harassment3

Education and Early Career

Sagafi graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Before joining Outten & Golden, he was a partner at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein and clerked for Judge William W Schwarzer of the Northern District of California.12

Community Involvement

Sagafi is highly active in the legal and social justice communities. He serves on several boards, including:

• Alliance for Justice (AFJ)
• San Francisco American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area chapter
• Legal Aid at Work
• People's Parity Project13

In the past, he has also served on the boards of Public Advocates and the ACLU of Northern California.2

Recognition

Sagafi has received numerous accolades for his work, including:

• Community Justice Award from Centro Legal De La Raza
• Repeatedly recognized as a California Super Lawyer
• Named one of the Top 100 lawyers in Northern California (2015-2021)
• Listed among the Daily Journal's "Top 75 Labor and Employment Lawyers" in California (2015-2020)
• Recognized as one of Lawdragon's 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers in the United States (2018-2020)1

Jahan Sagafi's LinkedIn username is indeed jahansagafi, as mentioned in the query.4