I litigate complex class action cases on behalf of plaintiffs at Edelson PC in San Francisco. I represent consumers, workers, and others who have been harmed by others. I seek to hold big corporations and the government accountable to the law.

I welcome your inquiries regarding potential cases, including related to unfair competition, consumer protection, data privacy and security, fairness in algorithmic decision making and artificial intelligence (including transparency and protection from discrimination), and antitrust issues, including no-poach or non-compete agreements ..

Professional & Educational Background

I am a San Francisco-based class action attorney. Previously, I was a Partner at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, and Bernstein LLP; a law clerk for the Honorable Edward M. Chen in the Northern District of California; a Staff Attorney in the National Security & Civil Rights Program at the Asian Law Caucus; and an Arthur Liman Fellow at the ACLU of Southern California.

I obtained my law degree from Yale Law School and an undergraduate degree in Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

Representative Cases

  • CARES Act Stimulus Funds for People in Prison. In 2020, I brought a case on behalf of incarcerated people challenging the Trump administration’s denial of COVID-19 stimulus relief funds under the CARES Act to people in prison. I was the lead author of the winning motions for class certification, preliminary injunction, and summary judgment, which ultimately resulted in over $465 million in additional cash assistance being issued to over 385,000 people, and prevented the IRS from seeking the recoupment of over $1 billion from people to whom funds had already been issued.
  • Challenging No-Poach Agreements & Protecting Worker Mobility. I represent migrant sheepherders challenging alleged wage-fixing by ranches that are members of the Western Range Association, as well as Jiffy Lube workers seeking compensation for anticompetitive harm cause by no-poach restrictions in Jiffy Lube’s standard franchise agreement. At my prior firm, I was part of the litigation teams that obtained a $54.5 million settlement for medical professors and $19 million for other faculty at Duke University and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and $48.95 million for railway industry workers. In addition, I was a key member of litigation teams challenging no-poach agreements that hurt fast-food workers.
  • Protecting the Right to a Passport. I have successfully represented Yemeni-Americans whose passports were unlawfully confiscated in violation of their due process and citizenship rights.

Awards and Honors

  • 2021 Rising Star, Northern California, SuperLawyers
  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers, 2021
  • Outstanding Private Antitrust Litigation Achievement, American Antitrust Institute, 2017 & 2019
  • Kathi Pugh Award for Exceptional Mentorship, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, 2015

Teaching and Appointments

  • ABA Employment Law Section Practice & Professionalism Track Co-Chair (2021 & 2022)
  • Board Member, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (2018-present)
  • U.C. Berkeley, Department of Rhetoric, Lecturer, Summer 2021, Rhetoric 166: Law & Politics (Between the Street & the Gavel: How Law & Social Movements Change One Another)
  • Commissioner, Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission (2017)

Court Admissions

  • State of California
  • Federal Courts of Appeal: 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th & Fed. Cir.
  • Federal District Courts: N.D. Cal.,C.D. Cal., E.D. Mich., D.D.C.

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