Jake Darin is an employment attorney whose practice spans the full breadth of the protections available under California and federal law. He has represented individuals harmed by discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace; and represented entire classes and the State of California in wage and hour litigation alleging violations of the California Labor Code. That range isn't incidental — it's what drew him to the field in the first place.

Jake views legal representation as a collaboration: an open, ongoing dialogue in which his knowledge of the law guides the conversation but never crowds out the client's voice. Many of Jake's favorite clients might have gone to law school or brought their own cases if given the opportunity. He is mindful, though, that most come to him at a low-point in their life, without experience in the legal system and hoping never to engage with it again. Jake takes seriously the privilege of representing these clients and believes his job is as much about educating clients on their rights as it is about asserting them. To that end, he enjoys working alongside clients to define their goals and think creatively about reaching them.

Before entering private practice, Jake was a judicial law clrerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, in Anchorage. He received his J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law (now UC Law SF), where he served on the Moot Court Board, co-edited the Environmental Law Journal, won the award for Best Brief at the Annual David E. Snodgrass Appellate Advocacy Competition, served as Brief Editor for the school in the National Moot Court Competition, and was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Pro Bono direct legal-services. He holds a B.A. from the University of Florida and an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Oregon.

Jake has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for three consecutive years. He co-authored the Practising Law Institute's California Employment Law chapter on "Disability Discrimination Under California Law" (2022). For the past six years, he has served on the Alameda County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Executive Committee. He has also served as an educational advocate in IEP proceedings — work that reflects the same instinct running through everything he does: meeting people where they are and helping them be heard. That instinct, he'd tell you, is what connects law to poetry.