Jake Darin
505 14th Street
Suite 600
Oakland, California 94612
Jake Darin is a Senior Associate at Hunter Pyle Law.
Jake represents workers who have been harmed by their employer.
Jake’s practice includes individual, class, and representative actions for unpaid wages and other wage & hour violations; as well as individual actions on behalf of professionals and other workers who have faced discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in the workplace. Jake takes pride in working closely with clients to guide them through the litigation process and help them recover not only monetary compensation but also dignity and a sense of closure. He approaches representation as a collaboration between client and counsel.
Prior to joining the firm, Jake clerked for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, in Anchorage. In 2017, Jake received the Hon. Lewis F. Powell Medallion for excellence in appellate advocacy from the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Education & Admissions
- Juris Doctor, U.C. College of the Law San Francisco (formerly “Hastings”)
- M.F.A., University of Oregon
- B.A., University of Florida
- Admitted to: State Bar of California; Northern District of California
Memberships & Accomplishments
- Alameda County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Executive Committee, Chair
- California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), Member
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2024)
- May 25, 2021: COVID-19 In the Workplace, Managing in the New Normal, Alameda County Bar Association
- September 28, 2022: COVID in the Workplace, from Theory to Reality, Alameda County Bar Association
- December 12, 2022: Career Week: Labor & Employment Careers, Alameda County Bar Association
- November 9, 2024: 37th Annual Employment Law Conference, San Diego, CA
- Six-figure settlement on behalf of 11 individual welders, fabricators, and yard workers of national piping manufacturer. Plaintiffs alleged that their timecards had been manipulated to omit off-the-clock time spent donning and doffing protective gear before and after each shift; and that they were required to remain on-site during rest-breaks, in violation of California law.
- Seven-figure class settlement on behalf of gas-station attendants in LA. Plaintiff alleged that schedules for him and other class members did not permit them to take rest breaks, in violation of California law.
- Six-figure settlement on behalf of individual professional consultant. Plaintiff alleged that she faced gender discrimination and harassment from a practice director known by management to discriminate against female colleagues; and faced disability discrimination when she returned from a medical leave and was placed on an “unpaid bench” and expected to perform work without pay.
- Seven-figure settlement on behalf of three highly accomplished salespersons. Plaintiffs alleged that they faced rampant racial harassment in their luxury-car-dealership workplace, including daily and routine use of the n-word and other racial slurs.
- Pending representative action on behalf of all unionized telecom employees working for AT&T in California, alleging that AT&T violated California’s Kin Care Law (Labor Code sections 233 & 234) by requiring additional steps to use accrued Kin Care and disciplining employees for using accrued kin care.
