The Jhaveri-Weeks Firm, P.C. has achieved outstanding results for employees confronting a wide range of workplace violations. Our attorneys are leaders in the field. We tailor our work to each client's goals and needs. Telling our clients' stories, gathering proof to substantiate their claims, and enforcing their rights is what we do.
The firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers as a Tier 1 San Francisco employment litigation firm. Firm Principal William Jhaveri-Weeks has been named to LawDragon's "500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers" nationwide from 2018 through 2025. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Labor and Employment Section. The firm's lawyers are recognized as Northern California "Super Lawyers" or "Rising Stars." Our lawyers trained at top law schools and preeminent law firms. We regularly publish articles on developments in employment law, and often speak as panelists to audiences of employment lawyers.
The firm also handles select commercial litigation matters outside of the employment law context for corporate clients.
See below for more about our practice areas.
The firm has been recognized by Best Lawyers as a Tier 1 San Francisco employment litigation firm. Firm Principal William Jhaveri-Weeks has been named to LawDragon's "500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers" nationwide from 2018 through 2025. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Labor and Employment Section. The firm's lawyers are recognized as Northern California "Super Lawyers" or "Rising Stars." Our lawyers trained at top law schools and preeminent law firms. We regularly publish articles on developments in employment law, and often speak as panelists to audiences of employment lawyers.
The firm also handles select commercial litigation matters outside of the employment law context for corporate clients.
See below for more about our practice areas.
For individual employee clients, we litigate claims in state and federal court and in arbitration. Common claims include:
- Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, pregnancy, disability, age, and other protected characteristics.
- Sexual harassment, racial harassment, and other harassment claims.
- Wrongful termination.
- Whistle-blower retaliation.
- Breach of employment contract or commission agreement.
- Founder disputes.
The firm regularly serves as class counsel in employment class actions. Examples of the firm's work include:
- Class counsel in six class actions representing adjunct instructors at private universities.
- Class counsel and nationwide collective action counsel for territory sales managers claiming overtime wages and meal and rest breaks resulting from classification as exempt "outside sales" employees.
- Class counsel on behalf of employees working remotely without being reimbursed for internet service.
- Class counsel for veterinary assistants misclassified as exempt employees and/or independent contractors.
- Proposed class counsel for employees selling homes in company-owned developments paid on a commission-only basis.
- Proposed class counsel for online influencers claiming misappropriation of online marketing referral fees.
- Counsel in numerous PAGA (Private Attorneys General Act) representative action cases.
- Class counsel in several cases representing business development representatives and territory managers claiming unpaid overtime wages and meal and rest period premium pay.
- Class counsel on behalf of residential tenants charged late fees alleged to violate California law.
- Represented real estate appraisers classified as exempt from overtime requirements.
- Represented proposed class of consumers who purchased laminated flooring sourced from China that emitted formaldehyde above California legal limits.
- Represented proposed classes and/or collective actions on behalf of assistant managers classified as exempt from overtime pay.
- Represented class of employees challenging unlawful background check policies.
For select organizations pursuing or defending commercial legal claims, The Jhaveri-Weeks Firm, P.C. offers litigation skills honed in the world of large-firm corporate litigation practice with the efficiency and personal focus of a small firm. We have prosecuted or defended breach-of-contract, fraud, fiduciary duty, business tort, and intellectual property claims, among others, for corporate clients. The firm has represented organizations in the technology, healthcare, retail, wholesale, consulting, agricultural, and service industries. We also represent individuals in commercial disputes, including co-founders and executive-level employees. Prior to starting the firm, Mr. Jhaveri-Weeks was part of legal teams handling the following representations:
- Hedge fund asserting commercial claims in international arbitration.
- Board of telecom company defending claims of fiduciary breach.
- Major Hollywood publication in copyright infringement action and in resisting discovery into confidential news sources.
- Foreign supplier of energy equipment in contract dispute with U.S. company.
- Hedge fund manager in dispute with bondholders of foreign oil and gas company.
- Major international bank defending antitrust claims involving auction-rate securities.
- Global insurance company defending securities class action.
- Agricultural technology company in USDA regulatory proceedings and related litigation.