About Salahi PC
A plaintiffs’ firm built to take on powerful defendants.
We represent people, workers, small businesses, and nonprofits against corporations and government. Our cases span antitrust, consumer protection, privacy, civil rights, and employment, as individual suits and as class actions.
San Francisco based. Cases across California and in federal courts nationwide.
CONSUMER · 2026
Defeated arbitration and dismissal in a right-of-publicity class action against Academia.edu
Recognized by Lawdragon 2026 · Super Lawyers 2026
How we work
Class action experience, small-firm attention
Our founder was a partner at two national class action firms, and our attorneys have worked for government enforcers, civil rights organizations, and federal judges. Our lawyers work closely on every case.
No fee unless we recover
Most of our cases are on contingency. Talking to us about your situation is free and confidential.
One client or a whole class
We bring individual cases and class actions. When looking at one person’s problem, we look at whether others have been affected and a class action might help fix systemic misconduct.
We investigate before we file
We do the legal research and factual investigation needed to understand who’s affected and to determine whether there’s a claim.
Trusted by other lawyers
Much of our docket comes from referring attorneys, law school clinics, and public-interest groups who bring us in as co-counsel.
Founder
Yaman Salahi
Yaman founded Salahi PC to represent workers, consumers, and communities harmed by corporate and government misconduct. Before starting the firm, he was a partner at two national plaintiff-side class action firms, a staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California and the Asian Law Caucus, and a law clerk to Judge Edward M. Chen of the Northern District of California.
$465M+
in CARES Act relief for 385,000+ people in prison; lead author of the winning motions. Scholl v. Mnuchin*
$4.5M
class settlement for California bail bond co-signers, approved 2025. Abeyta v. DMCG
11th Cir.
briefed, argued, and won an appeal holding franchisors can conspire with franchisees. Arrington v. Burger King*
*Obtained at a prior firm.
Education
Yale Law School, J.D.
UC Berkeley, B.A.
Admitted
California, District of Columbia
Nine federal courts of appeals
Honors
Lawdragon 500, Super Lawyers
American Antitrust Institute award, 2017 and 2019
Service
Board member, Asian Law Caucus
Co-chair, N.D. Cal. FBA Class Action Symposium (2024, 2025)
The team
Who you’ll work with
Yaman Salahi
Founding Partner
Taylor Applegate
Associate
Nicole Cabañez
Associate
Jordan Cozby
Jonathan W. Cuneo/Justice Catalyst Fellow
Michael Li
Senior Paralegal
For attorneys
Co-counsel and referrals
We partner with firms and public-interest organizations on class actions, antitrust, privacy, and civil rights litigation, from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal.
Think you have a case?
Tell us what happened. An attorney reviews every request, and we’ll reach out promptly. Free and confidential.
Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Some results described were obtained by our attorneys at prior firms.