Background

A southern California native, Darren graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School. Darren then attended The University of Texas at Austin, earning his Bachelors in Business Administration and Masters in Professional Accounting in 1999, and Loyola Law School where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2002. Darren has been honored as a "Super Lawyers Rising Star" from 2010-2016. He has also been named and honored as a "Super Lawyer" in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024.

 Darren has been practicing law since 2002. Since 2004, he has focused almost exclusively on representing employees, primarily wage-and-hour class actions. During his career, Darren has litigated over 100 wage-and-hour class action lawsuits as lead or co-lead counsel, including several in the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Darren has also successfully litigated numerous matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Additionally, Darren has experience resolving business disputes and contract claims.

Darren works diligently to resolve disputes, utilizing  his vast experience in the following areas: 

• Class/Collective Actions and Hybrid Litigation 
• Disabilities and Reasonable Accommodations
• Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
• Executive Compensation
• Mass Arbitrations and PAGA Litigation
• FMLA/Medical Leave
• Harassment
• Wage and Hour
• Whistleblower Retaliation
• Wrongful Termination

Sometimes, parties are too entrenched in litigation. There is always a solution, the difficult part is finding the right path. No matter the case, mediation should always be considered as a tool to seek out a resolution to the dispute. This is where Darren excels in his approach.  With his understanding of complex issues and ability to manage expectations, Darren brings a reasoned approach to dismantle barriers to settlement.  Darren works efficiently and effectively with each party to encourage utilizing the mediation as a process in order to gain control of the uncertainty of litigation.