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Jarron McAllister

Associate

My Legal Practice

I help clients challenge their employers’ harmful behavior with a focus on class action cases involving wage and hour practices, job misclassifications that limit overtime pay, and the unfair use of criminal history background checks in the hiring process.

Whether I’m collaborating with clients or colleagues, I bring care and patience to my work. Clients trust me to keep them informed about critical developments that impact them and their cases. My colleagues also rely on me for my in-depth knowledge of case facts and history, my understanding of the critical issues, and the determination I have to go the distance.

It’s a privilege to help clients take on their employers for illegal and discriminatory behavior, with the goal of getting positive outcomes for them and, ultimately, improving workplace quality for everyone.

Notable Cases

Representing plaintiffs in a proposed class action litigation against Walmart, challenging the company’s use of overly broad criminal history background checks and alleging that the uniform hiring policy disparately impacts Black candidates.
Representing plaintiffs in two related class action lawsuits against GEICO, alleging that New York Special Investigators were not properly compensated for their “off-the-clock” work.

Credentials

A.B., Princeton University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Clerked for the Honorable Robin M. Meriweather on the District of Columbia District Court
Admitted to practice law in New York

My Story

My interest in the law was kindled by a summer internship at the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Chicago. I was still an undergrad and not sure whether a law career would be a fit for me. My interactions with CAIR’s lawyers made me see how legal action could drive sustainable, systemic changes that benefit communities.

Later, before law school, I worked at a law firm where I assisted with class actions filed on behalf of people harmed by the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where I grew up. It was an eye-opening experience to be home and doing this very important work.

I enjoy working in employment law because of its human element. There’s rarely a situation where the employer violated the law in a very discrete way. There’s a whole story – a personal story – behind every dispute. It’s important to hear that story to grasp what matters most to the client and chart the path forward.

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