Shaun Setareh
Owner - Founding Partner
Employment Litigation & Consumer Class Actions
Shaun Setareh founded Setareh Law Group in 1999, the year he was admitted to the California bar, and has spent the 27 years since representing employees against their employers. His practice covers wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims, from individual cases to statewide class actions.
Shaun Setareh's Professional Accomplishments:
- 2019 - #11 Labor & Employment Settlement in California
- 2019 - #14 Labor & Employment Settlement in the United States
- 2022 - #4 Labor & Employment Settlement in California
- 2023 - #3 Labor & Employment Settlement in California
- 2023 - #1 Meal & Rest Break Settlement in California
- 2023 - #1 Wage & Hour Settlement in Santa Clara County
Shaun Setareh's Education:
- 1999 - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles - Juris Doctorate
- 1996 - University of California, Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, with honors
Shaun Setareh's Affiliations:
- California Employment Lawyers Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
Shaun Setareh's Bar Admissions:
Mr. Setareh is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the state and federal courts in California.
Professional Summary:
Shaun Setareh started this firm in 1999 with one rule: take the cases you can win and give them everything. Twenty-seven years, over hundreds of millions recovered, and a California Supreme Court decision later, the rule has not changed.
In 2018 he argued Troester v. Starbucks before the California Supreme Court. The court held that the federal “de minimis” rule, which let employers ignore a few minutes of unpaid work per shift, does not apply under California law. The decision changed how every employer in the state tracks time, and it is cited in wage cases to this day.
His settlements have been ranked among the Top 20 labor and employment settlements in the United States (2019) and the Top 10 in California (2022 and 2023), including the state’s #1 meal and rest break settlement of 2023. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and every state and federal court in California.
Shaun reviews every case the firm accepts. Tell us what happened and you’ll hear from the intake team within one business day.
