Solomon, William I

Arash Jahanian is an attorney at Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC.  His practice includes advocating for the civil rights of employees in the workplace and individuals suffering governmental and institutional abuses of power.  Prior to joining Rathod Mohamedbhai, Arash was an associate in Crowell & Moring LLP’s Washington, DC office and a judicial clerk for the Honorable Wiley Y. Daniel, Chief Judge of the United States for the District Court, District of Colorado.

While at Crowell & Moring, Arash worked in the Labor & Employment and Litigation practice groups.  His Labor & Employment practice was focused on litigating employment discrimination claims and wage-and-hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  His practice in the Litigation group focused on education civil rights law and on bringing claims against foreign governments on behalf of victims of state-sponsored terrorism.  Through his pro bono practice, Arash helped victims of an immigration raid gain recourse for constitutional civil rights violations by federal officers.

Arash graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. in 2008.  He served as Articles Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law and participated in the Center for Applied Legal Studies, Georgetown’s political asylum clinic.  He also helped to found the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, for which he served as Symposium Chair during the journal’s inaugural year.  Arash received his undergraduate degree, with Highest Honors, in Psychology and Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003.

From 2003 to 2005, Arash taught in Chicago Public Schools as a Teach For America corps member.  Dedicated to closing the achievement gap in underprivileged schools, Arash taught math, language arts, and Spanish.  He also coached boys’ softball and led after-school tutoring programs.

* Not licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado. Admitted to practice law in New York, the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland