LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nima Darouian, an employment litigator with more than 15 years of experience handling sensitive employment disputes, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Group in Los Angeles. His practice focuses on wage and hour class actions and representative matters under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).

At Crowell, Darouian will represent employers in high-stakes class actions, PAGA matters, and single-plaintiff disputes across a range of industries. He will also counsel clients on employment best practices, including compensation structures, personnel policies, arbitration agreements, and worker classification.

“Nima’s experience will help us continue to build our employment litigation capabilities in California,” said Trina Fairley Barlow, co-chair of Crowell’s Labor & Employment Group. “His success counseling employers on a broad range of workplace issues, combined with his deep roots in one of the country’s most complex and rapidly changing markets, will be a real benefit to our clients in California and nationwide.”

Darouian joins Crowell from Ballard Spahr, where he handled large wage and hour class actions and other employment litigation matters, including cases involving as many as 25,000 employees. He has defended major U.S. companies in hundreds of complex employment lawsuits involving large workforces and a broad range of compensation and classification issues, as well as against claims of, inter alia, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. He also built a substantial counseling practice, advising clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies on day-to-day compliance and risk management.

“Nima complements well our established team of wage and hour litigators who have handled some of the most novel wage and hour class and collective action litigations in recent years,” said Kris Meade, co-chair of Crowell’s Labor & Employment Group.

“I am thrilled to join Crowell & Moring and build on the strong foundation the Labor & Employment Group has established in California,” Darouian said. “The firm’s collaborative culture and deep bench across complementary practice areas provide a strong platform for helping clients navigate the state’s complex employment landscape.”

Darouian received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and his Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University. He is bilingual in English and Farsi.

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