Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Zain Shirazi is the founder of Zain Shirazi Law PLLC, a Minnesota-based public interest law firm dedicated to advancing justice for employees and marginalized communities. A graduate of the UCLA School of Law, Zain has built a career that spans major law firms, a federal clerkship, public defense, and senior government service. He began at Jenner & Block LLP, clerked for the Honorable Virginia A. Phillips in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and spent six years as an Assistant Public Defender in Maryland, where he tried 15 jury trials and over 100 bench trials—including cases carrying potential life sentences. From 2021 to 2025, Zain served as Senior Counsel to the Vice Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, advising on national employment policy including workplace discrimination, DEIA, and the emerging impact of AI on civil rights. Today, his practice focuses on civil rights, criminal defense, and employment law, representing clients facing discrimination, retaliation, wage theft, police misconduct, and other governmental abuse. Licensed in Minnesota, California, and Maryland, Zain is guided by a client-first philosophy: explaining the law in plain language, laying out every option, and empowering clients to drive their own cases.