Jared Gheen

Associate
he/him/his
Jared Gheen
San Francisco
+1 445 207 7831

Jared is an associate in Goodwin’s Business Law department.

Professional Activities

Jared served on the Orange County Lavender Bar Association’s Board of Directors as a liaison during his time at UC Irvine.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jared worked as a project manager for a business-to-consumer communication firm prior to attending law school and subsequently joining Goodwin Procter. Prior to joining the firm, Jared worked in the city attorney’s office for the City of Huntington Beach on civil defense litigation matters, volunteered at UCI’s Domestic Violence Clinic representing victims of domestic violence in their pursuit of civil restraining orders, and worked at the Orange County District Attorney’s office in the Westminster Courthouse conducting research and preliminary hearings.  

Credentials

Education

JD2024

University of California Irvine School of Law

BSEnglish – Professional and Technical Writing; minors in Management Information Systems and Business2019

Utah State University

Admissions

Bars

  • California

Recognition & Awards

Awards:

  • 2023 M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship
  • Selected to participate in ABA’s Judicial Clerkship Program 
  • Selected to participate in Equality California’s Leadership Academy
  • Faculty Award, Consumer Law

Pro Bono Awards and Highlights:

  • Pro Bono High Honors, 475+ hours over 3 years 
  • Association of American Law Schools 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll
  • Pro Bono Leadership Award
  • Transgender Legal Assistance Clinic
  • Domestic Violence Assistance Program
  • Crow Indian Reservation Prosecutor’s Office

Publications

Jared was selected to present his research project, “Keeping Homophobia in the Closet: Racist Technologies in the Gay Community,” at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (Feb. 2020) and the Utah State University Fall Student Research Symposium (Dec. 2019).