Jake Day is an Associate Attorney at The Garner Firm. Prior to joining The Garner Firm, Jake worked as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil rights and clerked in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. Jake earned his law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Prior to law school, Jake earned a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from the College of William & Mary, lived and worked in Australia, and spent years in the restaurant industry.
During law school, Jake interned at the U.S. Department of Labor Regional Solicitor’s Office, provided legal services through Temple University’s Small Business Development Center, and mediated landlord-tenant disputes, small claims cases, and private criminal complaints. As a law clerk, Jake drafted judicial opinions and gained valuable experience with local politics, municipal corporations and development non-profits while assisting with the administration of petitions for conservatorship filed pursuant to Pennsylvania’s Act 135.
Jake’s experience in the restaurant industry in the United States and abroad have instilled in him a strong desire to help working people. Jake was a member of the American Federation of Government Employees, ALF-CIO prior to working at the firm. Throughout his career, including at the Office for Civil Rights where he investigated civil rights complaints filed against federally funded schools, Jake has demonstrated an enduring commitment to upholding and restoring the dignity of vulnerable individuals, including working people facing challenges with their employee benefits or in their workplace.