Zev Eigen

Zev Eigen J.D., Ph.D.

Sr. Director, Data Science
Los Angeles
About

Zev Eigen is the Senior Director of data science. In this role, he tests clients' commercial algorithms for bias and disparate impact in light of regulatory standards and ethical principles.

Before joining AKD Partners, Zev developed technology centering on pay equity, second-chance hiring, and AI dispute resolution. As a strategic advisor, Zev focused on developing and testing models and systems to de-bias AI and to help ensure compliance with laws and regulations, with a focus on wage-and-hour class actions.

Zev previously served as in-house labor counsel at a global media/entertainment company. Zev was an Irving S. Ribicoff Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School, a visiting Associate Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, and an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law with a joint appointment at the Kellogg School of Business.

Areas of FocusArtificial Intelligence and Data AnalyticsEmploymentMedia, Sport and EntertainmentTechnology
Bar admissionsCalifornia
CourtsUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Hebrew

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Financial Times, 10 Most Innovative Legal Practitioners in North America
  • National Law Journal, 40 Under 40 Rising Stars
  • FastCase 50 Award for Innovation
  • LERA Refereed Paper Competition Winner
Education
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
  • J.D., Cornell Law School 1999
    Associate Editor, International Law Journal
  • B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
    with honors

Publications and media

  • "When Timekeeping Software Undermines Compliance;" 19 Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 1 (2017)
  • "Post-Racial Hydraulics: The Hidden Dangers of the Universal Turn;" 91 NYU Law Review, 1 (2016)
  • "Consumer Form Contracting in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: The Unread and the Undead," 2017, University of Illinois Law Review, 65 (2017)
  • "Contract Consideration and Behavior;" 85, The George Washington Law Review, 351 (2017)
  • "Less is More: A Case for Structural Reform of the NLRB;" 98, Minnesota Law Review, 1880 (2014)
  • "When Rules are Made to be Broken;" 129, Northwestern University Law Review, 107 (2014)
  • "Justice or Just between Us? Empirical Evidence of the Trade-Off between Procedural and Interactional Justice in Workplace Dispute Resolution;" 67, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 171 (2014)
  • "Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype and Should They?: A Natural Experiment;" 41, The Journal of Legal Studies, 239 (2012)
  • "Empirical Studies of Contract;" 8, Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 291 (2012)
  • "When and Why Individuals Obey Contracts: Experimental Evidence of Consent, Compliance, Promise, and Performance," 41, The Journal of Legal Studies, 67 (2012)
  • "Experimental Evidence of the Relationship between Reading the Fine Print and Performance of Form-Contract Terms;" 168, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 124 (2012)
  • "A Moral/Contractual Approach to Labor Law Reform;" 63, Hastings Law Journal, 101 (2012)
  • "Shifting the Paradigm of the Debate: A Proposal to Eliminate At-Will Employment and Implement a 'Mandatory Arbitration Act';" 87, Indiana Law Journal, 271 (2011)
  • The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes
  • "The Devil in the Details: The Interrelationship Among Citizenship, Rule of Law and Form-Adhesive Contracts;" 41, The Connecticut Law Review, 381 (2008)
  • "Don't Train Your Employees and Cancel Your '1-800' Harassment Hotline: An Empirical Examination and Correction of the Flaws in the Affirmative Defense to Sexual Harassment Charges;" 69, Fordham Law Review, 1265 (2001)
  • "In Defense of Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Disputes: Saving the Baby, Tossing out the Bath Water, and Constructing a New Sink in the Process;" 2, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law Employment Law, 73 (1999)
  • "Voluntary Mediation in New York: An Unturned Rock?" 52, Dispute Resolution International, 58 (1997)

Seminars

Media Mentions

Additional Recognition

  • Cited by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. V. National Labor Relations Board; 2024; (Less is More: A Case for Structural Reform of the NLRB)

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Founder of the Fair Pay Workplace

My latest insights

Past event
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Global employer briefing: Quarterly trends and developments (Q3 2025)

8 October 2025 .2 minute read

Past event
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Futureproofing technology against AI disputes

29 May 2025 .1 minute read

Publication
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Landmark AI framework sets new standard for tackling algorithmic bias

6 February 2025 .4 minute read

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Phone

+1 310 595 3126
(Work, Los Angeles)