Practice areas: Employment Litigation, Employment & Labor, Class Action & Mass Torts
Licensed in California since: 2013
Education: University of California Berkeley School of Law
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2023 
Free Consultation Terp Law P.C.
2831 Telegraph AveOakland, CA 94609 Phone: 510-550-5103 Email: Rachel Terp Visit website
Attorney Rachel Terp specializes in employment discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, and wage and hour litigation. Ms. Terp has represented clients in state and federal court, administrative agencies, and pre-litigation negotiations.
Ms. Terp is an active member of the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA). She currently serves as the Vice Chair of CELA’s Education Committee. Ms. Terp also volunteers as a supervising attorney for Legal Aid At Work’s workers rights’ clinics.
In addition to running her own firm, from 2022 to 2023, Ms. Terp was Of-Counsel at Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP. From 2013 to 2019, Ms. Terp was a senior associate and associate at Bryan Schwartz Law. At these boutique law firms, she counseled employees and represented workers in complex wage and hour class actions as well as individual discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases.
First Admitted: 2013, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.terplaw.com/aboutrachel
Bar / Professional Activity
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Vice Chair, Education Committee Legal Aid At Work, Volunteer Attorney, Workers Rights Clinics
Pro bono / Community Service
- Vice Chair of the Education Committee for the California Employment Lawyers Association, 2024
- Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid At Work, Workers Rights Clinics
Educational Background
- University of California, Berkeley Law, 2009-2012
- Brown University, 2000-2004
White Papers
- This report describes problems with the debt collection and debt buying industries, provides real-life consumer stories exemplifying these problems, and makes policy recommendations to reform debt collection litigation and other debt collection practices., PAST DUE: Why Debt Collection Practices and the Debt Buying Industry Need Reform Now, 2011
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- 15th Annual Advanced Wage and Hour Conference., Speaker, Data Analysis for Lawyers, California Lawyers Association, 2025
Honors
- For my work on the Education Committee., Committee Service Award, California Employment Lawyers Association, 2024
- For her working helping to craft the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act., Advocate of Justice Award, East Bay Community Law Center, 2014
Office location for Rachel Terp
2831 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2017 - 2023