Dennis Hyun, the founder of Hyun Legal, is a big firm veteran, having spent eight years defending global corporations at the largest, most prestigious law firms in the world. Mr. Hyun left the large law firm practice so that he could apply his training and experience to serve individuals and small businesses with their legal needs. Since leaving corporate defense, Mr. Hyun has focused his practice on representing employees in class actions and individual cases. Mr. Hyun has extensive experience litigating class action and individual claims for wage and hour violations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Mr. Hyun also served as a judicial law clerk for two years at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, as well as as an extern at the federal court. Thus, he is extremely familiar with how the state and federal courts function.
Prior to forming Hyun Legal, Mr. Hyun was a Senior Associate at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of the most prestigious labor and employment law firms in the country, as well as at DLA Piper LLP (US), the largest law firm in the world, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
During law school, Mr. Hyun externed at the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and served as a Research Assistant for Professor Laurie Levenson and as a summer law clerk at the law firm of Lightfoot, Vandevelde et al. (now the Los Angeles office of Crowell & Moring).
Education
- J.D., Loyola Law School Los Angeles (2002)
- Dean’s Honor List (2000-2002)
- Loyola International & Comparative Law Review, Senior Research Editor (2001-2002), Staff Member (2000-2001)
- B.A., English, Minor in Creative Writing, University of California – Riverside (1999)
- Dean’s Honor List (1997-1999)
Admissions
- California
Courts
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- All U.S. District Courts of California
Presentations
- Annual Employment Law Update for California Employers (February 2010; seminar attended by in-house counsel and human resources representatives)
Publications
- Contributing Author, Chapter 16, Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012). Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.
- Author, California Court Holds That National Banks Do Not Have Unlimited Power to Terminate Officers “At Pleasure,” Seyfarth Shaw Management Alert
- Author, The Ninth Circuit Changes Its Mind, Holding That Commute Time May Be Compensable Under California Law, Seyfarth Shaw Management Alert