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Daniel J. Hyun is a partner at Aris LLP. His primary areas of practice are wage and hour class actions and consumer class actions, representing employees and consumers for a variety of issues, including exempt misclassification, independent contractor misclassification, minimum and overtime pay, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations, expense reimbursement, improper time rounding, unpaid commissions, fraudulent misrepresentation, data breach, and defective products.
Prior to founding the Law Office of Daniel J. Hyun, Mr. Hyun worked for several well-known plaintiffs’ class action law firms in Southern California. In his previous positions, Mr. Hyun’s work ranged from high profile wage and hour class actions and consumer class actions against multi-million- and billion-dollar companies.
For the past seven years, Mr. Hyun has helped obtain millions of dollars on behalf of consumers and employees. As a result of Mr. Hyun’s success, he was selected by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, a distinction received by only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California.
Mr. Hyun attended the University of California, San Diego. While at UCSD, he was awarded multiple Provost’s Honors for obtaining a 4.0 GPA, and studied abroad at Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea. During college, he double majored in Political Science: Public Law and Communications, and earned Bachelor’s Degrees in both majors.
Mr. Hyun attended and earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and studied for a year as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Mr. Hyun was a Scholar in Law recipient and made the Dean’s List for being in the top 20% of his class.
During law school, he volunteered at the Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County and provided free services such as filing wage and hour claims, unemployment claims, and criminal expungements to help low-income members of the community.
Mr. Hyun is admitted to practice before all California state courts and federal district courts. He is also a member of various legal organizations, including the American Association for Justice, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, California Employment Lawyers Association, and the California State Bar’s Labor and Employment section.
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Posted by Gary | February 3, 2020 | Hired Attorney
It's rare to find an attorney like Daniel--he truly cares about helping people. He has integrity, strong values and passion to represent those who are being mistreated. Without even knowing us, Daniel graciously gave us his time during the phone consultation, which he did not even charge us for. He e...
Posted by anonymous | May 31, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Daniel represented me in two matters. One was a contract dispute with my landlord in which my landlord was unfairly holding onto my deposit and had charged me unjustified fees during the lease. He filed a lawsuit and got me more than I was asking for in a settlement. In the other case, I was a vic...
Posted by Michael Lee | June 12, 2017 | Hired Attorney
We had Daniel in charge of trying to get our security deposit back which was unfairly withheld from us. He was very comfortable to talk to from the beginning and all the way to the end. He asked for our lease documents and any other related documents. After that he worked on providing me the necessar...
Posted by David | April 9, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Last year I needed to get my record expunged. Daniel made the process extremely easy. He had great follow up and also always did a great job of keeping me updated. Long story short, I got my felony expunged. I would highly recommend him to all my family and friends and anyone else that needs his ...
Posted by anonymous | April 8, 2017 | Hired Attorney
The apartment I was moving out of was refusing to return my security deposit, and overcharging for various things. I wasn't sure what to do and my friend recommended I speak to Daniel. He was very sharp and reassuring as he immediately knew how to handle the situation. The next day he sent the apartm...
Employment and labor lawyer
Workers compensation lawyer
Personal injury lawyer
2018
Rising Stars, Super Lawyers
2012
Dean's List, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law
2012
CALI Award Winner for Mediation Theory & Practice, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
2007
Provost's Honors, University of California, San Diego
2006
Provost's Honors, University of California, San Diego
2023 - Present
Partner, Torus LLP
2019 - 2023
Attorney, Law Office of Daniel J. Hyun
2018 - 2018
Associate, Bisnar Chase LLP
2018 - 2019
Associate, Aegis Law Firm
2017 - 2018
Attorney, Daily Aljian LLP
2016 - 2017
Attorney, Jose Garay, APLC
2013 - 2013
Law Clerk, Aegis Law Firm
2012 - 2012
Volunteer, Neighborhood Legal Services Of Los Angeles
2011 - 2011
Intern, Law Offices of Ernest J. Kim
2011 - 2016
Law Clerk, Jose Garay, APLC
2007 - 2007
Intern, San Diego City Attorney's Office: Criminal Division
2007 - 2007
Pre-Litigation Assistant, Law Offices of Larry H. Parker
2016 - Present
Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
2016 - Present
California Employment Lawyers Association
2016 - 2017
State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section
Six-figure settlement
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Over 1 million dollars
3 million dollar settlement
2014
JD - Juris Doctor
2007
BA - Bachelor of Arts
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Visiting Scholar
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English
Korean
Legal Answers
How do I take a former employer to court for not giving me requested personnel information.
07 Apr 2017
When am I considered in the clock
04 Apr 2017