About FTW Law Group

Over the course of nearly 19 years, I have advocated for everyone from indigent families entrapped in mortgage fraud schemes, to refugees seeking asylum, to individuals and families embroiled in complex business disputes.  I have represented startups and “mom and pop” operations to Fortune 20 companies in virtually every kind of litigation. I am adept in state or federal court, administrative proceedings or arbitration. I have handled cases involving almost every industry or business sector from capital markets to commercial real estate development, aerospace (satellite and launch vehicles) to beverage bottling and distribution, health insurance claims processing to EB-5 immigration investment practices, trademark and trade dress infringement to trade secret misappropriation, antitrust investigations to foreign judgment enforcement.  I have quite literally “seen it all.”

In my view, the most rewarding aspect of being a litigator is the learning. Lawyers are continuously exposed to new industries and people who are experts in their fields.  Our clients live the facts and stories that make up the framework of each case. Our job as lawyers is to take what people are great at doing and present a persuasive story within the framework of the law.  There is a joy in collaborating with a client to present a case in a way that respects the integrity of the client’s position but maximizes the opportunity for a good legal result.

I spent the first nearly 19 years of my career with Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, the last 11 years as a partner in the Firm’s litigation practice.  

Like most former big law firm partners, I went to good schools (UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of the Law), but these credentials alone do not define me.  Instead, I would like to think that I am a solid lawyer with a strong track record of providing honest, efficient representation to my clients. I believe the breadth and range of clients and matters on which I have worked—and the trust those clients placed in me—is a testament to my overall skills, abilities and approach to providing legal services.

Immersing oneself into legal, social and public interest communities not only helps to develop the experience and professional relationships essential to a successful legal career, but it also enriches us, granting us opportunities to gain new perspectives and learn soft skills that will help us with more than just lawyering.

I have spent nearly two decades working on and leading pro bono legal efforts.  For nearly a decade I served as my prior law firm’s point person for pro bono matters in the Los Angeles office, and through that, created lasting relationships with many of the pro bono legal services organizations in the greater Los Angeles area.

I have also been active in and served on the boards of some of the oldest Asian professional legal organizations in the country, including the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (President, 2016-2017) and for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (2015-2017; currently, Co-Chair, Litigation Committee).  I have also served on the boards of sister Asian affinity legal organizations and a non-profit focused on enhancing exercise opportunities for children with special needs (KEEN-LA).

And, I was a co-founder and co-chair of my prior firm’s Asian professionals’ affinity group and served on the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and also an exclusive committee responsible for the review, mentoring, advancement and development of the firm’s associates.  Serving on these committees allowed me to interact with, learn about and work with and mentor hundreds of lawyers at my former firm over the last dozen years, and provides me with additional experience and perspectives that have carried over to the other parts of my legal practice.

University of California at Berkeley

   B.A. History and Sociology, 1995

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

   J.D., 1999

Admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of California, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits.