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Daniel M. Hutchinson

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"Hard-fought cases yield the best results."

 

Daniel M. Hutchinson

  • "One of the nation's premier plaintiffs' firms."

    American Lawyer
  • "Representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar."

    The National Law Journal
  • "Their effective and caring advocacy for clients has earned Lieff Cabraser its first-class reputation."

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Attorneys

Upholding Civil Rights and the Rights of Employees and Consumers

A partner in our San Francisco office, Daniel's practice has been focused on complex class and collective actions that have advanced the public interest. He is an advocate for under-represented and disadvantaged communities, and has litigated cases involving egregious employment discrimination against women and people of color, and unfair employment practices against immigrants.

SuperLawyers badgeIn one case, Daniel worked closely with a small team of plaintiffs’ counsel on behalf of Mexican workers and laborers, known as Braceros (“strong arms”), who were denied part of their wages after coming to the U.S. during World War II to fill jobs hurt by labor shortages in the agricultural, railroad and other industries. In approving the settlement in February 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer stated:

“I’ve never seen such litigation in eleven years on the bench that was more difficult than this one… Notwithstanding all of these issues that kept surfacing . . . over the years, the plaintiffs persisted…And, in fact, they achieved a settlement of the case, which I find remarkable under all of these circumstances.”

Currently, Daniel is a key player in our firm’s case against Tata, in which we represent a certified class of over 13,000 Indian nationals claiming that Tata unjustly enriched itself by requiring them to endorse and sign over their federal and state tax refund checks.

Daniel has spoken and presented papers on civil rights claims at national employment law conferences, including events sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law, the Impact Fund, the UCLA School of Law, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. 

Awards & Honors

  • "50 Lawyers on the Fast Track," The Recorder, 2012
  • "Rising Star for Northern California," Super Lawyers, 2009-2012
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Education

  • Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2005)
    African-American Law & Policy Report (Senior Articles Editor, 2003-2004); Boalt Hall Teaching & Curriculum Committee (2003-2004); Prosser Prizes in Constitutional Law and Employment Law

     

    Brown University (B.A., 1999)
    Mellon Mays Fellowship (1997-1999)

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
    (Section of Labor & Employment Law Leadership Development Program)

  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers
    (Leadership Development Committee, 2008-2010)

  • Bar Association of San Francisco

  • Consumer Attorneys of California

  • Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
    (Board Secretary, 2011-present; Board of Directors, 2009-2011)

  • National Bar Association

  • State Bar of California

Admissions

  • California

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

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