Mr. Phan received his B.S. in Economics from Loyola Marymount University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Mr. Phan was Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review, a member of the St. Thomas More Honor Society, a Sayre MacNeil scholar (1995) and a recipient of the law school’s Presidential Scholarship. Mr. Phan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable William D. Keller, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, and to Los Angeles Superior Court Judges Frederick J. Lower, Jr. and Daniel A. Curry. Mr. Phan is a member of the American Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Mr. Phan began his career as an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and is a former partner of O’Neill, Lysaght & Sun LLP and Paz & Phan LLP.

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Luan K. Pham

Mr. Phan dedicates a portion of his practice to Bet Tzedek Legal Services assisting with the voluntary provision of legal services to the poor. In 2004, Mr. Phan won a two week trial on behalf of five Chinese immigrant garment workers against their sweatshop employer and the manufacturer of the clothing lines who failed to pay the workers minimum wage. In addition to substantial economic damages, Mr. Phan obtained an award for attorneys’ fees which he donated to Bet Tzedek Legal Services. The State Bar of California presented Mr. Phan with the Wiley W. Manual Award for Pro Bono Legal Services.

Mr. Phan serves as a volunteer trial instructor for the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and for the National Association of Vietnamese American Attorneys. Mr. Phan is committed helping other minorities develop their careers and actively serves as a mentor to Loyola Law students. Through SCCLA and the Asian Business League, Mr. Phan has helped to raise funds for scholarships and bone marrow transplants for disadvantaged minorities. Beginning in 2008, Mr. Phan was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Western Center on Law & Poverty, California’s oldest and largest legal services support center dedicated to advancing the rights of low income families.