Diane litigates complex civil and criminal cases at both the state and federal levels and is a three-time Super Lawyers Magazine California Rising Star honoree. Diane has experience in a range of matters, including fraud, breach of contract, shareholder derivative claims, 1983 claims, and internal investigations. She also has defended executives and businesses against criminal charges including wire fraud, healthcare fraud, and securities fraud. Prior to entering private practice, Diane served as a law clerk to the Honorable S. James Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Diane graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where she was Chief Research Editor of the Loyola Law Review. While studying at Loyola, she was a law clerk for both the California Attorney General’s Office, Torts and Condemnation Division, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Diane received her master’s degree in cross-cultural studies from Fuller Theological Seminary before attending law school. She is conversational in Korean.

Among her representations are:

• Trial counsel for the UMK team that won a $21 million award in a federal civil jury trial, finding all controlling shareholders, board members, and officers liable for breach of fiduciary duty & corporate waste case involving a $250 million company.

• Trial counsel for victims of embezzlement in FINRA arbitration against financial institution—case settled in victims’ favor after one week of trial.

• Counsel for high-level employees of social messaging company in a securities-related investigation.

• Trial counsel for shareholder of multi-million dollar company in shareholder derivative lawsuit.

• Represented individual accused of falsely obtaining disability benefits and convinced prosecutor not to bring charges.

• Counsel for a Los Angeles resident in Monell Claim against the City, winning summary judgment for an unconstitutional custom and practice.