Dylan Hughes

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• dsh@girardgibbs.com
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Education
• J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 2000
• B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1995

Admissions
• California;
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit;
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California

Memberships
• American Bar Association
• Consumer Rights Section of the Barristers Club

Dylan Hughes specializes in the prosecution of consumer and employment class actions. He represents consumers in cases involving defective products, telecommunications, credit cards, product liability, credit repair, employment misclassification and wage and hour under state and federal laws. Mr. Hughes has extensive experience prosecuting complex automobile-defect cases and helped achieve recoveries on behalf of class members in the In Re General Motors Dex-Cool Cases (settlement of $50 to $800 cash reimbursements per class member vehicle repair) and In Re General Motors Cases, JCCP No. 4396, a certified California state court class action against General Motors alleging violations of California’s “Secret Warranty” law, California Civil Code § 1794.90 et seq. Mr. Hughes is currently involved in the Parkinson v. Hyundai Motor America lawsuit, a class action against Hyundai for engaging in unfair and deceptive practices by selling vehicles with defective flywheel systems, which was recently granted class certification.

Mr. Hughes is a 2000 graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995. Mr. Hughes was a spring 2000 extern for the Honorable Charles A. Legge of the United States District Court, Northern District of California. Before joining Girard Gibbs, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Paul A. Mapes, Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law Judges, United States Department of Labor. Mr. Hughes is a member of the American Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, the Class Action Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice and the Consumer Rights Section of the Barristers Club. He is admitted to the California Bar. He also is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California.