DANIEL H. DENG, ESQ.

Daniel H. Deng is the President and CEO of Law Office of Daniel H. Deng, which has provided legal services, specializing in criminal defense, in the Chinese Community in Greater Los Angeles area since 1998. Mr. Deng is one of the best known Chinese defense attorneys in the United States.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Deng worked as a journalist. He started his reporter career when he first worked for David Horowitz, A well-known consumer reporter, as a research intern for the “Fight Back with David Horowitz” program in Channel 4, K-NBC. Later he joined Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Edition as a community correspondent, covering events in the Chinese community for the Times.

After working for mainstream media for over one year, Mr. Deng changed his beat and started working as a journalist for the Chinese press in the southern California area. He first started at International Daily News. One year later, he was recruited to join Chinese Daily News (aka World Journal), the largest Chinese newspaper in Northern America. His beats included mainstream politics, Chinese-American politics, police, court, business, immigration and others.

While working in the daytime, Mr. Deng went to Whittier Law School at night, and finished his law school in three years. After he received his Jurist Doctor degree, he took California State Bar examination and passed it at the first attempt in 1998.

Mr. Deng realized the great need in the immigrant community for quality criminal defense service, and therefore established his legal practice in 1998 with emphasis on criminal defense. Mr. Deng has worked with many world-renowned defense attorneys and forensic experts. He has taken extensive training from forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee. He teams up with six well-respected criminal attorneys, including Attorney Ray Fountain, Attorney Evan Freed who both are former prosecutors in Los Angeles area. Mr. Deng has also enlisted a group of experienced investigators who have worked as police investigators, and a group of world class experts. With the strong support team, Law Office of Daniel Deng has been recognized as one of the best Chinese defense law firm in the nation.

Mr. Deng is an accomplished author. He wrote "Dr. Henry Lee, the forensic Expert" in 1998, which was published in Taiwan and became one of the bestseller books in Taiwan. A similar book on Dr. Henry Lee was released in October 2000 in mainland China. His new book “American Law 101, a Handbook for Everyone” was released on December 21, 2002, in the United States. “American Small Claim Court and DIY Guide”, and “American Traffic Law” were published in 2003, and 2004. These series of Chinese language publications have helped many immigrants to learn about American law.

Mr. Deng is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese, and is a frequent guest on Chinese radios and televisions. Mr. Deng can be contacted at (626)280-6000.