From courtroom advocacy to community service, DK Law’s next chapter builds on a promise to show up for people when it matters most.

“Since the last time we were featured in Attorney Journals (2022), we haven’t just grown bigger. We’ve grown more intentional. Every change we’ve made, from building an in-house litigation team to investing in how we train and develop our staff, has come back to one question: how do we represent clients better? For us, that’s meant hiring talent with the right experience, building a real learning and development program so our team never stops growing, and never losing sight of the person behind the case file,” says Daniel Kim, founder and managing partner of DK Law.

On the operational side, Kim has built a legal structure designed to scale. He’s formalized leadership with new executive hires, built an AI engineering team to maintain a leadership position in technology, and invested in systems that let the firm take on significantly more clients, all while still giving every client the personal attention he or she deserves. The firm employs more than 400 people—300 percent increase since being profiled in 2022.

One of the most innovative and successful then and now changes is the creation of an in-house litigation team built to ensure every client has experienced trial attorneys ready to fight for them. That investment is part of a broader track record: DK Law has recovered more than $600 million and served more than 15,000 clients to date.

DK Law recently added a chief operating officer who has more than 15 years of operations and transformation experience; a chief financial officer with more than 25 years of finance leadership experience across public companies and complex growth environments; and a VP of People and Culture with more than 15 years of human resources experience. Kim recently completed a full firmwide rebrand to DK Law and launched a new client-first website, dklaw.com, designed specifically to make legal help more accessible for accident victims who are often overwhelmed and don’t know where to start.

The firm began in an Anaheim apartment, with Kim handling the legal side and his wife, Mina, taking care of the marketing. “It was just the two of us, building something out of nothing. When we rebranded from The Law Offices of Daniel Kim to DK Law, we weren’t just changing a name—we were honoring how far we have come. ‘DK All The Way’ is a promise that means all the way through the case, all the way through recovery, all the way to justice. It embodies how we work, how we serve, and how we fight for our clients,” Kim says.

In-House Litigation Team

With a commitment to providing the best possible resources for their clients, DK Law has created a 15-member in-house litigation team with expansion plans to reach 25-30 attorneys in the relatively near future. “It’s something like a one-stop shop offering we can provide to our clients,” Kim says.

The new team has already proven itself with several major successes, including a $7.5 million accident case settled this past September. While their client was preparing to unload a delivery truck, the truck backed into him / pinning him between the truck and the loading dock and causing a severe abdominal injury. He required multiple surgeries, a catheter, and skin grafts. He also needed a full-time caregiver to help him manage daily life. Attempting to avoid providing workers’ compensation, the man’s employer initially claimed he was a contracted worker. The claim was repeatedly denied from January 2024 to December 2025. Unable to work, he couldn’t afford to pay his expenses and was forced to relocate.

DK Law took the case to court and held his employer accountable. The client, who is in his thirties with a family to support, finally received the compensation he needed—nearly two years after the incident that changed his life. Kim says a primary key to their success was the team’s commitment to understanding and presenting cases from the client’s point of view. “We made intentional strategic moves to humanize this case so the carrier would understand the full impact. For us, that meant making sure the adjuster saw more than a diagnosis, they saw the daily reality of what our client lost.”

Taking on the client’s perspective led to another DK Law initiative.

Investing in Our People First

DK Law launched a two-year professional development course designed to grow the firm’s own talent from within. Starting this October, their learning and development manager is also leading a recurring Lunch and Learn series twice a month in which the team gathers over a meal to train together—moving beyond orientation packets toward continuous, on-the-job learning and mentorship. “That’s the kind of culture we’re trying to build here. For us, mentorship isn’t a program; it’s a way of doing business,” Kim says.

Kim stresses the importance of balancing IQ with EQ, noting that EQ reveals itself when someone must react to a situation that doesn’t go the way they desired. That could be a trial, in conversations with peers, encounters with people reporting up to you, or in any number of situations. He says IQ, your ability to understand case law and the technicalities, is essential. But there needs to be a second layer of EQ. “One of the reasons we’ve been able to grow is our understanding of that EQ portion. When everything goes well, the caliber of your EQ rarely comes out. When things go wrong, that’s when your true level of EQ shows. So, we try to measure for that as early as possible in our hiring process.”

DK Law is on the leading edge of technology, such as the incorporation of AI into daily operations, but has not forgotten the importance of direct human contact on intellectual and, equally important, on emotional levels. “You don’t connect with clients with IQ. IQ demonstrates your knowledge, but EQ is what connects you to your clients. That’s something that AI can’t solve.”

Kim says the firm’s culture has always centered on one thing: leading with heart and never losing sight of the person behind the case. As they have grown, protecting that commitment hasn’t been an afterthought—it’s been intentional.

That intention shaped how they chose their new headquarters at The MET in Costa Mesa. When they looked for their next home, they asked a simple question: how do we make this place genuinely enjoyable for our team? The new location provided the answer: a space that includes an on-site gym and wellness center with amenities to support the team’s health and wellbeing, whether that means building strength, managing stress, or having a place to recharge during a long day.

DK Law employees encounter clients during some of the hardest moments of those clients’ lives, so the staff makes it a priority to show up for them as people first and not as cases. That’s why they’ve invested in more than just a new space—they’ve invested in employee appreciation giveaways and events, wellness amenities, and a workplace where the team members can genuinely thrive.

Kim says, “When we invest in our people, giving them the right technology and training, all that work translates directly into better care for our clients. The right tools and training don’t just make our employees more efficient—they help them see, firsthand, how much their work matters to a client. When someone genuinely cares about the person on the other side of a case, you can see it in the work they do.”

All the Way With Community Involvement

DK Law extends its commitment from the people on their client list to the people in their community. “Fighters for You” is their year-round mission to stand with and uplift families.

Each November, that commitment takes shape through their annual Turkey Drive, where DK Law attorneys, staff, and local police officers deliver complete Thanksgiving meals and goodie bags to 500 families in Santa Ana. “Santa Ana is the community that shaped us and we’re grateful for the opportunity to help ensure our neighbors enjoy a warm and meaningful Thanksgiving,” Kim says.

Mina Kim, Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) of DK Law, shares, “At DK Law, people and community always come first. We show up for families and stand with them where support is needed most. We’ve also partnered with local heroes like Hood Santa to bring laptops and printers directly to families and schools who need them.”

In 2025, the firm partnered with Yana Ministry, a nonprofit built on the simple but powerful message: You Are Not Alone. For more than a decade, Yana has brought aid and hope to children around the world, and DK Law’s contribution went directly to a village restoration project in Indonesia, repairing homes, cleaning spaces, providing fresh paint, and restoring essential facilities families depend on every day. Through the DK Law global partnership with Yana Ministry, they have supported orphaned children abroad, including the YANA Naomi Project. This initiative aims to construct a dormitory for students from Boaz’s House who attend Jakarta International University. Currently, when school breaks arrive, these students have nowhere to stay. This building will change that, while also serving as a shelter for global mission teams.

This past August, DK Law welcomed Yana Ministry to its new Costa Mesa campus to launch the YANA Giving Circle, a program built on a simple idea: real change doesn’t come from a single act of generosity—it comes from people continuing to show up, month after month. Rather than focusing on one-time donations, YANA Giving Circle invites individuals and businesses to give monthly, becoming part of a community that walks alongside children and young people on their journey toward growth and independence.

Opening the new campus for this launch was a deliberate choice about what Kim wants this space to represent. He believes meaningful change does not happen through one moment of giving, but through people continuing to show up. “At the end of the day, we believe advocacy shouldn’t stop at the courtroom door. Whether it’s a meal, a laptop, or monthly donations, it all comes from the same place: we fight for people, all the way,” Kim says.

Client-First Culture: The Constant Through Rapid Growth

The one thing that has not changed between the “then and now” is DK Law’s total commitment to working from the perspective of the client’s needs and point of view.

Scaling a firm from 50 to 100 to 400 employees, while also operating across multiple locations, was challenging and brought about new and significant growing pains. Yet, those “growing pains” have not daunted Kim’s plans for even further growth. Over the next five years, he plans to focus on continuing to scale with purpose. Within the next 12 months, the firm expects to open seven new offices across states including Texas, Nevada, and Washington.

Kim says he wants to reshape the firm and its culture into a movement built around one priority: people who need help the most. He has made sure his full team stays transparent, communicates well with clients, and keeps the process as simple as possible, all aimed at getting the best possible result for every client.

Kim says, “The demand for our firm’s services has grown exponentially, but our focus always comes back to how we can best serve our clients. For many of our clients, this is likely the only time in their life they’ll ever need a personal injury attorney, and that experience carries weight most people never expect. But what we achieve for them in that moment can change the rest of their life. And what better legacy can we have than that?”