Overview
Frank Ahn represents public school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education in all aspects of labor and employment and general education law. Mr. Ahn provides advice and counsel on a variety of matters including employee discipline, discrimination, harassment, litigation, civil rights issues, Public Records Act compliance, the Brown Act, constitutional issues, and unfair labor practices.
Mr. Ahn has dedicated the majority of his career to public service including a significant amount of time as a supervising attorney, writ attorney, and staff attorney with Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers (LADL). As a supervising attorney, Mr. Ahn was responsible for training and supervising attorneys and managing a non-profit law firm. As a writ attorney, he prepared and argued statutory, mandamus, and supersedeas writ petitions, response briefs, and motions before the California Court of Appeal. During his time at LADL, Mr. Ahn co-founded the Community Awareness Project (COAP) to raise public awareness about child welfare issues and promote collaboration between different stakeholders in the dependency system such as training Los Angeles County Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers. Mr. Ahn is also the co-founder of the Los Angeles Parent Hopeline, which provides critical guidance to parents and family members navigating the child welfare investigation process.
Mr. Ahn has also worked as the Deputy City Attorney for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office where he advised City departments such as Engineering & Capitol Projects, Stormwater, Public Utilities, and Purchasing & Contracting on legal issues related to emergency sole source contracts, federal funding, phase-funding agreements, insurance and bond language, state government transparency laws, and resolutions and ordinances. Mr. Ahn started his career at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted misdemeanors including domestic violence, grand theft, larceny, vandalism, battery, criminal threats, identity theft, and check fraud.