Hahn Legal Group, APC

Focus and practice areas

Education law sits at the centre of the work at Hahn Legal Group, APC. The firm handles Title IX defence, campus misconduct allegations, suspension and expulsion cases, and student conduct code violations. It also takes on bullying claims, cheating and plagiarism allegations, and defence against accusations involving AI use in coursework.

The education list runs further. The firm handles residency and tuition challenges, grading disputes, and appeals for medical and dental school students. That last group matters because professional school appeals carry a different weight: a dismissal there can close off a licensing path a student has already spent years and considerable money pursuing.

Outside education, Hahn Legal Group lists construction law, including construction contracts and construction defect claims tied to property disputes. Business litigation, personal injury, premises liability and insurance matters round out what the site names.

How campus discipline cases usually work

General context helps here, and none of it is a claim about this firm's own record. Student discipline matters run through a university's internal process, not a courtroom. A student typically receives written notice of the allegation, then responds through a hearing or an investigative interview before a panel or a single decision-maker.

Title IX matters follow federal regulations layered on top of each school's own code. Evidence tends to be documents, messages and witness statements gathered by an investigator. Appeals go to a designated officer or committee, usually on narrow grounds such as procedural error or new evidence. Deadlines are short, often measured in days.

Academic integrity cases, including the newer questions around AI-generated work, usually start with a faculty referral. The student answers to an integrity office or an honour committee. In my opinion, the firm's decision to name AI defence as a distinct service is a practical read of where these cases are actually going.

How the team is built

Two attorneys appear on the firm's lawyers page: Adrienne R. Hahn and Samantha Levak. The site also has a staff page.

Adrienne Hahn's stated focus is representing clients whose futures are at stake, with attention to protecting their reputations. That framing fits the education docket. A disciplinary finding follows a student through transfer applications, graduate admissions and licensing boards long after the hearing ends.

Samantha Levak practises insurance defence and education law. That pairing is worth noting. Insurance defence work builds habits around coverage analysis, claim documentation and defending a party against an accusation, and those habits transfer to disciplinary hearings where the burden falls on the accused to answer a record assembled by someone else.

Two named attorneys means clients deal with the people whose names are on the page. As a reviewer, that's a structure I find easier to assess than a large roster where the assignment of a matter is unclear.

Where the firm works

Hahn Legal Group is based in El Segundo and says it represents clients in Southern, Central and Northern California. The site's areas-served navigation names Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and Ventura.

That spread makes sense for an education practice. California's public and private university systems are scattered across the state, and a student facing a hearing at a campus in the Central Valley may live in Los Angeles, or the reverse. A firm that limits itself to one county would turn away most of the matters that fit its skill set.

Statewide coverage also reflects how these cases proceed. Much of the work happens in writing and by video: response letters, evidence submissions, remote hearings before a panel. Geography constrains the practice less than it would for a firm whose work is mostly in-person courtroom appearances.

What the site says about the scope of representation

The firm states it handles matters from pre-litigation negotiations through jury trials and appeals. That's a meaningful thing to state plainly. Some disputes settle in an exchange of letters. Others go the distance, and a client benefits from knowing at the outset which path their lawyer can follow.

The firm also offers a variety of fee agreements. It names no figures, and this review names none either. The point worth recording is that the arrangement is discussed, so the structure of the engagement is a conversation the client can have.

Construction and business matters

Construction defect and contract claims run on a different clock from campus discipline. These cases involve expert inspection, records of what was built and when, and statutory notice periods before a claim can be filed in California. Multiple parties often share responsibility: the owner, a general contractor, subcontractors, and sometimes a design professional.

Business litigation covers contract disputes and commercial disagreements between companies. Insurance matters, on the defence side, involve reviewing policy language against a claim and answering it on behalf of an insured party. The through-line across this half of the firm's docket is documentary evidence and contested liability.

What the record shows

The firm's website gives a clear account of what it does. Practice areas are itemised rather than gestured at, and the education section in particular breaks down into specific proceedings a client can match against their own situation. Both attorneys are named, with Levak's practice areas stated.

Some details are absent from the pages our research reviewed. No founding year appears. Attorney titles, law schools and admission years are not stated, and social icons for several platforms carry no linked addresses. A reader who wants that background would need to ask the firm directly.

In my opinion, the strongest signal here is the specificity of the education offering. Listing residency challenges, grading disputes and medical school appeals as separate services suggests real repeat exposure to those proceedings. A firm advertising education law in general terms tells a prospective client much less.

Hahn Legal Group, APC operates from El Segundo with two named attorneys, a practice built around education law and student discipline, and additional work in construction, business litigation, insurance, personal injury and premises liability across California.

Office and contact details

The directory name is Hahn Legal Group, while the full legal name is Hahn Legal Group, APC. The office address is 2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 4300, El Segundo, California. That full name and suite number give prospective clients precise details to use when sending documents or reviewing engagement paperwork.

The firm publishes two direct contact routes. Its telephone number is 310-706-3400, and its general email address is info@hahnlegalgroup.com. The email address is useful for an initial written inquiry because a prospective client can identify the type of matter and provide basic timing information. The telephone number offers another route when a deadline or scheduled proceeding makes prompt contact important.

How the directory classifies the business work

The practice record lists business law and business litigation as separate categories. That distinction is worth preserving. Business litigation identifies disputed matters, while the broader business law label leaves the precise nature of the requested work to be established during the initial conversation. A company contacting the firm can describe whether a dispute already exists and ask which category fits the matter.

The record takes a similar approach to construction work. It identifies construction law as the broader category, then assigns separate entries to construction defects and construction contract disputes. Those labels allow a property owner or business to distinguish a problem with completed work from a disagreement over contractual duties before contacting the office.

Matching an inquiry to the listed work

The contact details provide a practical starting point for matters that cross the firm's listed categories. An insurance issue may arise from a construction dispute, while a business disagreement may involve contractual questions. The record identifies insurance law as its own practice category and places business litigation alongside the broader business law entry.

A useful first inquiry can therefore identify the parties, the applicable practice category and any scheduled deadline. The firm's published legal name, office address, telephone number and email address give clients the information needed to direct that inquiry to the El Segundo office.