Z. Dean Hakkak

Z. Dean Hakkak is a personal injury attorney in Covina, California, and the founder of First Law Group, where he is identified professionally as Dean Hakkak. His practice focuses on personal injury and litigation. The State Bar of California lists him under his full name, Zaid Dean Hakkak, with an active license and attorney number 204655. He was admitted to the California bar on December 7, 1999.

Hakkak earned a bachelor’s degree from California State Polytechnic University before attending the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law for his law degree. His firm biography places the beginning of his legal practice in 1999. First Law Group lists its Covina office at 314 E. Rowland Street, the location associated with his firm-based practice.

The firm’s listed practice areas include wrongful death, automobile and truck accidents, pedestrian and motorcycle accidents, slip-and-fall matters, and dog bites. These are First Law Group’s advertised services, while Hakkak’s own biography describes his focus more broadly as personal injury and litigation. In its description of wrongful-death representation, the firm says its work includes gathering medical records, witness statements, and accident reports, as well as working with forensic-analysis and accident-reconstruction experts. First Law Group also describes negotiating with insurers or opposing legal representatives and taking cases to court when a satisfactory settlement cannot be reached.