In Loving Memory
KD Hughes, Esq.
1967 – 2018
Principal, Hughes-Cione APLC | Santa Ana, California
In Loving Memory
1967 – 2018
Principal, Hughes-Cione APLC | Santa Ana, California
A 13-year veteran of the US Postal Service, KD became disabled in an automobile accident in 1995. She successfully fought her own discrimination case against the Postal Service — in pro per — before the EEOC. This experience inspired her to pursue a legal career dedicated to protecting employees.
Hughes-Cione APLC provided legal advocacy to employees facing workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The firm handled wrongful termination, whistleblower cases, and wage/hour issues for both private and public employees throughout California.
KD graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University (1997, BA Integrative Studies) and cum laude from Whittier College School of Law (2000, JD). She was licensed to practice in all California State and Federal District Courts, the 9th Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Before founding Hughes-Cione APLC in 2007, KD was a partner at Spence, Hughes & Associates and an associate at Barnes, Crosby, FitzGerald & Zeman. Her path to law began after she fought and won her own EEOC discrimination case against the US Postal Service while still a law student.
As profiled in the Daily Journal — "Ex-Mail Clerk's Bias Suit Leads to a Career in Law" by Jason Armstrong (December 11, 2000) — KD's personal experience with workplace discrimination became the foundation of a career spent advocating for others in similar situations.