Honors, Awards, and Publications
Daniel W. Layton has been recognized by his peers in the legal profession for the following honors, awards, publications, and positions of responsibility:
Honors and Awards
- 2022 Orange County Bar Association Tax Law Section Chair Service Recognition
- Lawyers of Distinction, 2021
- Best Business of 2021 (Tax Law Firm, Newport Beach), Three Best Rated
- 2020 Orange County Bar Association Tax Law Section Chair Service Recognition
- Top 100 Lawyers, American Society of Legal Advocates, 2019
- Selected for Clients' Choice Award by Avvo
- 2016 Orange County Bar Association Tax Law Section Chair Service Recognition
- Received a perfect 10.0 "Superb" rating by Avvo every year in private practice
- Listed as a top attorney in Orange County in the area of Tax Law by Coast Magazine, October 2015
- Among attorneys in Tax Division who were Nominated for the Attorney General’s Award to the Department of Justice by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
- Recognized for five years of service in the Department of Justice
- Recipient of the Internal Revenue Service’s “Bravo!” award
- Selected as a Victor McQuistion Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School
U.S. Department of Justice 5 Year Service Recognition as Given to Attorney Daniel W. Layton
Positions
- 2025 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section (serving 2024 as Chair-Elect)
- 2022 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2020 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2019 Chair-Elect of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- Admitted as Member of American Society of Legal Advocates (an invitation-only legal organization)
- 2018 Secretary/Treasurer of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2016 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2015 Chair-Elect of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2014 Secretary/Treasurer of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
Publications
- Co-Author of The Sunshine Tax: California’s Individual Income Taxation of Non-resident Service Providers, Orange County Lawyer, April 2020 (Vol. 62 No. 4), p. 47.
- Co-Author of South Dakota V. Wayfair: From International Shoe to Interstate Sales Tax, selected for publication in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine, September 2018, Vol. 60, No. 9. Published in Westlaw at 60-SEP Orange County Law, 32.
- Author of Why Stolen Identity Refund Fraud is the IRS’s Biggest Problem, and What Can Be Done About It, selected for publication in the California Journal of Tax Litigation, Q4 2014 Edition.
- Co-Author of South Dakota V. Wayfair: From International Shoe to Interstate Sales Tax, selected for publication in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine, September 2018, Vol. 60, No. 9. Published in Westlaw at 60-SEP Orange County Law, 32.
American Society of Legal Advocates Top 100 (2019)