Cyndie M. Chang [ Associate ]
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 4600
633 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2065
USA
Phone: 213.689.7432
Fax: 213.403.5937
Email:
cmchang@duanemorris.com
Cyndie M. Chang practices in the area of commercial and insurance coverage litigation. Ms. Chang has litigated matters involving business, trademark, trade secrets, entertainment and real estate law. Ms. Chang is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker. In addition, she has handled environmental, asbestos and long-term insurance loss claims involving complex litigation in multimillion-dollar disputes.
While in law school, Ms. Chang served as judicial extern to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Currently, she sits on the Board of Governors of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and serves on the board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles. She also assists the California Central District Regional Governor of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association as the Alternate Regional Governor. Ms. Chang previously served on the Committee on Women in the Law, as appointed by the State Bar of California Board of Governors. She also has continued involvement with the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Southern California Business Litigation American Inn of Court and the ABA. She previously was a member of the ABA Law Student Division Board of Governors, a liaison to the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession and an elected officer of the Loyola Student Bar Association. Ms. Chang is a 2003 graduate of Loyola Law School, where she was a published Note and Comment Editor for the Entertainment Law Review, the Student Editor of the ABA Student Lawyer magazine and a member of the National Moot Court Team and Scott Moot Court Honors Board. Ms. Chang is a graduate, with honors, of Johns Hopkins University and was awarded the Senior Leadership Award for her class and the Multicultural Student Affairs Award. She was elected into the academic honor societies of Pi Sigma Alpha for Political Science, Psi Chi for Psychology, and the Order of Omega. Ms. Chang served as the chair of the Inter-Asian Council, chair of Asian Awareness Month, and the Convocation Speaker for Black History Month. She also obtained the National Leadership Award in her sorority and the Louis Azrael Fellowship for writing excellence.
Representative Matters
- Representation of publicly traded companies and Fortune 500 companies in contract, trade secret and lease disputes.
- Representation of national restaurant chains in local commercial litigation disputes.
- Representation of companies in environmental liability disputes.
- Representation of insurance companies in complex, multi-million dollar coverage claims and litigation arising out of environmental contamination and/or product injuries, against international oil, gas, energy companies, as well as food, auto, and asbestos manufacturers and distributors.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Education
- Loyola Law School Los Angeles, J.D., 2003
- The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., with honors, 2000
Honors and Awards
- Scott Moot Court Honors Board, Top Ten Brief
- Women Lawyers of Long Beach, Scholarship Recipient
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Scholarship Recipient
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association ("SCCLA"), President's Award for outstanding service and commitment to SCCLA
Selected Publications
- "Exploring Internet Privacy Through Cable Broadband Struggles; ISPs Walk a Fine Line Between Privacy and Security," Loyola Entertainment Law Review
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Panelist at Duane Morris Annual Retreat on Insurance Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2008
- Speaker, Duane Morris Diversity Retreat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2008
- Speaker, Career Workshop, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, January 2008
- Moderator and chair, "Phoenix Rising," workshop and CLE program presented by the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Loyola Law School, October 2007
- Panelist at Duane Morris Annual Retreat on marketing and business development Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2007
- Panelist at inaugural Duane Morris Diversity Retreat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2007
- "Pellicano Problems: How Do You Hire and Supervise Private Detectives, and What Happens When Things Go Wrong?" MCLE presentation for the Southern California Business Litigation Inn of Court, Los Angeles, California, October 2006 - Received Circle of Excellence Award from the American Inns of Court for placing second in Top Programs of 2007