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FN:Cyndie M. Chang
TEL;WORK:+1 213 689 7432
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:+1 213 403 5937
EMAIL;WORK;PREF:cmchang@duanemorris.com
N:Chang, Cyndie M.
TITLE:Associate
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
ADR;INTL;WORK;PARCEL;POSTAL:;;Duane Morris LLP | Suite 4600 | 633 West Fifth Street | Los Angeles, CA  90071-2065 | USA | 
URL;WORK:http://www.duanemorris.com
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Cyndie M. Chang practices in the area of commercial and insurance coverage litigation. Ms. Chang has litigated matters involving business, antitrust/unfair competition, 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 in complex litigation involving multimillion-dollar disputes.

Ms. Chang served as judicial extern to the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Currently, she serves on the Board of Governors of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association ("SCCLA") as the Treasurer, the board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles ("APABA"), and the Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine Editorial Board. She also supports the California Central District Regional Governor of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association ("NAPABA") as the Alternate Regional Governor. In addition, she is her firm's office Pro Bono Coordinator.  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. Ms. Chang previously served on the State Bar Committee on Women in the Law, as appointed by the State Bar of California Board of Governors. 

Ms. Chang is a 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 national magazine and a member of the National Moot Court Team and Scott Moot Court Honors Board. 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. Further, 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.

In the community, Ms. Chang serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific Community Fund, a non-profit organization that supports Asian Pacific Islander communities in need and generates funding for 29 affiliate agencies in Southern California. 

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