LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2025— Duane Morris partners Robert Kum and Cyndie M. Chang have been selected by the Los Angeles Business Journal as honorees for the 2025 Leaders of Influence, Top Litigators and Trial Attorneys. The recipients are described as the region's top litigators and trial attorneys, as well as trusted advisors you'd want by your side in court.
Robert Kum is vice chair of the Products Liability and Toxic Torts Division of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. Kum is a nationally recognized trial attorney focusing his practice on complex litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He works across multiple industries, including the automotive, chemical, consumer products and construction sectors. He has extensive experience in environmental and toxic torts, products liability, catastrophic injuries and dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. Kum also provides guidance to companies concerning the latest technological advances and cost-saving measures applied to various forms of litigation.
Cyndie Chang is the managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Chang manages risks and resolves business challenges. She advises and partners with clients to defend them in commercial disputes, enforce their rights, mitigate exposure and litigate their commercial disputes. She has often handled corporate litigation involving mergers and acquisitions, asset or stock sales, fraud, securities, purchase and sale agreements, business or partner breakups. She also has handled many other complex or class action disputes involving contracts, trademarks, licensing, products liability, product safety and recall, construction defect, trade secrets, California Proposition 65 and real estate. She also defends insurance companies with respect to environmental, asbestos, toxic tort and commercial general liability insurance coverage claims, as well as contribution, bad faith and reinsurance disputes.
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