Mr. Chang practices securities and ERISA class action litigation, whistleblower litigation, and complex civil litigation. He also has experience conducting corporate internal investigations, as well as responding to subpoenas from federal and state regulators.
Before joining Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan & Bottini LLP in 2011, Mr. Chang developed a legal career in both private practice and government service. He served as a judicial law clerk to United States District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon for the Northern District of Illinois (2005-06 term) and to United States District Judge Roger T. Benitez for the Southern District of California (2008-09 term). As a judicial law clerk at the trial court level, he also worked on appeals when Judge Conlon and Judge Benitez sat by designation on United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In addition to his judicial clerkships, Mr. Chang litigated complex cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Between 2009 and 2011, he prosecuted securities and ERISA class actions at the San Diego office of Johnson Bottini, LLP on behalf of shareholders and retirement plan participants. He also defended executives, energy companies, insurers, and trade associations for six years at the New York office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in high-stakes cases, including:
- Defending an insurer in a market-conduct class action that proceeded through jury trial and appeal;
- Defending an insurer in a coverage action involving post-September 11th clean-up efforts; and
- Defending a multi-national public company in bid-rigging investigations conducted by state attorneys general.
Mr. Chang is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.
