Wendy Chang focuses her practice in high exposure complex litigation, trials and appeals. She represents corporate and governmental entities in a variety of high exposure media interest litigation, including employment litigation, tort defense, insurance, contracts and complex business disputes, from filing through appeal.

Ms. Chang also represents lawyers in all types of complex disputes, including risk management counseling, crises management, shadow counseling and defense, as well as intra-firm business disputes. She counts among her clients several high profile attorneys and leading national law firms.

Ms. Chang’s reported decisions include:

• Myrick v. Mastagni, (citation pending) (2nd Civ. No. B209854). Held: city ordinance retrofitting deadline does not insulate owners from negligence for death or injury that occurs from earthquake related damage occurring prior to the compliance date; Civil Code 1431.1 and 1431.2 limiting tort liability for non-economic damage does not apply to defendants in joint venture.
• Zenith Insurance Company v. Cozen O’Connor, (2007) 148 Cal. App. 4th 998. Held: No duty of care owed by attorneys to reinsurer.

Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in February 2004, Ms. Chang was a senior associate at the national law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, where she focused on complex business litigation. Prior to Manatt, Ms. Chang was a senior associate with Baker, Keener & Nahra, a boutique Los Angeles trial firm, where her practice focused on litigation of high exposure and high profile matters. Ms. Chang has also served a stint as Vice President of Claims for a surety company, and was an intern for the Taipei-based law firm Lee & Li.

In July 2009, Ms. Chang was appointed to the California State Bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility & Conduct (COPRAC). She is also a 2007 appointee as an alternate to the California State Bar’s 2008 Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE).

Ms. Chang is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), where she serves as a co-chair to its Judiciary Committee. She is the 2009 recipient of NAPABA’s Presidential Award. In addition, she was selected as one of NAPABA’s “Best Lawyers Under 40” for 2009.

She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA). Ms. Chang’s professional memberships also include the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Asian Business League, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.

Ms Chang is a Past President of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (2002 – 2003). She was a member of the Executive Advisory Counsel of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (2003), and is also a past Executive Committee Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Barristers (Young Lawyers Division) (1998 – 2002).

Ms. Chang has received recognition and commendations from a number of organizations, including the State of California Governor’s Office, California State Board of Equalization, the Speaker of the California State Assembly, the County of Los Angeles and the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney.

Ms. Chang speaks conversational Mandarin.

Ms. Chang's presentations include “Screening in California: The Evolving Debate,” at the Fourteenth Annual California State Bar Ethics Symposium in San Francisco, California, May 2010.

Her publications include:

• "Barristers Tips:  Making Your First Court Appearance," Los Angeles Lawyer, June 2001
• "Advancing Yourself, Advancing Your Career," ABAYoung Lawyer, August 2001.

In 2009, Ms. Chang joined the Board of Directors of the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law. Also in 2009, she was appointed to the Board of Governors for the Loyola Law School Alumni Association.

Ms. Chang is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Asian Pacific Women's Center (domestic violence transitional housing for women and children), and currently serves as an Advisor. In addition, she is a volunteer advocate for the Alliance on Children’s Rights Foster Adoption Project. Mandarin Chinese