Attorney Profiles

Edward W. Chang
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


phone	(215) 575-7183
fax	(215) 575-7200
email	Email Me

Areas of Focus:

Associate, Litigation Department and Insurance Coverage Group. As a member of the Litigation Department, Mr. Chang litigates matters in state and federal court, including assisting clients in suits involving contractual disputes, defamation, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Federal Arbitration Act, and shareholder valuation disputes. As a member of the Insurance Coverage Group, Mr. Chang has served as counsel for major property and casualty insurers on a number of issues, including asbestos and long-term exposure and environmental claims.

Prior experience: Mr. Chang practiced at a class action firm in the areas of ERISA and consumer complex litigation and helped obtain several multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of retirement savings plans.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

Represented a corporate client in successfully obtaining summary judgement against a former employee's charge of Title VII discrimination in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Represented a non-profit nursing home organization in successfully obtaining summary judgement in a real estate transaction dispute, alleging breach of warranties and seeking rescission of contract, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

Represented a close corporation in successfully obtaining summary judgement in a dissenting shareholder valuation action in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Ocean County.

Represented a hedge fund in successfully obtaining a stay of the federal proceeding and an order compelling arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Represented a management company in successfully dismissing, with prejudice, a breach of contract action in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Education:: George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, May, 2002
J.D.
Honors: With Honors; University of Pennsylvania, 1999
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: International Relations, Asian American Studies

Professional Activities:: Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association; Minority Bar Committee; Member, Asian American Bar Association, Delaware Valley; Member; Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Ann O'Regan Keary, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2002 - 2003; Staff Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 2000 - 2002

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Maryland; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court District of Maryland

Publications:: Bidding on Trespass: eBay v. Bidder's Edge and the Abuse of Trespass Theory in Cyberspace Law, 29 American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal. 445, 2001

Past Employment Positions:: Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP, Associate, 2003 - 2006; Honorable Ann O'Regan Keary, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Law Clerk, 2002 - 2003; American Intellectual Property Law Association, Quarterly Journal, Staff Member