EDWARD HYUN CHUNG
Los Angeles
Summary
Legal professional prepared for role with strong background in litigation and legal research. Known for strategic thinking, effective communication, and rigorous case analysis. Consistently collaborates with teams to achieve favorable outcomes and adapts to evolving case requirements. Proven skills in drafting legal documents, conducting depositions, and providing client counsel.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Attorney
Landegger Verano, ALC
09.2024 - 05.2025
- (Resigned due to health issue.)
- Handled pleadings, discovery, motion, court appearance, and settlement for cases involving wage and hour disputes, breach of contract, misclassification, discrimination, harassment, retaliation (whistleblower act), and wrongful termination.
- Reviewed class action complaints, payroll records, and personnel files and responded to plaintiff’s sample size determination proposal and initial discovery request for class list.
- Reviewed and amended employee handbook, personnel & compensation policies, and sales commission agreements, removing potential employment related liability.
- Secured highly favorable outcomes through negotiated settlements in several employment cases.
Contract Attorney
Self-employment
10.2021 - 08.2024
- Handled pleadings, discovery, motion, court appearance, and settlement for cases involving employment and insurance defense.
- Reviewed employment related complaints, prepared status reports for insurance carriers, and draft responsive pleadings, discovery requests and responses.
- Mounting evidence from witness interviews and written discovery resulted in highly favored outcomes in several employment cases.
Associate Attorney
Lipeles Law Group
06.2020 - 07.2021
- (Resigned due to loss of a mother.)
- Handled litigation matters involving violation of labor code violation, wage and hour dispute, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Prepared joint statement of case status and settlement agreement for wage and hour class action cases.
- Secured highly favorable outcomes through successful handling of disputes regarding enforceability of arbitration agreement, dispositive motions, discovery, and negotiated settlements.
Contract Attorney
Robert Half, Staffing Agency
07.2018 - 01.2019
- Prepared exposure analysis, responsive pleadings, discovery, and motions for summary judgment for cases involving wage and hour disputes and claims of misclassification of employees, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Reviewed and amended contracts pertaining to employment and partnership.
Associate Attorney
Law Offices of Gregory Petersen
10.2017 - 06.2018
- (the firm permanently closed)
- Drafted wage and hour class action complaints, handled correspondence with opposing counsel regarding sample size determination, engaged in initial discovery request for class list, prepared joint statement of case status, and attended status conference for wage and hour class actions.
- Handled pleadings, discovery, and motion for individual cases involving wage and hour disputes, discrimination, retaliation, and violation of due process rights afforded to public employees.
Attorney
Law Offices of Peter Beck
10.2016 - 09.2017
- Handled pleadings, discovery, motion, court appearance, and trial prep for cases involving PAGA, wage and hour dispute, labor code violation, misclassification of employees, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Prepared joint statement of case status and settlement agreement for wage and hour class action cases.
- Accomplishment(s): (1) Secured highly favorable outcomes through successful oppositions to dispositive motions, successful discovery related motion in PAGA resulting in high yield settlement for harassment claim; (2) Successful prepared key witness for jury trial and assisted in trial resulting in six-figure verdict for wage and hour claims.
Contract Attorney
Self-employment
01.2012 - 09.2016
- Handled pleadings, discovery, motion and court appearance for cases involving wage and hour disputes, lemon law, consumer law, and breach of contract.
- Defended depositions and settled cases involving worker’s compensation claims.
- Engaged in document review projects: (1) used Relativity software for tagging and comments; (2) created privileged logs.
Education
LL.M - Taxation
Loyola Law School
Los Angeles, CA05.2011
Juris Doctor - undefined
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA05.2008
Skills
- Client communication
- Legal research/analysis
- Legal writing
- Negotiation & Mediation
- Litigation
Certification
- New York State Bar, January 2024
- California State Bar, December 2009
Timeline
Associate Attorney
Landegger Verano, ALC
09.2024 - 05.2025
Contract Attorney
Self-employment
10.2021 - 08.2024
Associate Attorney
Lipeles Law Group
06.2020 - 07.2021
Contract Attorney
Robert Half, Staffing Agency
07.2018 - 01.2019
Associate Attorney
Law Offices of Gregory Petersen
10.2017 - 06.2018
Attorney
Law Offices of Peter Beck
10.2016 - 09.2017
Contract Attorney
Self-employment
01.2012 - 09.2016
Juris Doctor - undefined
Southwestern Law School
LL.M - Taxation
Loyola Law School
BAR ADMISSIONS
California State Bar, December 2009; New York State Bar, January 2024.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Passed all sections of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam.
- Five years of accounting and tax work experience.
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