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Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Post

Introducing our first amazing Women's History Month Honoree - Deborah Chang - a leader, innovator and inspiration to us all! Let’s give her a round of applause 🎉 LACBA member Deborah Chang is the founder and managing partner of Athea Trial Lawyers LLP, a national law firm that promotes women trial lawyers, and a partner...

Rooftop Accident Case Settled During Jury Deliberations

A real estate agent who suffered a brain injury when he fell from a stairwell structure at the summit of the Sunset Vine Tower reached a settlement of the negligence suit he brought against the property owners and managers.

Sunset Vine Tower Manager Says Man Gazed at Hollywood Sign Before Fall

A real estate agent who suffered a brain injury when he fell from a stairwell structure at the summit of the Sunset Vine Tower was looking at the famous hillside Hollywood sign in the distance just before his tumble, a member of the building’s property management team told a jury Tuesday. Eric Click, a business...

Attorney Blames Building Owners, Managers for Man’s Life-Changing Fall

A real estate agent whose Hollywood ties had his career on the ascent saw his fortunes and his career take a fall when he literally tumbled more than a dozen feet from a rooftop surface of the iconic Sunset Vine Tower due to the negligence of the property owners and management company, an attorney...

Deborah Chang Honored by Daily Journal

Deborah has been named to the Daily Journal Top Women Lawyers 2021 and Top Plaintiff Lawyers 2021. The work of Deborah Chang is never done. Even when the legal industry was forced to slow down in 2020, she pushed to find new ways to keep the fight for justice going and worked tirelessly to...

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Advocate January 2021

The Family of a Woman Decapitated by a Loose Fence is Suing Arches National Park, Saying an $8 Padlock Would Have Prevented Her Death

Nakajjigo’s family said an $8 padlock would have prevented the fence from moving and killing Nakajjigo, and are suing Arches and the National Parks Service for $270 million in damages, KCNC-TV reported. Deborah Chang, the attorney who filed the suit on behalf of Nakajjigo’s family, alleged that the National Park Service has known for years that

Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Celebrate Wins in Virtual Conference

The Consumer Attorneys of California usually gather each fall at a San Francisco hotel and get dressed up to celebrate their new president and honor plaintiffs' attorneys for their big victories at a dinner that ends with a musical performance. As with everything else in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year was different. The...

Deborah Chang to Take Helm of Consumer Attorneys Group

When Brian J. Panish stood before an audience at the Consumer Attorneys of California Convention in 2014, he referred to Deborah S. Chang by a nickname she had earned around the office: Changzilla. “It was just a combination of her energy and passion,” Panish told The Daily Journal recently. “She’s just a separate being, like...

Family Files $270M Claim Against National Park Service After Death of 25-Year-Old Newlywed: Reports

The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has filed a $270 million administrative claim against the National Park Service after she was killed by an unsecured gate that sliced through her car as she sat with her new husband. Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, 25, drove to Arches National Park in Utah with her husband

National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim

Attorney Deborah Chang, who filed the claim on behalf of Michaud, as well as Nakajjigo’s parents, wrote that the National Park Service has for years used entrance and exit gates made of metal poles with “spear-like sharp ends, and they were known to swing into roadways when left unsecured.” Employees “knew or should have known...

Top Women Lawyers 2020

Deborah has been named in the Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers of 2020.

An activist’s dreams ‘were about to come true.’ Then, a horrific accident cut her life short.

“Our mission is to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” Michaud said. According to Deborah Chang, the Los Angeles-based trial attorney representing Michaud, there was nothing he could have done to swerve out of the way of the gate that killed his wife and narrowly missed him. Yet park employees could have done a lot, the

Widower Struggles With Loss After Wife Decapitated By Gate In Arches National Park

Athea Trials Lawyers, with whom Chang | Klein is a Proud Affiliate, is Named Among 2021 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News — Best Lawyers®

In its first year, Athea Trial Lawyers is honored to have been ranked in 2021 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The firm is recognized with a Regional Tier 1 Firm ranking, the highest ranking a firm can receive, in the area of Personal Injury Litigation. Law firms...

Widower of woman decapitated by gate at Arches National Park struggles after trauma, files lawsuit

“What he saw and experienced that day, I cannot even imagine,” said Deborah Chang, an attorney representing Michaud and the Nakajjigo family. “The end of the gate impaled the car like a lance, and literally beheaded his newlywed bride right in front of him.” Chang has filed a $270 million claim for wrongful death. It’s...

Family sues state, city, others over Encinitas bluff collapse that killed three

We are seeking justice for the survivors of Julie Davis, 65, her 35 year-old daughter, Anne Clave, and Davis’ 62 year-old sister, Elizabeth Charles. The triple tragedy that occurred on Grandview Surf Beach in Encinitas on August 2, 2019 could have been prevented and new safety guidelines regarding beach erosion must be implemented. Read Full

Relative of beach landslide victims urges Encinitas to improve beach safety

We are seeking justice for the survivors of Julie Davis, 65, her 35 year-old daughter, Anne Clave, and Davis’ 62 year-old sister, Elizabeth Charles. The triple tragedy that occurred on Grandview Surf Beach in Encinitas on August 2, 2019 could have been prevented and new safety guidelines regarding beach erosion must be implemented. Read Full

Top Plaintiffs 2020

We are so proud of our very own Deborah Chang for being named in the Daily Journals Top Plaintiff Attorneys of 2020. Congratulations, Deborah!

Advocate April 2015

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