Elizabeth A. Chang

Elizabeth A. Chang focuses her practice on employment litigation and counseling, professional liability, and casualty matters. Liz works closely with clients and in-house counsel from the inception of litigation through settlement negotiation and trial preparation, conducting lead fact and expert witness depositions, drafting pleadings and motions, and representing clients in pre-trial conferences, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement conferences.

Equipped with broad litigation experience, Liz also draws on deep in-house insight into employment and labor issues, civil rights claims, and professional liability matters. Liz previously worked as an employment practices liability claims specialist in the North American arm of one of the world’s largest insurers, where she focused on employment discrimination claims involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age in Employment Discrimination Act (ADEA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, and advised corporate and public entities on claims liability, coverage, mediation strategy, and settlement negotiations. She also gained valuable experience as an extern with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she prepared legal memoranda for claims under the ADA, ADEA, and Title VII. Before that, Liz was a law clerk in a regional human resources department at one of the nation’s most prominent retailers; in this role, she drafted positions for general counsel and negotiated and executed corrective actions.

Beyond employment and labor, general professional liability, and casualty, Liz’s litigation experience also includes construction, commercial, and product liability matters. Before entering private practice, Liz served as a law clerk under the Hon. Lisa F. Chrystal of the New Jersey Superior Court, and became a Certified Mediator.

Experience Highlights

Representative Matters

•Obtained dismissal of products liability claims in the representation of a major home improvement retailer and shed manufacturer
•Obtained dismissal in a federal case alleging a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
•Successfully resolved racial discrimination claims against a major restoration company
•Representing a major grocery retailer in an age discrimination lawsuit

Honors & Awards

New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2019

Publications & Events

Publications

•“Avoiding Employee Caregiver Discrimination Pitfalls, ” Law360, December 12, 2019
•Mentioned in “ Goldberg Segalla Elevates Seven NJ Attorneys to Partner, ” NJBIZ, December 20, 2018
•“Playing Outside: N.J. Landowners’ Liability Act” (Co-Author), New Jersey Law Journal, September 22, 2014
•“Bankruptcy Impacts on Self-Insurance” (Co-Author), Tort-Source - Tort Trial and Insurance Practice, Summer 2011

Presentations

•“Defending Planned Community Association Cases: Directors and Officers Liability, Property and Other Liability Issues” (Co-Presenter), Winter 2016
•“Hot Topics in Employment Law 2016-2017,” Navigators Insurance, Manhattan, NY, October 2016
•“Liability Under the New Jersey Landowners’ Liability Act,” Summer 2014
•“Best Practices in Claims Handling” (Co-Presenter), Fall 2013

Webinars

•“Managing Employee Medical Leave Under the ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation Law” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, January 23, 2020
•“Hot Topics in Employment Law” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, November 21, 2019

Recent Insights

Avoiding Employee Caregiver Discrimination Pitfalls

December 17, 2019

New Jersey Governor Signs Controversial Bill Banning Mandatory Nondisclosure Clauses in Employment Contracts and Settlement Agreements

March 20, 2019

Fourteen Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Listed in 2019 New Jersey Super Lawyers

March 19, 2019

NJBIZ Highlights Seven New Jersey Attorneys Elevated to Partner

December 20, 2018

Goldberg Segalla Elevates 37 Attorneys to Partner, Eight to Special Counsel Following Year of Nationwide Growth

December 18, 2018

Failure of Parties to Identify an Arbitration Forum Can Invalidate an Arbitration Agreement for Lack of Mutual Assent

December 4, 2018