Amy C. Leung

Overview

Partner Amy C. Leung, a California State Bar Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist, has represented injured workers from a large variety of industries in both the public and private sectors. Her experience encompasses all phases of representation, from understanding her client’s goals at the onset and engaging in critical fact-finding and legal research to representing injured workers at hearings and trials before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Ms. Leung also has appellate experience, including Petitions for Reconsideration as well as Writs of Review to the California Court of Appeal.

Ms. Leung is skilled in various aspects of Workers’ Compensation law, including Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund cases and securing death benefits for surviving spouses and dependents of fallen workers. She has also handled Serious & Willful Misconduct cases and Labor Code 132a discrimination actions.

Education

A graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, representing workers was a passion for Ms. Leung throughout law school. She clerked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Equal Rights Advocates and served as a student lawyer in a wage and hour case through UC Hastings' Civil Justice Clinic. She also founded and led the Employment and Labor Law Student Association.

Ms. Leung actively conducts seminars and training sessions for labor union members and volunteers her legal advice to individuals through non-profit legal service organizations. She keeps abreast of the changes in Workers’ Compensation law and conveys such information to her clients and the legal community.

Ms. Leung earned her bachelor's degree in International Development Studies with a minor in political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to law school she interned at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Washington, D.C., and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles. She also worked at an immigration law firm in Los Angeles. Ms. Leung speaks Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese. She was formerly in civil private practice, focusing on plaintiff-side employment discrimination litigation.