Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 7, 2018
Phyllis W. Cheng, Esq.
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Los Angeles
Employment; Wage and Hour; Class Actions; Civil Rights; Government Entities; Public Accommodations; Disability Access; Housing; and Attorneys' Fees
Phyllis W. Cheng is on the neutral panels of ADR Services, Inc., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, and California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District. She is on the Board of the California Dispute Resolution Council, which advocates for effective dispute resolution policies. Phyllis has resolved disputes as a neutral on matters related to: employment; wage and hour; class actions; civil rights; government; public accommodations; disability access; housing; and attorneys' fees.
Phyllis was Partner at global firm DLA Piper, Of Counsel at employment firm Littler Mendelson, and Associate at civil rights firm Hadsell & Stormer. Phyllis served in the administrations of California Governors George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown. For nearly seven years, Phyllis was Director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the largest state civil rights agency in the United States. Among other things, she oversaw six and seven-figure settlements and established a Dispute Resolution Division. She was also a Senior Appellate Court Attorney, Deputy Attorney General, and member of the State's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, Comparable Worth Task Force, and Commission on the Status of Women.
Phyllis is co-editor of California Fair Housing and Public Accommodations (The Rutter Group Civil Litigation Series), author of the California Lawyers Association's Labor & Employment Case Law Alert, and contributor to various publications, including Employment Litigation (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide), California Labor & Employment Law Review, Daily Journal, Bender's Labor & Employment Bulletin, The Corporate Counselor, Law.com and Cal Bar Journal. The State Bar named her the 2012 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year. Inside Counsel Magazine featured her on its May 2014 cover.
Phyllis received her B.A. and M.Ed. from UCLA, J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, and Ph.D. from USC.
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