Soo-young Chang
Special Counsel
- Direct — 716.844.3415
- Fax — 716.566.5401
- schang@goldbergsegalla.com
Practice Groups
Soo-young Chang is a trial attorney in the firm's Buffalo, New York office who practices in the areas of Products Liability and General Litigation. Starting as a prosecutor in Brooklyn, Soo-young led a long-term investigation that dismantled large narcotics-dealing gangs in a major housing project, which was featured on the front page of the New York Times. He has also defended physicians, hospitals and the City of New York against medical malpractice cases.
In 2006, Soo-young returned to Buffalo, his hometown, and has defended personal injury suits involving motor vehicle, construction-site, school-site and municipal site accidents. He has also defended medical malpractice and insurance coverage suits. Soo-young has obtained numerous jury verdicts throughout Western and Central New York on cases involving multi-million dollar potential verdicts.
Honors
- Selected for inclusion in Business First's Who's Who in Law list
Professional Affiliations
- Asian American Bar Association of New York
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Minority Bar Association of Western New York
Prior Experience
- Kings County District Attorney's Office, Brooklyn, NY - Senior Assistant District Attorney, 1996 - 2003
Languages
- Korean
Education
- University of Michigan, B.A. 1991
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1996
Publications/Presentations
- Co-Author, “Calling on Corporate Counsel: Follow Data Into the Breach,” Law Technology News, December 2011
- Presenter, "What Do Real Lawyers Do?," Co-Sponsored by AALSA and LALSA, March 1, 2011
- Co-Author, "Decisive Moves Still Necessary to Promote Minority Partners," ABA's Minority Trial Lawyer, Summer 2010
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