Eric Z. Chang
International Attorney | U.S. JAG Corps Officer | Promoting Mentorship and Career Access
- Role
- Bn Judge Advocate, Hhd Gsb, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at U.S. Army Jag Corps
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Z. Chang
Eric is the Founder and Principal of a boutique international disputes practice focusing on high-value international commercial arbitration and investor-State arbitration. Eric has trained, qualified, and practiced in both in civil law and common law systems and jurisdictions: he is a former French Avocat à la cour at the Paris Bar, and a current member of the New York and California Bars. He has practiced in Los Angeles, Paris, Dubai, and New York on cross-border matters involving parties and disputes in EMEA, North America, Latin America, and Asia. His experience covers a wide range of industries and issues, including construction, mining, oil and energy, infrastructure, state concessions, and public-private partnerships In addition to his international disputes practice, Eric is an Officer in the United States Army Judge Advocate General\'s Corps, Army National Guard. In this role, Eric has served on three active duty mobilizations, including, most recently, a combat deployment with Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force - Levant (CSOJTF-L) in the Middle East. In his current assignment, he is a Battalion Judge Advocate for GSB, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), part of the Utah National Guard. Eric is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s graduate School of International Public Affairs, where he teaches two capstone courses. Eric is deeply committed to public service as well as mentorship, working to improve access, retention, and mobility up the ranks of highly coveted, elite legal career paths both in the private legal sector and in the military.Eric\'s past pro bono publico service includes serving as a Special Assistant District Attorney for the Brooklyn District Attorney\'s office in the appellate review of a first-degree assault case; advising a US legal aid NGO based in Beining; and representing jailed Rwandan journalists before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Experience
Bn Judge Advocate, Hhd Gsb, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Dec 2024 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US
Battalion Judge Advocate, HHD GSB, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard.
Education
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Maitrise en droit, Law
1998 — 2002
Cornell Law School
Juris Doctor, Law
1998 — 2002
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government; French
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Courts
- Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property
- Arbitration
- Litigation
- Legal Advice
- Appeals
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Research
- International Arbitration
- International Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Dispute
- Civil Litigation
- Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
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