Esther Chang
Partner at The Norton Law Firm
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolEsther Chang is a partner and intellectual property litigator in San Francisco with 11 years of post-legal experience managing high‑stakes technology and life‑sciences disputes, including Apple v. Samsung and Waymo v. Uber. She advises senior management on complex patent and trade secret matters spanning autonomous systems, semiconductors, mobile devices, video compression, antibody engineering, and medical devices, and has represented clients as both plaintiff and defendant. Known for translating technical complexity into practical legal and business strategy, she has led large trial teams, argued federal motions, and crafted settlement strategies for Fortune 500 clients. Her background in quantitative finance and hands‑on programming at MSCI Barra gives her a rare fluency in modeling, analytics, and automation—skills she has applied to streamline litigation budgeting and vendor workflows using AI. Active in the Bay Area legal community, she serves on nonprofit boards focused on justice and accessibility. This blend of technical, financial, and courtroom experience positions her at the intersection of technology, law, and business.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Chemistry, Master of Science - MS Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe George Washington University Law School
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Github Skills (11)
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machine-learning4
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spark2
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tensorflow1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
esther3587/Duplicate-Question-Pairs
Apr 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:73 commits, 65 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
esther3587/Zestimate
May 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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