About Us

Ms. Cheng joined our firm in 1998 after a distinguished academic career at the University of San Francisco Kendrick Hall School of Law. Her areas of concentration include personal injury, government liability, medical negligence, premises liability, and automobile accidents. She prosecutes cases throughout California and in the Federal District Courts. She has appeared before trial courts throughout the State, and has experience in trial, mediation and arbitration. She serves on the teaching faculty and the executive committee for the University of San Francisco School of Law Intensive Advocacy Program.

An active member of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Ms. Cheng is currently Vice-Chair of the BASF Barrister's Club newsletter. She is also active in the Inns of Court program, having served as Program Chair and Secretary-Treasurer of the USF Inn of Court.

Following graduation from the University of California, Davis, Ms. Cheng attended USF's Kendrick Hall School of Law, where she graduated with distinction as a Public Interest Law Scholar. In 1997, she served as an extern law clerk to the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. Ms. Cheng is the assistant Program Director for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy's Western Regional Teacher Training Program and is a member of the State Bar, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Truck Accidents
Pedestrian Accidents
Fatal Drug Reactions
Government Liability
Brain Injury
Closed Head Injury
Brain Stem Injury
Birth Injuries

Year Joined Organization

• 1998

Areas of Practice

• Wrongful Death
• Medical Negligence
• Personal Injury
• Government Liability
• Premises Liability
• Automobile Accidents
• Catastrophic Injury

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1998
  Honors: With Distinction, Public Interest Law Scholar
  
  
• University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Teaching Faculty, Intensive Advocacy Program, University of San Francisco School of Law
• Instructor, Trial Advocacy, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
• Faculty Member, Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Professional Associations and Memberships

• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• University of San Francisco School of Law
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• Bar Association of San Francisco
  Chair, Barrister's Club Newsletter
  
  
• American Inns of Court
  Program Chair and Secretary/Treasurer, USF Inn of Court
  
  
• University of San Francisco School of Law
  Member, Executive Committee, Intensive Advocacy Program
  
  
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy
  Assistant Program Director, Western Regional Teacher Training Program
  
  
• State Bar of California
  Member
  
  
• American Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• Consumer Attorneys of California
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong, United States District Judge, Northern District of California, Law Clerk