PHYLLIS W.  CHENG, ESQ .

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• Co-Editor, California Fair Housing & Public Accommodations (The Rutter Group California Civil Litigation Series) 2014-present (co-edited with Ann Noel and Susan Saylor).

• Managing Editor, California Labor & Employment Law Review, California Lawyers Association, 2021-2023.

• Attorney Editor, Employment Litigation (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide) 3 Chapters, 2008-2022 (edited by Justice Ming W. Chin (Ret.), Justice Rebecca A. Wiseman (Ret.), Judge Consuelo Maria Callahan, and David A. Lowe).

• Labor and Employment Case Law Alert, California Lawyers Association (formerly State Bar of California) E-Alerts, 2007-present.

• What Would Clara Shortridge Foltz Think? Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, April 9, 2024.

• California's Employment Protection Landscape Faces Pending Cases, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, January 4, 2024.

• Creativity in Mediation, AAM-A-GRAM, Association of Attorney Mediators, January 2023.

• Women's Wages, Pay Equity, and Data Reporting, California Labor & Employment Law Review, California Lawyers Association Labor and Employment Law Section, July 2022, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 1-5.

• Women's Wages and the California Fair Pay Act, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, Top Women Lawyers 2022 Supplement, May 18, 2022.

• Title IX at 50, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, January 12, 2022, pp. 4-5. Reprinted in Legal Perspectives, California Lawyers Association, Summer 2022, p. 6.

• The Unruh Civil Rights Act at 60, California Labor & Employment Law Review, California Lawyers Association (formerly State Bar of California) Labor and Employment Law Section, November 2019, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 1-9.

• Cases Pending before the California Supreme Court, California Labor & Employment Law Review, California Lawyers Association (formerly State Bar of California) Labor and Employment Law Section, regular column, August 2003-present.  Various book reviews.

• Responding to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Roundtable Discussion, The Corporate Counselor, January 2018. Reprinted in Law.com, January 9, 2018.

• Transgender Access in the Workplace, Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin, August 1, 2016 (co-authored with Daniel Lac).

• California Fair Pay Act: the Revival of Comparable Worth, Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin, Feb. 1, 2016.

• The EEOC Turns 50: A Review of the Nation’s Civil Rights Agency, Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin, Vol. 2015, No. 10, pp. 321, 323-330.  Reprinted in Bender's Labor & Employment Bulletin (national), November 2015, Vol.  15, No. 11, pp. 370-377.

• Employment Law for 2014 – A Banner Year for Statutory Changes in Labor and Employment Law, 2014 California Litigation Review,  March 2015.

• Animals in the Workplace: New Accommodations for employees with Disabilities, California Labor & Employment Law Review, November 2014 (co-authored with Mallory Sepler-King).

• Assistive Animals in Housing Accommodations, California Real Property Journal, November 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3, 11-14, abstracted in CalVets Newsletter, November 2014 (co-authored with Mallory Sepler-King).

• Clearing Up the Law on Service Animals, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, Guest Column, Dec. 3, 2013, p. 5 (co-authored with Mallory Sepler-King).

• 2013 Changes at the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Guest Blogger, Seyfarth, March 14, 2013.

• Transformative Year for Civil Rights in California, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, Guest Column, August 22, 2012, pp. 1, 3.

• DFEH Update: How the DFEH Manages to Soar in the Age of Austerity, Bender’s California Labor & Employment Bulletin, May 2012, pp. 153-157.

• Building a Better Fair Housing Practice in California, Real Property Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, Dec. 2011, pp. 25-33.

• California’s New Procedural Regulations Will Facilitate Administrative Claims, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, Forum, November 9, 2011, p.10 (co-authored with Margaret Gillespie).

• A Phoenix Rises from the Budgetary Ashes, California Labor & Employment Law Review, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 25, No. 2, March 2011, pp. 33, 35.

• Civil Rights Legends and Pioneers Honored at State Bar Annual Meeting, California Labor and Employment Law Review, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2010, pp. 37-38.

• Through Struggle to the Stars: A History of Fair Housing Law, California Real Property Journal, State Bar of California Real Property Law Section, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 3-12.  (co-authored with Ann Noel).

• FEHA History-Makers, California Labor and Employment Law Review, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 23, No. 5, September 2009, pp. 3-4, 22-23.

• Playing House with the Bar, Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, Forum, February 23, 2009, p. 6.  Reprinted in HRC Bulletin, Winter 2009, pp. 1, 6.

• Summary Judgments Reconsidered: The California Supreme Court Resolves a Conundrum, MCLE Self-Study, California Labor & Employment Law Review, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 20. No. 1, February 2006, 1, 10-12.  Reprinted in California Bar Journal, Nov. 2006, 14, 16.

• Book Review: Employment Practices in the Digital Gaming Industry, California Labor & Employment Law Review, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 20, No. 4, August 2006, 8.

• The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice, Book Review, California Labor & Employment Law Review, Vol 17., No. 6, December 2003, 19.

• Editor-in-Chief,  Co-Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial Board, California Labor & Employment Law Review, 2003-06 (co-edited with Lois Kosch).

• Editorial Board, Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin, 2012-2016.

• Editor, Public Law Journal, 2000-2002.

• Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities (4th Ed.), Writer, California Attorney General’s Office, Nov. 2003.

• Physical Disability in Employment Accorded Greater Protection under the FEHA than the ADA, Public Law Journal, State Bar of California Public Law Section, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2003, 1, 3-5. 

• Native American Mascots in Public Schools and Colleges: Are They Worth Keeping? Public Law Journal, State Bar of California Public Law Section, Vol. 24, No. 3, Summer 2001, 16-18.

• Public Library Internet Filters: An Attack on Access to Freedom of Information, Public Law Journal, State Bar of California Public Law Section, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2001, 16-17.

• Unlawful Discrimination/Your Rights and Remedies: Civil Rights Handbook (3d Ed.), Editor and Writer, California Attorney General’s Office, July 2001.

• Lawyer Advertising of CLE Accomplishments: Toward an Optimum Level of Professionalism and Consumer Knowledge, The CLE Journal and Register, American Law Institute‑American Bar Association, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Vol. 39, No. 5, September 1993, 5‑15.

• Recent Developments in Preemption of State and Local Government Action under the Machinists Lodge/Golden State Doctrine, California Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, State Bar of California Labor and Employment Law Section, Vol. 8, No. 10, Fall 1992, 1‑4.

• The New Federalism and Women's Educational Equity, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, December 1987. Research funded in part under a grant from the US Department of Education, Women's Educational Equity Act.  Abstracted as a paper presented at the 1988 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Phoenix, AZ, April 1988.

• California Comparable Worth Task Force Minority Report, report submitted to the Governor and California State Legislature, August 1985 (co-authored with Professor Donald Treiman).

• The Second Wave: Shaping State "Title IX" Laws: The California Case Study, California Women, Issue 2, 1985.

• A Blow to Women's Equality: The Damage Done by Title IX's Death, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Comment Section, Sunday, March 4, 1984, F-1, F-4.

• Uncle Sam Shouldn't Try to Block Equal Wages for Women, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Op-Ed Section, February 4, 1984, A-15.

• Handgun Control: The Real Issue is Law and Order, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Op-Ed Section, October 28, 1983, A- 17.

• Equal Pay: L.A.'s School Board Ducks a Tough Issue, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Op-Ed Section, September 6, 1983, A-17.

• In Chinese Schools: It's Back to the Bourgeois Three R's, Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, Sunday, May 21, 1978, 2.

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