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Commanding native fluency of Mandarin Chinese, Cathleen Huang is international and national counsel to numerous product manufacturers, distributors, trading companies, and online retailers based in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and the U.S. from all industries, including consumer electronics and gas appliances, solar modules/wafers, consumer appliances, lighting, computer components, hand tools, gas cylinders, luggage, bicycles, food supplements, glass containers, and medical devices, etc.
She visits manufacturing facilities in Asia and meets with company executives, personnel, and engineers to learn the business and the design, testing, manufacturing, quality control procedures to become knowledgeable about the clients' operations and help to identify and mitigate potential risks.
She counsels her clients throughout the product lifecycle, from product research and development, to evaluation of packaging and marketing materials and manuals, product regulatory compliance, corporate formation and litigation. She commands over 20 years of litigation experience and her areas of practice include the following:
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION/ARBITRATIONBreach of contracts/warrantiesBreach of fiduciary duties as to corporate officers, board of directors and majority stockholdersInternational trade compliance
PRODUCT SAFETY/LIABILITYProduct liability claims/litigationGlobal product recalls Federal and state regulatory compliance:
o Consumer Product Safety Commission/ Health Canada/Profeco reportingFalse advertisement/consumer fraud/unfair business practiceBreach of warrantiesCountry of origin
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTESPatent infringement prosecution/defenseTrademark infringement/Trade dress prosecution/defenseMisappropriation of trade secrets
Virginia, 1998
California, 2002
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2005
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2008
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2015
Defense Research Institute
International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO)
Asian American Bar Association
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Walter A. Haas School of Business at University of California at Berkely, Berkeley, California B.S.Major: Corporate Finance and Marketing