Attorney Profiles

Barbara H. Choi graduated in 1986 from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in English Literature.  She received her law degree in 1991 from the University of California at Los Angeles where she served as Articles Editor/Book Review Editor for the Journal of Environmental Law & Policy and served as Student Bar Association Treasurer.  She was a litigation associate at the Los Angeles offices of Pepper, Hamilton & Sheetz, and then Graham & James, practicing in the areas of business, environmental and real estate law.  In 1994 she joined the litigation department at the Office of the Santa Clara County Counsel where she specialized in employment, constitutional law, and premises liability matters.  Ms. Choi joined the firm in May, 2000.  She advises many of our public entity clients, with a particular emphasis on labor and employment law.  She provides estate planning services and also handles complex litigation, including land use, premises liability, writs of mandates, employment, eminent domain, environmental, and real estate matters.