Madeline Chun, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Public Agency; Government Ethics; Civil Rights; Ethics

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5032 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
mchun@hansonbridgett.com
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Madeline Chun represents local, regional and state public agencies as general and special counsel. Her particular areas of expertise include public contracts and procurements, public transit, public works and construction, real property, civil rights, and government ethics.

Ms. Chun has been closely involved with the planning and development of major public undertakings in the Bay Area, most notably all phases of the engineering design and construction project to seismically retrofit the Golden Gate Bridge, the acquisition of approximately 150 miles of railroad right of way from Marin to Mendocino for preservation as a future transit corridor, and the transfer from private to public ownership of the rail corridor between San Francisco to San Jose. She has advised on joint powers authority government structures, transit oriented development projects, and agreements for freight and passenger rail operations.

To promote consistent best practices, Ms. Chun has developed comprehensive procurement manuals and standards covering a wide range of public contracts. She has advised on complex information technology procurements, including the implementation of "smart card" technologies for the Bay Area bridges, and for interoperable regional transit fare collection. She has overseen the procurement of new bus and ferry acquisitions, integrated financial and asset management information technology systems, and the use of formal competitive negotiation procedures to engage transit operating services. She is well versed in the statutory and regulatory framework under which public transportation agencies operate, including federal grant conditions, Section 504 and ADA accessibility requirements and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise regulations.

Upon graduating law school, Madeline served as a trial attorney appointed under the Attorney General's Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. She has served on the boards of directors for the Asian American Bar Association and Equal Rights Advocates and the judicial nominations committee for Senator Dianne Feinstein. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center of San Francisco.

Professional Affiliations
Bar Association of San Francisco

Language Skills
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish

Education
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (1979)
B.A., magna cum laude, Yale University (1976)

Presentations

• "Keeping Abreast of Civil Rights Developments Affecting Public Transit Agencies" – moderator, February 22, 2010 at the 2010 Legal Affairs Seminar of the American Public Transportation Association
• "Strategies for Limiting and Funding Your OPEB (Other Post-Employment Benefits) Liability" – July 31, 2009 presentation with Marcus Wu to the Northern California County Counsels Association
• "The Magic Bus is Here!" – May 4, 2009 presentation on industry standards for procuring new buses at the American Public Transportation Bus and Paratransit Conference
• "Successful Procurement of Toll Systems and Services" – April 21, 2009 presentation at the Summit of Managing In An Era of Changing Economic Times of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
• Procurement Workshop on Recent Developments in Transit Procurement Law and Practice – February 10, 2009 panelist at the 2009 Legal Affairs Seminar of the American Public Transportation Association
• "Avoiding the Bridge to Nowhere: Top 10 (Legal) Tips for Improving Your Public Works Projects" – October 1, 2008 presentation with Jeff Chu to the Contra Costa County City Attorneys Association

Publications
"Transit Agency Not Liable for ADA Violations When It Complies with DOT ADA Regulations", Hanson Bridgett Public Agency Advisory (August 2009)