Selwyn Chu

Selwyn Chu is an employment litigator and counselor in Fisher Phillips’ Irvine office. He exclusively represents employers and management in workplace disputes ranging from single-plaintiff discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims to wage and hour class and PAGA actions. Selwyn also represents clients in administrative matters before regulatory agencies like the DFEH, the EEOC, and the DLSE. When not litigating cases or advocating in official proceedings, Selwyn regularly counsels clients on a variety of compliance and risk management issues, such as reasonable accommodation, leaves of absence, workplace investigations, termination and discipline, trade secret protection, and workplace privacy.

A native New Yorker and former Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua, Selwyn enjoys visiting new places and experiencing different cultures; he aspires to travel more in his free time. In addition to the Spanish he picked up from his time in the Peace Corps, Selwyn also speaks conversational Mandarin.