Connie Huang Chu

Connie Chu is a Managing Attorney at Disability Rights California, the largest disability rights group in the U.S.  At DRC, Connie leads the Pathways to Work Practice Group, a state-wide team of attorneys and advocates which works to remove barriers to employment, including increasing access to competitive integrated employment for people with significant disabilities. Before joining DRC, Connie worked as a staff attorney at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, representing tenants in evictions and other housing matters, and people with disabilities in obtaining Social Security disability benefits and challenging overpayments.  She also worked as an Irmas Fellow at Public Counsel, advocating for youth transitioning out of foster care.