Helen Yang focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. Helen handles an extensive variety of cases including environmental toxic tort litigation, business contractual disputes, product liability, real estate and intellectual property matters. She is versed in the strategic use of prejudgment and pretrial law and motion practice and has experience representing the firm’s clients in the courtroom, depositions and in alternative dispute resolution.

In 2011, Helen was selected as a Southern California Rising Star in a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters, a distinction honoring the top up-and-coming lawyers in the region.

Helen served as a judicial extern for The Honorable J. Spencer Letts of the Central District of California and an extern for the Legal Department of the Screen Actors Guild.

Representative Experience

• Obtaining summary judgment representing a top Internet-based postage and shipping company in an intellectual property dispute involving claims for patent infringement.
• Defending product liability actions and obtaining numerous dismissals and summary judgments in representation of one of the nation's largest occupant safety systems manufacturer.     
• Representing the nation's largest specialty retailer of fabrics and crafts in contractual dispute and obtaining favorable settlement.
• Defending a former zinc smelter and mining operation in a class action involving allegations of exposure to arsenic, cadmium and lead.
• Defending a top Japan-based automobile manufacturer in a global manufacturing dispute involving major Korea- and US-based automakers and acting as of counsel for successful opposition to a petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.