Laura Patricia Yee
Partner, San Francisco
(415) 356-1100
(415) 356-1105 (Fax)
Practice Areas
Trial, Mass Tort, Products Liability, Premises Liability,
Unfair Business Practices
Bar Admissions
California, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Central District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1992 J.D.
California State University, San Francisco, 1989 B.A.
LAURA PATRICIA YEE is the managing partner of the San Francisco office of Knott & Glazier LLP. She is an experienced civil litigator with practice areas focused in product liability, toxic tort, premises liability, and unfair business practices. Ms. Yee supervises the firm's toxic tort practice group in San Francisco and manages the firm's asbestos matters pending in Northern California. Over the past twelve years, Ms. Yee has defended thousands of product liability cases and participated in over 75 trials and in numerous arbitrations and mediations. Ms. Yee also has significant experience managing and coordinating the nationwide defense of various multinational corporations sued in asbestos and silica matters. Representative clients include manufacturers and suppliers of aircraft, rocket propulsion systems, helicopters, marine vessels, marine and industrial turbines, passenger coaches, gaskets, packing, steam valves, HVAC equipment, hoists, chemical pumps and building construction products.
Ms. Yee received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Performing Arts from San Francisco State University in 1989 and a Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1992. During college, she managed a local Chinese restaurant where she learned to speak Cantonese. During law school, she owned and operated an automotive detailing business. Ms. Yee is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in California. She is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, and the San Francisco Bar Association.
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