Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Yang works crisis representation, litigation, regulatory, compliance and white-collar defense cases, and advises companies on public filings issues. She is the former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, and the first Asian American woman to serve as a U.S. Attorney. She helped the board of Johnson & Johnson respond to shareholder complaints over talcum powder. Yang launched Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s information technology and data privacy practice group. Following the murder of six Asian women in an Atlanta salon, Yang has been active in combating anti-Asian hate. She also prosecuted one of the first computer hacking cases as an assistant U.S. attorney.

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