Elizabeth Yang
Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang
Elizabeth Yang has been practicing law since 2007 and specializes in Intellectual Property Law, including Patent, Copyright and Trademark Prosecution and Litigation; Business Law, including corporate entity formation, contract drafting, contract disputes, litigation; and Family Law, including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, and asset division. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Elizabeth was admitted to the United States Patent & Trademark office in 2007. At the age of 19, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in two and a half years. In 2011, Elizabeth founded Yang & Wang, P.C., a boutique law firm that ultimately gave life to the Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang. Prior to starting her own practice, Elizabeth gained extensive experience at various international intellectual property law firms where her practice primarily focused on a variety of technologies.
Elizabeth further has extensive experience dealing with family law issues involving child custody, child support, alimony, asset division, pre-nuptial agreements and post-nuptial agreements. Being a mother of two young children , she understands and can relate to clients who are also undergoing emotional divorces.
Prior to practicing law, Elizabeth worked for Raytheon Company as an electrical engineer designing radar systems for the B2 Bomber. She has also interned at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, working as a team member on the main control unit of the Mars Exploration Rover.
In 2016-2019, Elizabeth was awarded the "Top 100 Civil Lawyers" award and the "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40" award by the National Trial Lawyers Association. In 2017 and 2018, Elizabeth was recognized by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" ranking her in the top 2.5% of lawyers in California and also presented with the Lawyers of Distinction award, recognizing her as the top 10% of lawyers in the United States.
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Patent Litigation
- IP Prosecution
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 249713
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- Chinese: Spoken, Written
- English: Spoken, Written
- Owner/Founder
- Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang
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- Associate
- Adli Law Group, P.C.
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- Associate
- Howrey LLP
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- University of La Verne
- MBA
- University of La Verne College of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Activities: Law Review, Senior Staff Editor, 2005-2006
- University of California - Berkeley
- BSEECS | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2022
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2020
- Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Services
- Board Member Founder Award
- National Association of Asian American Professionals
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Member
- Current
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member
- Current
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LA-IPLA)
- Member
- Current
- Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)
- Member
- Current
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors
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- The Big Secret
- CELEBRITYPRESS
- A Child's Best Interest
- Best Lawyers Business Edition
- Happy Mind Camp For Relationship, San Gabriel
- Happy Mind Camp
- MEDIATION TRAINING CERTIFICATE
- Los Angeles County Bar Association