Jee Young You is our Latest Featured Speaker!

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Our latest Featured Speaker is Jee Young You from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP!

We are pleased to have Jee Young You speak again at our upcoming 14th Annual Federal Court Boot Camp in San Francisco on May 18, 2018. Jee Young has spoken at several of our past Federal Court Boot Camps and seminar love her insight and handouts!

Jee Young You is a litigator who represents institutional and individual clients in class actions and other high-stakes commercial lawsuits. For more than ten years, Ms. You has represented a wide range of clients, including large financial institutions, corporate officers, high technology companies, and food and beverage companies. Ms. You has broad experience in a variety of areas, including securities fraud, consumer protection and banking regulations (Fair Lending, TILA/Regulation Z, FCRA, FDCPA, BSA/AML, and GLBA), class actions, and civil rights. Additionally, she has experience with regulatory, compliance, and investigative matters involving the OCC, the CFPB, the DOJ, and state attorneys general.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. You was counsel at an international law firm, and was seconded to the in-house legal department of JPMorgan Chase Consumer & Community Banking, where she was a member of the Chase Initiatives investigations and regulatory enforcement group.

At the firm, Ms. You has helped cultivate the WomenConnect program, which provides a forum for San Francisco Bay Area women lawyers and senior-level clients to network and learn from each other. She is also a member of the board of the Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco.

Ms. You also maintains an active pro bono practice representing indigent individuals and public interest groups in civil rights matters, with a focus on LGBTQ, immigration, and benefits rights. She filed several amicus briefs in high-profile cases such as In re Marriage Cases and Perry v. Schwarzenegger before the California Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and the US District Court for the District of California. Recently, she filed an action to enjoin the disruption of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamp) benefits in the event of a government shutdown.

Ms. You is proficient in spoken and written Korean.

Faith Pincus

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