Michael Yi Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA

Practicing in the areas of bankruptcy, consumer protection, and commercial and residential lease agreements – cultivating clients in the Los Angeles area; implementing business development strategies; conducting initial consultations; counseling clients; reviewing contracts and lease agreements; managing administrative and paralegal support; negotiating.

Beverly Hills, CA

Represented institutional and individual debtors in business bankruptcies – Assisted with management of chapter 11 bankruptcies from initial petition to plan confirmation; case managed an assigned caseload of seven to ten clients; reviewed contracts and lease agreements; drafted complaints, ex parte application for order to show cause; temporary.

Los Angeles, CA

Represented individual debtors in consumer bankruptcies – Managed Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies from initial petition to discharge or plan confirmation; conducted initial consultations; drafted Chapter 13 plans, petitions, letters, settlement agreements, and pleadings; attended 341(a) Meeting of Creditors, Plan Confirmation Hearings, unlawful.

Claremont, CA

Represented class action plaintiffs under the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act – Drafted summons and complaints, settlement agreements, mediation briefs, declarations, and protective orders; propounded written discovery; prepared responses to written discovery; conducted interviews of class members; and conducted legal and factual research.

San Francisco, CA

Worked in the Homicide, Writs and Appeals, and Misdemeanor Units – Extensive experience appearing in evidentiary hearings; second chaired a misdemeanor trial involving a hit and run defendant; drafted and argued appellate briefs before the San Francisco Superior Court Appellate Division; drafted and argued oppositions to defendants’ motions to suppress.

Santa Rosa, CA

Worked in the Narcotics and Misdemeanor Units – Drafted oppositions to defendant's motions to suppress evidence, quash and traverse search warrants, and dismiss for lack of probable cause.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Asian American Bar Association Dean’s List 2006, Jerrold Ladar Scholarship 2007, Witkin’s Professional.

B.S., Applied Mathematics