Yoka l Smith, LLP

Yoka l Smith, LLP At Yoka | Smith our focus is representing businesses in high-exposure lawsuits in a variety of legal practice areas in throughout the United States

Big summary judgment win today for Y | S clients! Congratulations to John Park and partner Michael Sabongui for this out...
09/29/2026

Big summary judgment win today for Y | S clients! Congratulations to John Park and partner Michael Sabongui for this outstanding result.

Next week Partners Alice Chen Smith and Vivian Rivera will present on panels at the ASCDC GL/Managing Partner Seminar. S...
09/26/2026

Next week Partners Alice Chen Smith and Vivian Rivera will present on panels at the ASCDC GL/Managing Partner Seminar. See you there!

Yoka | Smith was pleased to host a reception for Senator Ben Allen for Insurance Commissioner 2026 and Assembly person M...
09/24/2026

Yoka | Smith was pleased to host a reception for Senator Ben Allen for Insurance Commissioner 2026 and Assembly person Maggy Krell for Assembly 2026 today to support their campaigns. Thanks to board members from California Defense Counsel, ASCDC, friends and colleagues for coming to support the event.

Ben Allen Maggy Krell

Y | S congratulates attorney Rachel Lustig, who was sworn in tonight to the WLALA board. We look forward to seeing great...
09/19/2026

Y | S congratulates attorney Rachel Lustig, who was sworn in tonight to the WLALA board. We look forward to seeing great things from her.

Join partner Vivian Rivera with other LA- ABOTA members for a panel discussion at Occidental College on September 26 at ...
09/15/2026

Join partner Vivian Rivera with other LA- ABOTA members for a panel discussion at Occidental College on September 26 at the Latina Lawyers Bar Association career summit on paths to ABOTA membership and a trial practice.

Happy Shana Tova.
09/12/2026

Happy Shana Tova.

Congratulations to our Managing Partner Alice Chen Smith on her election to Vice President of LA-ABOTA for 2027! Alice w...
09/08/2026

Congratulations to our Managing Partner Alice Chen Smith on her election to Vice President of LA-ABOTA for 2027! Alice will be the Chapter’s President in 2029.

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA-LA) was founded in Los Angeles in 1958 as the very first, founding, and largest chapter of the national ABOTA organization. Alice will be our firm’s third President of this illustrious chapter.

Wishing all a restful and happy Labor Day.
09/08/2026

Wishing all a restful and happy Labor Day.

Join Y | S partner and ASCDC President Alice Chen Smith at CAALA Vegas on Friday morning for the defense perspective on ...
09/01/2026

Join Y | S partner and ASCDC President Alice Chen Smith at CAALA Vegas on Friday morning for the defense perspective on the Preparing and Presenting Witnesses panel.

We are excited to announce that Partner Chris Faenza has been elected to serve on the Cal-ABOTA leadership and will serv...
08/25/2026

We are excited to announce that Partner Chris Faenza has been elected to serve on the Cal-ABOTA leadership and will serve as its President in 2030!

Address

445 S. Figueroa Street, 38th Floor
Los Angeles, CA

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Yoka l Smith, LLP posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share