Lester I. Yano

Background

Yano, Lester I. was born on September 6, 1957.

Education

Washington University (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, cum laude, 1979). University of California, Irvine (Master of Science in Engineering, 1981). University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1994).

Career

Worked at Morrison & Foerster Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1994, California. Tau Beta Pi. Member, University of California, Los Angeles Moot Court Honors Program.

Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Property. Comment Editor, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1993-1994.

Author: "Protection of the Ethnobiological Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples," 41 University of California, Los Angeles L. Review

41, 1993. Company-Author: with Lawrence P. Ebiner, "Discovery of Computer Records," California Deposition and Discovery Practice, 1996. With Cedrick Chao, et al., "Pretrial Motions," 1995 California Litigation Review, Litigation Section, State Bar of California, June 1996.

Member: Los Angeles and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of California. Japanese American Bar Association. Morrison & Foerster is one of the world"s largest international law firms with over 500 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide.

The firm"s legal practice encompasses every major area of commercial law, including corporate finance, project finance, institutional lending, financial services, real estate, environmental and land use planning, mining and natural resources, multimedia, intellectual property, energy, communications, computer technology, insurance, alternative dispute resolution, product liability, bankruptcy and workouts, estate planning, probate, trust administration, financial transactions, labor and employment, immigration, civil, criminal and securities litigation, entertainment and sports, food and beverage, health care, hotel and resort, antitrust, international business, international litigation and arbitration, trade regulation, transportation and tax

Achievements

• Lester I. Yano has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, University of California, Los Angeles Moot Court Honors Program.