Yan Zhao

Yan Zhao is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department.

Yan earned her law degree from UCLA School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology and Co-Chair of the VAWA/U-Visa clinic. Yan was also a member of the UCLA Moot Court Honors Society, and served as a judicial extern for Judge John A. Kronstadt of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Yan graduated from Peking University School of Law with a Juris Master degree, and Tianjin University with a dual bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and English. She is fluent in Mandarin.

Yan is admitted to practice in the State of California.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• White Collar Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education:

• University of California, Los Angeles - 2021 Juris Doctor
• Peking University - 2018 Juris Master
• Tianjin University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar