Awards & Rankings 04.10.24
Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Group Again Included in GAR 100 Guide as Top International Arbitration Practice
Source: Global Arbitration Review
Yona is a multi-lingual attorney who represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex, high-stakes litigation matters across the country.
Yona successfully represents large corporations, small businesses and individuals. Yona is skilled in a wide range of complex litigation areas across practice industries such as oil and gas, construction, real estate, landlord-tenant, and employment law. She has handled cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and shareholder oppression, among others.
Representative Experience
- Served as trial co-counsel in a case involving claims of partnership formation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with an existing contract.
- Represented a national real estate investment trust in lease disputes in connection with COVID-19.
- Represented a national hotel franchisor and secured favorable rulings in ongoing landlord-tenant disputes regarding long-term tenancy and COVID-19.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC) Ones to Watch, Oil and Gas Law (2024)
- Member, Phi Alpha Delta
- Recipient, Seattle University School of Law Dean’s Diversity Scholarship
- Member, Houston Bar Association
View More
- Member, Texas State Bar Association
- Member, Young Energy Professionals Committee of the Institute for Energy Law
- Publications
- Basics of Oil and Gas Interest Conveyancing, Co-Author, University of Texas School of Law, CLE (2021).
- Basics of Oil and Gas Interest Conveyancing, Co-Author, University of Texas School of Law, CLE (2021).
Education
-
J.D., Seattle University School of Law
B.A., Law, Economics, and Public Policy, University of Washington
Admissions
-
Texas
Washington State
Courts
-
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Languages
-
Spanish
Hebrew
Russian
Arabic