Yunnie Youn Son

Senior Counsel
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Overview

Yunnie Youn Son represents individuals, families, charities and financial institutions in complex trusts and estates litigation and in conservatorship and guardianship matters. A member of Holland & Knight's Private Wealth Services Group, she handles will and trust disputes, contested conservatorships and guardianships, breach of fiduciary duty matters and elder financial abuse concerns.

Before joining the Firm, Yunnie represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state, federal, bankruptcy and appellate courts in business tort, shareholder, breach of contract and real estate disputes. That experience on both sides of a case informs how she assesses risk and builds strategy in contested trust and estate matters.

She gained extensive early courtroom experience as a certified law clerk with the Hardcore Gangs Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. In law school, Yunnie was vice president of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and a member of the Frederick Douglass National Moot Court Team.

Credentials

Education
  • Boston College Law School, J.D.
  • Georgetown University, B.A., English Literature, cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • California
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Memberships
  • American Bar Association
Honors & Awards
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Ones to Watch, Los Angeles Elder Law, Los Angeles Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2027
Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Korean

Publications

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