Yunnie Youn Son
Senior Counsel
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
- Boston College Law School, J.D.
- Georgetown University, B.A., English Literature, cum laude
- California
- 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
- American Bar Association
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Ones to Watch, Los Angeles Elder Law, Los Angeles Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2027
- English
- Korean