Brian Yanagi
Associate
Overview
Brian Yanagi is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Newport Beach office and a member of the firm's West Coast Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Yanagi focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Yanagi served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Mr. Yanagi also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paula A. Nakayama and to the Honorable Sabrina S. McKenna of the Hawaii Supreme Court.
While in law school, Mr. Yanagi was an extern to the Honorable Edward M. Chen at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and was a summer associate for a boutique litigation firm in Los Angeles. In addition, Mr. Yanagi was a certified law student in the Individual Representation Clinic, where he represented clients, along with a student partner and a supervising attorney, in administrative and state court proceedings.
Credentials
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., magna cum laude
- Santa Clara University, B.S., Environmental Science
- California
- Hastings Law Journal, Senior Production Editor, 2020-2021
- Order of the Coif
- UC Hastings Honor Society, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
- Thurston Society, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, 2019-2020
- Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Torts, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Fall 2018
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Constitutional Law I, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Spring 2020
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Judicial Externship: Class Component/Fieldwork, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Fall 2020