Pantea Yashar

Pantea Yashar is an associate in ECJ’s Litigation Department.  Her practice focuses on general litigation matters.  Ms. Yashar graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, summa cum laude, in 2001.  Ms. Yashar received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2004.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004
  J.D.
• University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2001
  B.A.
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Published Works

• “Action Plan For Justice: A Report of The California Commission on Access to Justice,” April 2007 (Action Plan Working Group and Advisory Panel Member)
• “California’s Unique Rules on Restrictive Employment Covenants and the Potential for Extra-Territorial Effect,” Inter-Pacific Bar Association Journal, December 2007 (co-authored)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of California
  Member
• Legal Aid Foundation, Los Angeles
  First Vice Chair – Associates’ Advisory Board
• Step Up Women’s Network
  Member

Languages

• Farsi

Past Employment Positions

• Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, California, Litigation Associate