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| type, state, number: | attorney, ca, 123289 |
| issuer: state bar of california | |
| current status: active | |
| district: district 7 | |
| county: los angeles | |
| license history | |
| 05/16/2002 | active |
| 03/14/1997 | judge |
| 06/10/1986 | admitted to the state bar of california |
The career of Debra Wong Yang once read like a fairy tale. The first Asian-American woman to serve as a US Attorney (for the city of Los Angeles), Yang's current role is as partner in Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, where she specializes in litigation and white-collar crime. Still, her credentials are not without controversy. Her move to the private sector coincided suspiciously with the removal of eight U.S. attorneys by President Bush in the spring of 2006. It was suggested that Yang's career transition was actually a strategy to avoid being forced out of office, or a way for Gibson Dunn to prevent her from prosecuting a Republican senator that the firm was defending. Outside of her duties with GDC, Yang also teaches trial advocacy at the USC School of Law, and has also served as the President of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles.