Joseph Albert Yanny

Joseph A. Yanny was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and attended college and law school at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Yanny obtained a B.E. in Engineering in 1975 and his J.D. in 1978. Mr. Yanny began practicing as a patent attorney in Chicago, Illinois where he obtained his first million dollar judgment before moving to California in 1980. Prior to founding his own law firm in 1983, Mr. Yanny worked in the aerospace industry in California.

Mr. Yanny is a member of the Chicago, Beverly Hills, South Bay, Los Angeles County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; the State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The American Intellectual Property Law Association; The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago; and The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.

University of Dayton

Bachelor of Engineering

Univ of Dayton School of Law

Law Degree

Yanny & Smith

Current

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Washington Post

February 28, 2019

California State Bar  # 97979

Member

1981 - Current

California

Since 1981

9th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

• Trial Litigation