Sharon Yuen

Senior Trial Attorney

Since 2003, Sharon Yuen has successfully litigated and resolved cases for her clients in insurance recovery and complex business litigation. As an Orange County business lawyer, she has represented corporate policyholders, including Fortune 500 companies and major entertainment industry clients, in their complex insurance coverage matters.

CONTACT INFORMATION

syuen@callahan-law.com
Toll Free: 888-284-0809
Phone: 714-241-4444
Fax: (714) 241-4445
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PRACTICE AREAS

Insurance Recovery and Bad Faith
Professional Liability
Complex Business Litigation
Contract Law
Commercial Law

BAR ADMISSIONS

California, 2003
U.S. District Court Central District of California

EDUCATION

University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California
- J.D. – 2003
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Witkin Award for Academic Excellence
University of California, Berkeley, California
- B.A. – 1997

OVERVIEW
She has experience with matters involving first-party and third-party disputes in property damage, business interruption, copyright infringement, bodily injury, production delay, insurance broker-agent liability, and government interference claims under general liability, property, D&O, E&O, motion picture/television producers portfolio, and political risk insurance policies. She also has significant experience with class-action lawsuits in Orange County such as securities fraud, predatory lending, and mass tort.
Illustrative Cases
- Managing senior associate for trial with a jury verdict of $48.5 million, featured in The Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiff Verdicts of 2008. Case involved breach of contract and professional negligence action against a large, international broker. Deposed witnesses whose videotapes were presented at trial, drafted motion for summary judgment, motions in limine, and trial briefs, retained and prepared experts, and drafted trial and post-trial briefing.
- Successfully represented franchisor in international franchise dispute alleging fraud and breach of contract.
- Successfully represented a worldwide music corporation to secure insurance coverage for a contract dispute alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, fraudulent concealment, and copyright infringement.
- Successfully represented manufacturer of respiratory protection devices in obtaining insurance coverage for mass tort and products liability actions.
- Successfully represented a major motion picture studio in obtaining coverage from production delay due to an injury to the leading actor.
- Represented U.S. military shipbuilder in a $1 billion insurance recovery action for a first-party claim relating to losses from a natural disaster.
- Successfully represented major technology and media company in obtaining $30 million in defense costs under a D&O policy in a matter relating to an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 2005 – 2011
- Pasich & Kornfeld LLP, 2003 – 2005
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2003

She has experience with matters involving first-party and third-party disputes in property damage, business interruption, copyright infringement, bodily injury, production delay, insurance broker-agent liability, and government interference claims under general liability, property, D&O, E&O, motion picture/television producers portfolio, and political risk insurance policies. She also has significant experience with class-action lawsuits in Orange County such as securities fraud, predatory lending, and mass tort.

Managing senior associate for trial with a jury verdict of $48.5 million, featured in The Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiff Verdicts of 2008. Case involved breach of contract and professional negligence action against a large, international broker. Deposed witnesses whose videotapes were presented at trial, drafted motion for summary judgment, motions in limine, and trial briefs, retained and prepared experts, and drafted trial and post-trial briefing.
Successfully represented franchisor in international franchise dispute alleging fraud and breach of contract.
Successfully represented a worldwide music corporation to secure insurance coverage for a contract dispute alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, fraudulent concealment, and copyright infringement.
Successfully represented manufacturer of respiratory protection devices in obtaining insurance coverage for mass tort and products liability actions.
Successfully represented a major motion picture studio in obtaining coverage from production delay due to an injury to the leading actor.
Represented U.S. military shipbuilder in a $1 billion insurance recovery action for a first-party claim relating to losses from a natural disaster.
Successfully represented major technology and media company in obtaining $30 million in defense costs under a D&O policy in a matter relating to an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

American Bar Association, Member
Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Member
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member

Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 2005 – 2011
Pasich & Kornfeld LLP, 2003 – 2005
United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2003

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