Lua Kamál Yuille is an associate based in the New York office.
Ms. Yuille’s practice focuses on Latin American corporate matters. She is a regular presenter at academic conferences and has published her academic work in the
Oregon Review of International Law, the
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and the
Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs.
Ms. Yuille joined the firm in 2005. Subsequently, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and as a visiting professor of law at the University of Oregon School of Law. In 2004, Ms. Yuille received a J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law, where she was one of two undergraduate students in the nation chosen to begin law school in the Advanced Interdisciplinary Legal Education (A.I.L.E.) Program. She earned an undergraduate degree, with honors, from The Johns Hopkins University in 2002 and a graduate diploma in international studies from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna Center, in 2001.
Ms. Yuille is a member of the Bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her native language is English, and she is fluent in Italian and Spanish.