Sahng-Ah Yoo

Associate Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 3096

Sahng-Ah Yoo

Overview

Sahng-Ah Yoo is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Sahng-Ah's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She has experience representing clients in a broad array of matters, including antitrust, class-action defense, consumer fraud, contractual disputes, securities and government investigations. The American Lawyer has recognized Sahng-Ah's trial work.

Sahng-Ah also maintains an active pro bono practice, leading federal lawsuits against the government on behalf of individuals and clients on issues involving the Administrative Procedure Act, Federal Tort Claims Act and Immigration and Nationality Act.

Judicial Law ClerkHonorable Judge Judith C. McCarthyUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York2022

Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Pro Bono Fellow, The Legal Aid Society

Briefs for the following:

  • Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellee in Secretary United States DOL v. American Future Systems, National Employment Law Project
  • Amicus Curiae Supporting Plaintiff in U.T. v. Barr, Refugees International
  • Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner in Case Under Seal, Bronx Defenders
  • Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioners in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brow, Minority Veterans of America

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Author, “Learning to Speak Human,” The Harbinger, N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 40, 2019

Co-Author, “Becoming Allies in Eradicating Long-Standing Legal Barriers,” Fordham University Press, 2017

Co-Author, “Five Ways to Incorporate Borders into Criminology,” Oxford Border Criminologies Blog, 2016

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2024District of Columbia
  • 2020New York

Courts

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • New York University School of LawJ.D.2019

    Next Generation Leader, American Constitution Society

    Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program

    American Bar Association Judicial Intern Opportunity Program

    N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change

  • University of OxfordM.Sc., Criminology and Criminal Justice2016

    Verdict Essay Competition Winner, “What Would the Implications Be If the Human Rights Act Was To Be Replaced With a British Bill of Rights?”

    Us versus Them: Explaining Police Brutality as Crime (Dissertation)

  • Columbia UniversityB.A., Psychologymagna cum laude2015

    Phi Beta Kappa

    The President’s and Provost’s Student Initiative Award

    CSER — McGill Scholarship

    Solomon & Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellowship

    James Herman Aldrich and Herman Aldrich Edson Scholarship