SYLG, APC is a boutique law firm in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in complex criminal, civil and medical board litigation and trials in federal, state and administrative courts. Susan Yu, the firm’s founder, is nationally recognized as a top trial lawyer with an impeccable track record. She has won many difficult and complex criminal, civil and medical board trials, utilizing her unique trial skills, insights, and life experiences. The firm is dedicated to providing the best possible results for its diverse clients, who span the gamut from big corporations, government officials, celebrities, and wealthy individuals, to the poor.

Deeply committed to excellence, the firm has a history of consistently obtaining winning results for many prominent clients, including: the late music legend Michael Jackson, the First Lady of Gabon, Africa, a family member of the late film actor Peter Falk (known from a hit TV series “Columbo,”) a family member of a top-ranking government official from China, former CEO of St John Knits International, Inc., an international corporation from South Korea, a family member of LA Gear, a top-ranking officer of a multi-national real estate development company from India, a publicly traded midstream company from Texas, a prominent orthopedic surgeon from Southern California, and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., just to name a few.

In addition to maintaining a diverse trial practice, the firm is actively involved in pro bono and community service, as well as a wide-range of work for the profession. Susan funded and opened a Free Legal Clinic at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Los Angeles for low-income persons from all walks of life.  Susan continues to donate her time to the poor in high-stakes criminal and civil rights cases pro bono in state and federal courts.  For 10 years, from 2007-2016, Susan served on the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC) (2007 – 2014) and the California State Bar’s Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE) (2014-2016), evaluating judicial applicants. The JAC Committee reviews and investigates judicial applicants for the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench. The JNE Commission investigates and evaluates judicial applicants at the trial and appellate court levels throughout the state of California.

Susan is a Master Fellow, an  Advisory Board member and a Nomination Committee fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA).  She was elected to serve as President of LCA in 2011.  Susan is a Master of the Bench member of the American Inns of Court and is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

To help women advance in the legal profession, Susan supports California Women Lawyers and serves on the Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA) and mentors young women lawyers as WLALA’s DTLA Career Mentoring Chair.  Susan is often asked to travel around the United States to lecture on various subjects, including trial strategies, the legal profession and civil rights.