Scandaglia & Ryan

SARA YOUN

Sara Youn joined Scandaglia & Ryan in Fall 2008 after working as a staff attorney in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie. Prior to that, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Gary Larson, District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota. Before attending law school, Ms. Youn worked as an honors paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.

Ms. Youn has experience representing clients in complex product liability cases, franchisor-franchisee disputes and class action defense litigation.

CASES IN POINT

  • Defending a petroleum company in a suit asserting claims for negligence, nuisance, trespass, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages arising out of alleged oil contamination in a rural town.
  • Represented a large aerospace manufacturer on numerous complex product liability matters.
  • Defended large franchisor against a class action arising from the franchise agreement and the payment of licensing fees.

ADMISSIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS

  • Federal Bar: Northern District of Illinois
  • State Bar: Washington

EDUCATION

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minnesota
    • Juris Doctor, 2007
    • Dean's Elite Scholarship
    • Managing Editor (2006-2007) and Staff Member (2005-2006), Minnesota Law Review
    • First Year Legal Writing Honors, Best Brief and Best Section Oral Argument
    • Vice President, University of Minnesota Asylum Law Project
  • Georgetown University, Washington D.C
    • Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 2002
    • Honors Thesis: "Out of That Land: American Missionary Influence on Early Korean Immigration to Hawaii"
    • George F. Baker Scholar and Rev. Royden B. Davis, S.J., Scholarship
    • Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honor Society)
  • Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Semester abroad, Spring 2001
 Sara Youn