Emily J. Yukich

Emily Yukich counsels small to mid-sized businesses in a variety of industries, including technology; consumer products; manufacturing; food and beverage; hospitality; construction; and professional services industries on a range of complex transactional matters. She handles business formation, planning, and restructuring. Ms. Yukich also works with startups on strategy and early-stage funding as well as with existing companies on growth and acquisition financing. She handles mergers, acquisitions and other general commercial transactions; provides advice on corporate governance matters; and serves as outside general counsel to a number of clients, advising on day-to-day legal matters.

Ms. Yukich graduated, magna cum laude, from Kenyon College and earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. Prior to launching her legal career, she co-founded and served as lead teacher of an inner city Montessori school in Boston and as the executive director of a nonprofit early childhood education center in Massachusetts. Ms. Yukich also worked an instructor at University of Pennsylvania, where she taught undergraduate English and completed coursework toward a Ph.D. in English.

Ms. Yukich has served as vice president, secretary, and president of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA). In 2011, she founded Women in LAVA, a strategic interest group focused on the specific needs of women entrepreneurs who are seeking seed or venture financing. Ms. Yukich is on the board of Believe in Big Change, an organization that provides guidance and support for at-risk women and mothers. She is a member of the California Lawyers’ Association’s Corporations Committee and is a past co-chair of that committee. Ms. Yukich also served as the managing partner of Fox Rothschild’s Los Angeles office and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee for five years. Currently, she is a member of Fox Rothschild’s Succession Planning Committee as well as its Strategic Growth Committee.