Constance Yu

Constance Yu concentrates her practice on business tort issues, including disputes over complex commercial transactions, banking practices, intellectual property and real property rights, unfair competition, false advertising, and employment matters. She regularly advises and defends companies in threatened enforcement actions, government investigations and risk management matters. Ms. Yu also advises clients in criminal investigations involving corporations, former government officials, and private individuals in financial and other business disputes. She serves as a Mediator and Neutral Evaluator on the ADR panel of approved neutrals for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Ms. Yu is a founding partner of Putterman | Yu | Wang LLP, an AV-rated law firm based in San Francisco. Her civil trial experience includes business torts, defamation, creditors' rights, professional liability insurance coverage, intellectual property and trade secrets, trust and estate contests, real estate and premises liability, sexual harassment, and employment contract claims. Ms. Yu’s representation of clients includes both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of commercial disputes involving copyright/trademark infringement claims, trade secrets, e-commerce businesses, defamation, securities cases, professional liability, and RICO. She also represents clients in commercial contracts for goods and services, operating agreements, licensing agreements, franchise agreements, partnership agreements and partnership disputes, and joint venture agreements.

Ms. Yu is a regular contributor to CEB programs as a speaker and program panelist. Her CEB programs have included “Trial Practice,” “Anti-SLAPP,” “Tips for Arbitration,” and “Trade Secrets.” Ms. Yu is recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyers (2011 to 2023), and was selected as one of America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® (2019 to 2022). She previously served as the Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee for the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of The Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco’s Inn of Court, and is also a past President of the Inn. Ms. Yu serves as a Mediator and early Neutral Evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ADR Program. She has been a teacher for Stanford Law School’s “Trial Advocacy Program and Federal Practice” since 2003.