YumnaKhan
Associate
Litigation
ykhan@seyfarth.com
Both in and out of the courtroom, Yumna drills down complex legal issues into simple terms and builds compelling narratives to obtain the best results for clients facing litigation.
More About Yumna
Yumna partners with clients to find solutions to their legal, strategic, and operational challenges so they can focus on their day-to-day business, rather than pending or threatened litigation. She combines strong oral and written advocacy with innovative strategy tailored to each client’s individualized needs to achieve such results.
Yumna advises clients across diverse industries such as consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, real estate, and transportation. She has broad litigation experience in commercial disputes, medical peer review, product defects, property disputes, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets. Yumna has also successfully secured vexatious litigant findings and related court protections to stop abusive litigation, safeguarding clients from repetitive, meritless claims and unnecessary expense.
Yumna advises clients across diverse industries such as consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, real estate, and transportation. She has broad litigation experience in commercial disputes, medical peer review, product defects, property disputes, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets. Yumna has also successfully secured vexatious litigant findings and related court protections to stop abusive litigation, safeguarding clients from repetitive, meritless claims and unnecessary expense.
- JD, University of Houston Law Center
Houston Journal of International Law
- BS, University of Texas, Austin
Psychology
Clerkship
Judicial Intern for Senior United States District Hon. David Hittner
Judicial Intern for United States District Hon. Jeffrey V. Brown
Civil Division Law Clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
- Texas
- US District Court, Northern District of Texas
- US District Court, Southern District of Texas
- US District Court, Western District of Texas
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Both in and out of the courtroom, Yumna drills down complex legal issues into simple terms and builds compelling narratives to obtain the best results for clients facing litigation.
More About Yumna
Yumna partners with clients to find solutions to their legal, strategic, and operational challenges so they can focus on their day-to-day business, rather than pending or threatened litigation. She combines strong oral and written advocacy with innovative strategy tailored to each client’s individualized needs to achieve such results.
Yumna advises clients across diverse industries such as consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, real estate, and transportation. She has broad litigation experience in commercial disputes, medical peer review, product defects, property disputes, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets. Yumna has also successfully secured vexatious litigant findings and related court protections to stop abusive litigation, safeguarding clients from repetitive, meritless claims and unnecessary expense.
Yumna advises clients across diverse industries such as consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, real estate, and transportation. She has broad litigation experience in commercial disputes, medical peer review, product defects, property disputes, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets. Yumna has also successfully secured vexatious litigant findings and related court protections to stop abusive litigation, safeguarding clients from repetitive, meritless claims and unnecessary expense.
- JD, University of Houston Law Center
Houston Journal of International Law
- BS, University of Texas, Austin
Psychology
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Judicial Intern for Senior United States District Hon. David Hittner
Judicial Intern for United States District Hon. Jeffrey V. Brown
Civil Division Law Clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
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- Co-Author, "All Gas No Brakes – The FTC, DOJ, and HHS Unveil Online Reporting Portal as Latest Effort to Combat Unfair and Anticompetitive Health Care Practices," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 24, 2024)
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