Debra Wong Yang
Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2024
Band 2 : Crisis Management
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+1 (213) 229-7472Share profile
Band 2
About
Provided by Debra Wong Yang
Practice Areas
Deb is Chair of the firm's Crisis Management practice, and formerly a Chair of the White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection practices. She leads critical representations in litigation and white collar, both high-profile and highly confidential, involving a wide variety of industries, economic sectors, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, global jurisdictions and all types of civil, criminal and administrative proceedings. Her clients are in the private and public sectors. She has represented companies, boards, and board committees in internal investigations, compliance-related issues, and criminal investigations regarding the accounting and securities, FCPA, BSA/AML, SPACs, health care, trade secrets, sexual assault and cyber/data intrusions, among multiple other areas. She has litigated and settled large class action matters.
Career
U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California 2002-2007. Former California State Court Judge. Former Police Commissioner for LAPD. Selected as Monitor/Election Officer by DOJ, NY Attorney General, and local municipality.
Personal
JD, Boston College, 1985; BA, Pitzer College, 1981.
Chambers Review
Crisis & Risk Management
Chair of Gibson Dunn's Crisis Management practice, Debra Wong Yang is an acclaimed white-collar crime defense expert, frequently advising high-calibre clients on complex investigations, disputes and reputational matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Debra is excellent. She is a calming and steadying presence in crisis matters. She sees the big picture, keeps the eye on the ball and has great judgment."
"Debra is very strong. She is sophisticated, knowledgeable and has great expertise in this sector."
"I think very highly of her and the work she did was excellent. She has tremendous experience and is very client-focused."
"Debra is excellent. She is a calming and steadying presence in crisis matters. She sees the big picture, keeps the eye on the ball and has great judgment."
"Debra is very strong. She is sophisticated, knowledgeable and has great expertise in this sector."
"I think very highly of her and the work she did was excellent. She has tremendous experience and is very client-focused."
