Yardena R. Zwang-Weissman

Associate

Yardena R. Zwang-Weissman is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Ms. Zwang-Weissman focuses her practice on commercial matters, as well as product liability, environmental, and complex mass tort litigation. She also has represented clients in cases involving corporate investigations, contractual and commercial disputes in the healthcare field and is currently part of a team coordinating national representation for serial product liability actions.

Ms. Zwang-Weissman has represented clients including valve manufacturers, industrial coolant suppliers, plumbing and irrigation suppliers, raw material suppliers and contractors in product liability, toxic tort, and chemical exposure matters before state and federal courts. She participates in all aspects of litigation, including development of defense strategies, coordination with multiple defendants, taking and defending depositions, motion practice, and trial preparation. Ms. Zwang-Weissman also has represented clients in the maritime and manufacturing industries in cases involving alleged environmental contamination. She is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Ms. Zwang-Weissman received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2006, where she served as notes editor for the Hastings Law Journal. While in law school, she served as an extern for Justice Carlos Moreno of the Supreme Court of California and Judge S. James Otero of the Central District of California. Ms. Zwang-Weissman received her B.A., with highest honors, in communication and law and society from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003.

Ms. Zwang-Weissman is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California.