Joanna Yam is an associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins.

Joanna graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where she received Dean’s Awards for Procedural Analysis and Lawyering Skills. During law school, Joanna served as the senior notes and comments editor for the UC Irvine Law Review and participated in the Community and Economic Development Clinic.

Before attending law school, Joanna received her BA in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside, where she graduated magna cum laude and with Chancellor’s Honors.

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2024
    magna cum laude
  • BA in Political Science, University of California, Riverside, 2020
    magna cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English