Sean Yi

Sean Yi is a litigation associate in Glaser Weil’s San Diego office, where he focuses on complex commercial litigation. Sean has extensive experience representing clients in civil matters in state and federal courts in diverse industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consumer credit reporting, banking, airlines and telecommunications. Sean’s litigation experience involves a wide breadth of commercial claims, including securities fraud actions, contract disputes, class actions, False Claims Act matters, antitrust suits, consumer credit reporting cases and insurance recovery matters for policyholders, among other matters.

Sean also has significant experience advising clients in connection with internal corporate investigations and government investigations, including requests by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sean has significant experience in:

• Financial services litigation
• Internal investigations
• Government investigations

Sean’s notable experience includes his representation of:

• A pharmaceutical corporation in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court alleging violations of the False Claims Act.*
• A credit reporting agency in federal lawsuits brought by plaintiffs bringing claims under the Federal Credit Reporting Act*
• The special committee of a U.S. public company in its internal investigation of related-party transactions in the U.S. and China involving company founders and senior executives.*
• A major Indian pharmaceutical company in a class action lawsuit filed in federal court alleging violations of the federal securities laws in connection with a warning letter issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the company.*

* Denotes prior firm experience

Member, Federal Bar Association

Committee Member, Twentieth Anniversary of Judith N. Keep Federal Civil Practice Seminar

Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert S. Huie, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2022-2023