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Schwartz Hannum PC Is Pleased To Announce That Soyoung Yoon Has Joined The Firm As An Associate

June 2012

[June 28, 2012]  Soyoung received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea in 1991.  She went on to earn a Master of Arts in Special Education (1992) and a Master of Education in Instructional Practice and Special Education (1996), from Columbia University, New York, NY.  She also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education from Columbia (1998).  Soyoung received her Juris Doctor Degree from Boston College School of Law, where she received the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (“MATA”) Outstanding Student Contribution Award, and co-authored, with the MATA, an Amicus Brief, in Sikorski v. City of Peabody (2009).  She was a Staff Editor for the Intellectual Property & Technology Forum and a participant in the Wendell Grimes Moot Court, Negotiation Competition.

While in law school, Soyoung served as a judicial intern at the Massachusetts Appeals Court, assisting the Honorable Cynthia J. Cohen and the Honorable Fernande R. V. Duffly with appellate opinions for civil cases. Soyoung also served as a law clerk for the hearing officers at the Bureau of Special Education Appeals. Soyoung represented low to moderate-income clients through Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau Community Enterprise Clinic.

Prior to law school, Soyoung was an ABA Instructor at the Westchester Board of Collaborative Education Service in Yorktown Heights, NY (2007); a School Supervisor at Hawthorne Country Day School in Hawthorne, NY (2002-2006); Adjunct Faculty at City College, City University of New York, NY (2000-2001); and Special Education Coordinator and Special Education Teacher at the Fred S. Keller School, Yonkers, NY (1995-2001).  Soyoung has also authored several publications related to education.

For the past year, Soyoung has worked on matters pertaining to employment discrimination, non-competition agreements, commercial and business law, and school law.  Soyoung also has experience with trademark, copyright and patent issues, and dispute resolutions.

Soyoung is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.