Mia F Yamamoto

History

Mia is a former deputy public defender and has been in private practice since 1985. She is the past president of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (a statewide organization of over 2,500 public and private defenders), past president of the Japanese American Bar Association, past president of the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance as well as co-founder and past chair of the Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance (a coalition of minority, women's and LGB T bar associations in Los Angeles).

Specialties

Mia Frances Yamamoto is one of the most distinguished and successful criminal defense attorneys in Southern California. She has tried over 200 jury trials and represented thousands of clients accused of criminal offenses, including murder, assault, sex offenses, drug offenses, theft, white-collar offenses, regulatory offenses and DUI. She has been honored by the Criminal Courts Bar Association, National Lawyers Guild and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She was named