Awards & Recognition

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Product Liability Litigation - Defendents

Product Liability, Catastrophic Injury, Class Action

Walter Yoka, Christopher Faenza and Alice Chen Smith have been recognized in the 2nd edition of Lawdragon’s guide to the most elite courtroom advocates in the nation. Those selected represent the all-stars in commercial litigation, financial and securities matters, white collar and investigations, and IP, cybersecurity and data privacy.

Honorees are selected through submissions,  journalistic research of the lawyers behind the biggest cases, and editorial vetting from a board of peers.

YOKA I SMITH will be recognized in this year’s Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leader of Influence: Most Admired Law Firms To Work For – September 18, 2023  

The Law firms that we have distinguished as Most Admired To Work For are consciously working towards creating diverse, positive, and supportive environments to help drive the success of their attorneys.

We thank the Los Angeles Business Journal for this recognition, and the amazing colleagues we are fortunate to work with at YOKA | SMITH.

Walter Yoka, Christopher Faenza, Alice Chen Smith and Lauren A.R. Lofton are among the all-star litigators selected for the the inaugural guide to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.

The guide is dedicated to those attorneys who excel representing principally corporations and other organizations in litigating claims involving Antitrust, Securities, Financial, M&A, Intellectual Property and Patents, Product Liability, Mass Tort, White Collar, Government Investigations and Energy disputes.

YOKA | SMITH is pleased to announce that partner Lauren A.R. Lofton was elected as the District 7 Governor for California Women Lawyers. CWL is the only statewide organization with the mission of advancing women in the legal profession and in society. She will serve for two years on the board. 

The Los Angeles Business Journal received hundreds of nominations from which their publisher determined who was worthy of this honor.  To be included speaks volumes for Alice and the firm. The list, including Alice, will be published on April 18th by the Los Angeles Business Journal.