Yuri Mikulka co-leads the firm's Consumer Technology Patent Litigation Team and serves on the AI Steering Committee. With over 25 years of experience, she serves as lead counsel for innovative companies, from Fortune 100 firms to emerging AI startups. Yuri represents clients in litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks. She also collaborates closely with clients and teams within the firm to seamlessly meet her clients’ litigation, regulatory, and other legal needs.

Yuri's expertise is widely recognized. The Daily Journal named her one of California’s top IP lawyers, highlighting her defense of a global company in a multibillion-dollar patent and trade secret case as one of their “Top Defense Verdicts.” The LA Business Journal honored her as one of the 500 most influential leaders in LA for six years. The Los Angeles Times hailed her as a “legal visionary.” IAM Strategy 300 recognizes Yuri as “The World's Leading IP Strategists.”

Yuri is a prominent figure in the industry. She has served as the president of the Federal Bar Association, LA Chapter, and as the 9th Circuit representative of ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which evaluates federal judicial nominees. She is the advisor for ABA’s AI For Litigators Initiative, a board member of ChIPs, LA Chapter, and co-founder of Carry As You Climb, a leadership group for executives and in-house counsel.