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Xiaorui /shaw-ray/ Yang is an important member of KBK’s skilled legal team. With considerable experience in handling complex litigation and investigations across forums and jurisdictions, he is regularly called on to brief outcome-determining legal issues at trial and on appeal, provide advice on key procedural strategies, and investigate complicated fact patterns.

Before joining KBK, Mr. Yang served as an associate at a major international law firm’s D.C. office where he represented clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts and handled matters involving a wide range of subject matters, including data privacy, cybersecurity, and antitrust law. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Yang also brings a valuable international perspective to KBK’s practice. Before embarking on his legal career in the United States, he worked as a Senior Foreign Legal Consultant for the same major international firm in China. In that role, he helped multinational companies investigate alleged misconduct in their Chinese operation and defended U.S. and Chinese companies in transnational litigation. He is a native Mandarin speaker and well-versed in both Chinese culture and its legal system.

Mr. Yang maintains an active pro bono practice. He has represented clients in matters involving habeas corpus, direct criminal appeal, veterans’ benefits, attorney sanctions, and custody disputes in courts around the country. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review. He also holds a J.D. from the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.