Goldberg Segalla added Yealee Song to the firm’s Workers’ Compensation practice group in Orange County.

Yealee is an experienced litigator and advisor, defending the interests of insurers, employers, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation matters. She handles claims from start to finish for retail, manufacturing, and tech companies as well as public entities. Yealee has appeared at status, mandatory settlement and priority conferences, expedited hearings, and trials before the Workers’ Compensation Board throughout California.

Yealee develops comprehensive litigation strategies for each case with legal analysis of the issues, defenses, and possible exposure, providing clients with a plan of action for discovery and claim resolution. When it is in her client’s best interest, she negotiates and settles files as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible in order to mitigate damages. Yealee’s aggressive defense of claims also resulted in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office criminally prosecuting a claimant for perjury.

Yealee earned her B.A. from the University of California, Irvine and her J.D. from the Southwestern Law School.