Yana
Hart

Ms. Hart is a San Diego Partner at Clarkson, who runs the firm’s AI & Data Privacy Litigation practice. During her distinguished career, Ms. Hart has litigated hundreds of consumer protection cases, including class actions and complex individual matters. Her work has spanned key consumer statutes such as the California Invasion of Privacy Act Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act. She has extensive experience with key federal and California consumer statutes. Her work has resulted in numerous favorable rulings, which have been published in Lexis and Westlaw.

Ms. Hart has also contributed to the field through published legal scholarship on privacy and consumer protection. Her article, “The Impact of Smith v. LoanMe on My Right to Privacy Against Recording Telephone Conversations,” was published in Gavel magazine by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association in October 2020. Her article, “Stopping Collection Abuses in Medical Debt,” appeared in Forum magazine, published by the Consumer Attorneys of California in March 2021.

Ms. Hart is admitted to the State Bars of California, Florida, and the District of Columbia, as well as all U.S. District Courts in California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Hart graduated summa cum laude from Cabrini College in 2012, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She earned her J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2015, where she was valedictorian of her class. After law school, Ms. Hart volunteered countless hours with various legal clinics, includ-ing the San Diego Small Claims Legal Advisory, El Cajon Legal Clinic, and San Diego Appellate Clinic.

Ms. Hart is fluent in Russian.