Michelle C. Yau

Michelle C. Yau is a Partner at Cohen Milstein and Chair of the firm’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice group. In her role, Ms. Yau represents the interests of employees, retirees, plan participants, or beneficiaries in ERISA cases, with a focus on ERISA cases involving complex financial transactions or actuarial issues.

Ms. Yau is passionate about protecting pension plan participants. She brings to her practice a unique combination of government experience related to enforcing labor statutes and experience in finance, addressing complex financial instruments. Prior to joining Cohen Milstein in 2007, Ms. Yau was an Honors Program Attorney at the Department of Labor where she enforced and administered a variety of labor statutes, and before pursuing a career in law she worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions Group of the Investment Banking Division.