Yara Karmalawy

Yara Karmalawy is an experienced attorney currently working at Phillips Spallas & Angstadt since March 2021, specializing in commercial and corporate litigation, tort litigation, civil litigation, and insurance defense. Prior to this role, Yara served as an associate attorney at Kern Segal & Murray from February 2020 to February 2021. Yara's legal career began as a law clerk at SmartBiz Loans and the Advocacy Center for Employment Law, alongside a legal internship at Varian Medical Systems and work as a marketing specialist at Auto World. Yara holds a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Golden Gate University, School of Law, completed in 2019, and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Legal Studies and Political Science with a focus on International Relations from the University of California, Santa Cruz, obtained in 2013.