Yilun is a pioneer in legal technology and innovation applied in both litigation and transactional work. He is selected to the 2024 Rising Stars List by Super Lawyer. No more than 2.5 percent in each state are named to the Rising Stars list. He has served as a longstanding legal advisor to multinational corporations, non-profit organizations, and Chinese enterprises in the U.S.
Yilun has substantial practical experience in compliance investigations and cross-border sanctions, successfully representing corporate clients in high-stakes litigation, cross-border sanctions defense, asset seizure, U.S. entity list claims and appeals, and commercial disputes, some of which exceeding millions of dollars at dispute.
Credentials
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D., cum laude
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Marvin E. Aspen, U.S. District Court (N.D. Illinois)
University of Chicago, M.S. in Computer Science (substantial exp. in cryptocurrency systems and A.I.)
University of California at Berkeley, M.S. in Industrial Engineering;
University of California at Berkeley, B.A. in Mathematics and Operations Research
Admissions and Qualifications
Kentucky, Illinois, New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin