Yumehiko "Yume" Hoshijima

Hello! I'm Yume (pronounced "you may"), an attorney based in San Francisco, California. I work for Sher Edling LLP, where I represent states, local governments, and other public entities across the United States in high-impact, public-interest climate change and environmental litigation.

I'm an all-rounder who leads small teams across every phase of litigation. I often work on difficult issues relating to civil procedure, federal jurisdiction, remedies, statutory interpretation, structural constitutional law, and torts.

I was born in Japan and grew up in San Diego. I moved east to attend Yale College (B.A. 2015), the Yale School of the Environment (M.E.M. 2019), and Yale Law School (J.D. 2019). Then, I clerked for the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2019–20) and the Honorable Scott M. Matheson, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2020–21) before joining Sher Edling.

In my spare time, I hike, I'm training for a triathlon, and I'm planning to re-learn how to surf after a long hiatus. I'm a news junkie who prizes and hoards interesting and occasionally useful information. If not for my belief that today's grave environmental problems require legal solutions, I would have been an engineer: I have a strong STEM background and am fascinated by complicated machines, civil infrastructure, and technology in general.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch at yume.hoshijima [at] aya.yale.edu or yume [at] sheredling.com.