Yume Hoshijima

I’m Yume (pronounced “you may”). I’m a Counsel at Sher Edling LLP in San Francisco, where I represent states and local governments in high-impact lawsuits against private corporations that have harmed the environment, natural resources, and communities. I also help states defend litigation brought by the United States to impair the proper enforcement of state laws.

I was born in Japan and grew up in San Diego. I moved east to attend Yale College, the Yale School of the Environment, and Yale Law School. During graduate school, I served as an Articles & Essays Editor of the Yale Law Journal (my student Note is accessible here) and as an inaugural Graduate Fellow for former U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry.

Before entering practice, I clerked for the Honorable Scott M. Matheson, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Honorable John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Outside of work, I spend as much time outdoors as possible: I’m a middle-of-pack endurance athlete (marathons and triathlons) and a frequent explorer of the Bay Area’s many parks. I’m also a news junkie who hoards interesting and occasionally useful information. If not for my belief that today’s environmental crises demand legal action, I would have been an engineer, as I’m endlessly fascinated by complicated machines and civil infrastructure.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch at yume.hoshijima [at] aya.yale.edu.