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Overview

Micaela Yarosh provides comprehensive support to businesses that are facing mass tort and product liability risks.

Prior Experience

Before joining the firm, Micaela gained experience in litigation, data privacy and health law through work in both the public and private sectors. As a summer associate with the firm, she supported attorneys on litigation matters involving real estate, trademarks and data privacy, and developed client resources summarizing state data privacy laws for life sciences clients.

During law school, Micaela served as a research assistant to Professor Matthew Kugler, analyzing over 100 complaints filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and leading a team of research assistants to expand the project’s scope.

She previously clerked with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Vaccine Litigation, drafting pleadings, settlement memoranda and damages briefs in vaccine injury cases and conducting data-driven research to inform government litigation strategy. Earlier, Micaela contributed to neuroethics research at the Shen Neurolaw Lab in Minneapolis.

Personal Interests

Outside of the office, Micaela is playing her violin, cooking new recipes and learning to sew.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Illinois

Education

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
J.D. cum laude, Northwestern University Law Review (online managing editor) (2025)

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
B.A. in Applied Music and Mathematics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2019)

Honors

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law — Paul A. Weingarden Law Student Scholarship; Howard and Betsy Chapman Law Scholarship; Arlyn Miner Book Award 
Awards Methodology
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