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Top Women Lawyers

May 8, 2013

Pamela J. Yates

Kaye Sholer LLP Los Angeles Practice type: litigation


An injury determined that Yates would go to law school instead of becoming a professional tennis player.


Yates, an 8-year partner at Kaye Scholer, came to the U.S. from England for a tennis scholarship but during her senior year of college injured her shoulder, effectively ending her plans for a career in the sport. Instead, she went to Southwestern Law School to study sports and entertainment law.


"I always had a fascination of the law through my...

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