Biography
Yehoshua Waknin is an associate in our litigation and transactional departments. Yehoshua’s practice consistently tackles litigation and transactional challenges across a wide spectrum of industries. With a robust background in finance, business, and Talmud, Yehoshua brings a rare interdisciplinary approach to his practice, enabling him to address complex business and legal issues with precision.
Yehoshua graduated from Yeshiva Yesodei HaTorah with a degree in Talmudic Law and earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, graduating with certificates in Public Interest Law and Business & Corporate Law. Throughout his legal education, Yehoshua honed his litigation skills with a series of prestigious internships, including with Judge Stephen P. McGlynn of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, as well as positions with the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois.
Yehoshua’s client-focused advocacy aims to provide aggressive and resourceful litigation towards a winning conclusion and further aims to provide proactive and insightful transactional representation to assist clients in steering clear of pitfalls and attaining winning contractual leverage.
