Biography
Yonatan’s recent experience includes serving on Weil teams representing a U.S. publisher in significant litigation involving complex trademark infringement, copyright ownership, and contract claims adverse to a national university; remote communications technology and energy storage companies in chapter 11 proceedings; and an American financial news, information and analytics corporation in a trade secret dispute with a pair of Australian companies.
Yonatan also has an active pro bono practice, including serving on Weil teams representing and counseling pro bono clients in religious discrimination, Violence Against Woman Act, and copyright matters.
Yonatan received his J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law in 2019, where he served as Competitions Editor of the Moot Court Board, and received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Yeshiva University in 2009.
Prior to joining Weil, Yonatan worked as a summer judicial intern for the Hon. Gerald Lebovits of the New York State Supreme Court.
Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Latest Thinking
- New York Federal Jury Rejects First Amendment Defense in “MetaBirkins” NFT Standoff Alert — Intellectual Property & Media — By Todd Larson and Yonatan Shefa — PDF — February 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Secures Major Victory for Religious Freedom in New York Litigation Win — May 24, 2024
- Weil Secures Affirmance of Dismissal of Replevin Action Regarding 14th-Century Jewish Manuscript Deal Brief — April 02, 2024