Yifan (Lily) Li

Associate

Location
New York
Phone number
(212) 808-5964

Lily Li is an associate in the firm’s New York office.

Lily was a judicial intern for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Department for the U.S. District Court for the District of New York, Eastern District, gaining experience in court-assigned mediations in civil cases involving Fair Labor Standards Act claims, employment discrimination and contract disputes.

During law school, Lily served as Co-Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division for Georgetown Law’s Barristers’ Council. She had represented the school in international competitions, including the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna and the CPR International Mediation Competition in São Paulo. As a student attorney in the Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic, she had represented clients in hearings before the D.C. Superior Court’s Landlord & Tenant Branch. Additionally, Lily had spoken at Asian American Law societies, offering guidance to law students.

Pro Bono

Served as trial counsel for a domestic violence survivor in defending against claims of malicious prosecution and abuse of process brought by her former spouse in federal court in the Eastern District of New York. After the client had represented herself for eight years, Kelley Drye took on the matter pro bono and immediately prepared the case for trial on an expedited schedule. The team managed all aspects of a four-day jury trial, effectively countering emotionally charged allegations and demonstrating significant inconsistencies in plaintiff’s testimony, and ultimately securing a unanimous jury verdict in the client’s favor.