Pauline Yeung-Ha
Pauline Yeung-Ha, Esq.
Serving Clients in New York City and the New York Metropolitan Area
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Pauline Yeung-Ha
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A Woman of Distinction: Pauline Yeung-Ha, Brooklyn’s Women of Distinction 2017 award recipient, proudly discusses her commitment to serving the citizens of Brooklyn, where she was born and raised and became a lawyer.
“Often when I meet people, they’ll say ‘I wish I’d known you earlier.’ And I think, ‘I wish I could have helped you earlier.”
Pauline Yeung-Ha is a Partner at the Grimaldi Yeung Law Group LLP. Ms. Yeung-Ha concentrates in the practice areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs Planning.
Ms. Yeung-Ha is a member of the House of Delegates and the Vice President of the Second Judicial District of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). She also serves as the President Elect on the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Pauline Yeung-Ha extends her work with the elder community as Secretary on the Board of Directors of CaringKind (formerly Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter), and as Chair Emeritus of the Pro Bono Clinic of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY). The Pro Bono Clinic was named as AABANY’s Committee of the Year for 2016 and Program of the Year of 2017 and awarded New York State Bar Association’s Bar Leaders Innovation Award for 2020.
Ms. Yeung-Ha’s recognitions include being an Honoree of the St. John’s University School of Law Chapter of the Asian-Pacific American Law Student’s Association (APALSA) in 2018, “Super Lawyer” from 2015 to 2023, and “Best Lawyer” from 2012 to 2024. In 2022, Pauline Yeung-Ha accepted an award as an Honoree of Women’s History Month Celebration from Brooklyn DA’s office, the Brooklyn Borough President’s office and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce as one of the ten successful Women Business Owners of the New York City. Ms. Yeung-Ha was awarded as 2023 Power Women of Brooklyn. Ms. Yeung-Ha was awarded as 2023 Power Women of Brooklyn and most recently received the Legal Advocate Award from Health Essentials Association at their 2024 Awards dinner.
In 2022, Super Lawyers Magazine wrote an article about Ms. Yeung-Ha titled “Tomb Sweeping Day” explaining how to communicate with the Chinese community about the importance of being prepared for the day they cannot speak for themselves and to rid the taboo of speaking of death with family members.
Ms. Yeung-Ha regularly gives community seminars in Cantonese Chinese on a wide variety of elder law and estate planning topics.
She received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law and is admitted to practice in both New York and New Jersey.