Hannah Yu currently serves as Chief of the Hate Crimes Unit at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Hannah is responsible for supervising the prosecution of the Office’s hate crime cases and overseeing investigations into bias-motivated incidents. She also works closely with her Office’s leadership and detectives at NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force and has conducted hate crimes trainings for members of the NYPD, elected officials, community leaders, staff, and prosecutors.

Prior to joining the Hate Crimes Unit, Hannah prosecuted violent street crimes, including shootings, robberies, and homicides, as well as intimate partner violence and sexual assault cases.

Before becoming a prosecutor, Hannah worked as a litigation associate at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and clerked for the Honorable Brian M. Cogan at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She received her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and her B.A. from Barnard College.

Hannah is a board member of the Korean Prosecutors Association (KPA), and a member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) and the Korean American Lawyers Association for Greater New York (KALAGNY).