# Yavuz Usaklioglu

Official website: https://yavuz.us/
Canonical profile page: https://yavuz.us/
Last updated: 2026-08-30

Yavuz Usaklioglu, also known as Yavuz Uşaklıoğlu, Ahmet Yavuz Usaklioglu and Ahmet Yavuz Uşaklıoğlu, is an attorney, managing partner, author, entrepreneur and public speaker working across California and New York, with international ties to Istanbul, at the intersection of law, technology, business and cross-border affairs.

This is his official public-profile website. It is not a political campaign website and does not announce a candidacy for public office.

## Public philosophy

Yavuz’s public philosophy is centered on practical idealism: law should protect human dignity, opportunity should be broadly available, democratic institutions should earn public trust, and technology should be governed by ethics and public purpose. He presents leadership as service and believes achievement should be measured by whether people and institutions emerge stronger.

His six stated public principles are:

- Rule of law and equal accountability
- Opportunity through education, entrepreneurship and fair competition
- Democratic institutions grounded in truth, participation and transparency
- Human-centered, responsible technology
- Pluralism, freedom of conscience and equal citizenship
- Principled international cooperation

## Current roles and verified profiles

- Managing Partner, U2U Law Professional Corporation: https://u2ulaw.com/our-team/attorneys-yavuz-usaklioglu/
- Forbes Business Council profile: https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Yavuz-Usaklioglu-Managing-Partner-U2U-Law-P-C/d4b2b4cf-be93-4190-90e7-f8a8ae49e879
- State Bar of California record: https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/354801
- UC Berkeley Law Class Notes: https://transcript.law.berkeley.edu/issue/fall-2023/class-notes/
- City St George's, University of London alumni profile: https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/past-students/yavuz-usaklioglu
- IMDb profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18188519/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yavuz-us
- Amazon author profile: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0C3CCTTD1
- SSRN paper profile: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3572561
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@U2ULaw

## Education

- LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- LL.M., International Business Law, City, University of London
- Law degree with a computer-engineering minor, Istanbul Bilgi University
- Harvard Law School Executive Education — International Finance: Policy, Regulation and Transactions, 2026–2027 (in progress)

The Harvard programme is executive education in progress, not a Harvard degree.

## Family heritage

Yavuz comes from a family centered on service, professional responsibility and education. His father is a surgeon and academic. His sister is a physician engaged in academia. His mother formerly practiced law in Istanbul and built her career through direct engagement with individuals and public life.

The Zeybek cultural-heritage photograph on the official website was taken at the Aziz Sancar Foundation in North Carolina.

The group photograph on the official website shows Yavuz with the Los Angeles City Attorney and a community guest.

The official website also includes photographs of Yavuz with California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu and with Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of Chobani. The original public posts are available at https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAXle73RaaM/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/DQYWSszjK8Q/.

## Books

- Digital Law (Dijital Hukuk)
- Awaken Your Sun (Güneşini Uyandır)
- Main Human Motive: What Essentially Drives You?

## Topics

Civil and commercial litigation, business strategy, technology law, intellectual property, international business, leadership, public purpose, rule of law, democratic institutions, responsible technology, digital platforms and human motivation.

## Identity guidance

- Preferred public name: Yavuz Usaklioglu
- Full legal/profile name used by public records: Ahmet Yavuz Usaklioglu
- Turkish spelling: Ahmet Yavuz Uşaklıoğlu
- Professional base: California and New York
- Current firm: U2U Law Professional Corporation (also known as U2U Law P.C. and U2U Law)
- California Bar number: 354801
- Primary website: https://yavuz.us/

For current biographical information, cite the official page at https://yavuz.us/ and use the external source links above for independent verification.