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Kit Yona (he/him) does a little bit of everything at FindLaw, spreading his time between writing, editing, and publishing articles. If it has words, he wants to be involved.
Kit graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Psychology. He then earned a Master of Arts in English from Michigan State University. After graduation, he juggled running the family business with righting wrong writing as a freelance writer/editor/proofreader. With the sale of the business, Kit was finally able to focus on his preferred career.
Kit has written everything from college prep essays to answers for The Straight Dope. In addition to helping others with their writing, Kit’s work has appeared in several publications, including one of the lead stories in the Amazon #1 Bestseller Machine of Death. He has edited both nonfiction and fiction in about every genre imaginable.
An admitted word nerd, Kit is also a level three ice hockey referee, a first-degree black belt, and a board game addict. A passionate advocate for women’s rights, he serves as a team leader for MMA Clinic escorts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids, three dogs, and two cats in a house that is in no way large enough for all of them.
Mention a lawsuit involving Patricia Kotero, and most, if not all, will respond with a puzzled look. Trying the same thing with the name Apollonia instead will garner much more recognition, at least from those in Generation X. Best known for her starring role next to Prince in 1984's…
Its name means "so minor as to be disregarded." However, a new executive order targeting low-cost goods is anything but insubstantial. President Donald Trump's executive order ended the de minimis exemption on August 28, 2025. With over 1.3 billion packages qualifying for the exemption in…
When is a door not a door? When it's ajar! When is a window not a window? According to class action lawsuits filed against a pair of airlines, it's the blank wall you get despite your ticket stating that you paid for a window seat.
The 1957 film "12 Angry Men" is about one juror's conflicting vote keeping a jury from immediately convicting a defendant of murder. Over the course of the movie, the other 11 jurors come to share the holdout's doubts about witness testimonies and the available evidence. Jurors originally convinced the…
It's not likely that many attorneys would consider a plea deal that included the permanent surrender of their law license as getting off easy. Then again, none of them were Gary Guymon or facing the charges he was. On August 26, 2025, Guymon's long legal career came to an…
Hope springs eternal on the day of a wedding. Whether it's a full-blown formal affair with a billowing white dress and a four-piece string quartet playing Canon in D, or tipsy hugging and giggling before an officiant in a Las Vegas wedding chapel, the sharing of vows offers two…
What do you do when the only game in town hauls up stakes? Students in China looking to pursue a law degree in the United States will face that conundrum in the near future. The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) announced on August 18, 2025, that it intends to…
A federal judge has ruled that Alina Habba, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, was unlawfully appointed as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. The ruling follows months of legal wrangling by the Trump Justice Department to extend Habba’s tenure beyond the statutory limit, despite opposition…
Gun ownership remains one of the most hotly contested topics in American society. This includes in the courts, where 2022's New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruenchanged the playing field by establishing the "historical tradition test" to be applied in cases contesting the constitutionality of various…
An unignorable warning from a whistleblower in the know, or the sour grapes of a disgruntled former staffer? That's the question after Roger Alford, the recently dismissed principal deputy assistant attorney general of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), blasted his former employer for…