Trustee
Cathy Yanni became Trustee of the Fire Victim Trust effective July 1, 2022.
In her previous role as Claims Administrator, Yanni assisted the former Trustee, the Honorable John K. Trotter (ret.),
in Trust oversight, and she directly oversaw all Fire Victim claims resolution,
including design and implementation of the claims resolution process,
from establishing eligibility requirements and claims review procedures to ensuring that
funds are distributed in a fair and equitable manner. Yanni also served Fire Victims as the
Administrator of the Wildfire Assistance Program.
Previous to her work on behalf of Fire Victims, Yanni settled tens of thousands of cases, facilitated distribution of billions of dollars in settlement funds to Claimants, and oversaw multiple claims reconciliation processes. She has been a Court Appointed Special Master and/or Mediator in numerous cases involving wildfires, mass torts, and class actions. In addition to being appointed as an appeal panelist in the Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund established in the TK Holdings Inc. bankruptcy case, she been appointed as an Administrator, Special Master, or Mediator in thousands of other cases. She also worked with Justice Trotter to formulate a resolution program for the 2007 San Diego fire cases, ultimately acting as mediator and arbitrator for the program.
Read Cathy Yanni’s biography.