Lang Yang

Lang was born in Laos and served in the army under the direction of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War. In 1975, when the war was over, Lang escaped Laos to live in Thailand. He came to Minnesota in the early 1980s and started working as a paralegal for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Service where he assisted attorneys and their refugee clients.

A few years later Lang joined the federal Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program in Washington DC and worked as a refugee resettlement advocate. When he returned to Minnesota he took a job as an employment counselor for people with disabilities.

In 1996 he joined Paige Donnelly, Ltd. as a legal investigator. He has worked on all kinds of personal injury claims. Some cases have resulted in million-dollar verdicts.

Lang graduated from National College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. He is fluent in several languages including: English, Hmong, Lao and Thai.