BEATRICE O. YAKUBU began her legal career at Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP.

Ms. Yakubu’s practice focuses primarily on consumer protection and products liability litigation. Ms. Yakubu has made significant contributions to the firm’s energy practice and has successfully litigated multi-million-dollar class action suits against third-party energy suppliers on behalf of consumers alleging their energy suppliers engaged in bait-and-switch sales tactics regarding their variable rate prices.

During law school, Ms. Yakubu clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office, where she concentrated on white collar criminal offenses.

As a law student, she served on the Executive Board of the Black Law Student’s Association and Moot Court Honor Society. She also worked as a Teaching Fellow for the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and as a Student Attorney for the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project.

While attending Florida State University, Ms. Yakubu was a member of the African Student’s Association. She is currently a member of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden and also involved in their legal ministry.

Ms. Yakubu is conversational in Yoruba.