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利 (lì – Chinese character)
At VANTAGE 利 EDGE, I operate at the intersection of investigation and trial strategy—where facts meet framing, and perception can shift the outcome.
Based in Portland, Oregon, I support litigators with a hybrid approach that blends investigative depth with trial psychology.
I support litigation teams by bridging legal investigation and trial strategy—from case prep to courtroom execution.
Core capabilities:
➢ Legal investigations
➢ Jury profiling + voir dire strategy
➢ Witness prep + narrative analysis
➢ Trial-day support + emotional containment
I’m honing my edge to evolve under pressure.
YULEE ARONSEN – Litigation Support Profile
I’m not just a PI—I’m a courtroom strategist trained in reading what others miss:
trauma-coded behavior, performance gaps, narrative fractures.
Most people collect data. I decode intent.
This isn’t a soft skill—it’s survival-alchemy turned strategic advantage.
I was raised inside a high-control religious sect—Korean-language chapter, doomsday doctrine, emotional detachment praised as virtue. Chaos wasn’t feared; it was foretold. Obedience wasn’t optional—it was survival.
But I didn’t just survive.
I watched.
I listened.
I learned to read what others refused to say.
Where others saw structure, I spotted fracture.
Where others clung to doctrine, I decoded deception.
While they rehearsed obedience, I reverse-engineered motive.
My edge wasn’t earned in a classroom.
It was forged in silence—body language, suppression gaps, and shame-coded micro-signals.
What could’ve shattered me, sharpened me.
What I was never allowed to feel, I now detect in others with surgical precision.
That’s the origin of VANTAGE EDGE—
A haven for sharp minds, sharper instincts, and post-traumatic precision.
Because survival isn’t the endgame—growth is.
Refined Core Competencies
→ Pattern recognition others overlook
→ Intent decoding through silence, posture, and performance
→ Deception detection—not just on paper, but in presence
I don’t come from a single lane—I come from convergence.
My precision was forged in the field, where real-time stakes leave no room for theory.
Principal Broker – OR & WA | 200+ Transactions | Over 40- 5⭐ Zillow Reviews
I built a high-trust firm serving primarily first-time homebuyers—clients navigating emotional volatility, financial pressure, and decision fatigue. I wasn’t just selling homes—I was stabilizing families and managing chaos at scale.
Key roles I played:
Every transaction was a pressure chamber. I learned to regulate emotion, extract clarity, and move outcomes forward—without losing control.
Nike. Amazon. Toyota. Gap-Old Navy. Stanley. | 100+ Commercial / Editorial Campaigns Booked
On set, there’s no second take for failure. I operated in high-stakes ecosystems where story, timing, and emotional tone had to be flawless.
What I delivered:
These weren’t photoshoots—they were live simulations in emotional regulation, aesthetic timing, and narrative delivery under scrutiny.
Together, these experiences honed what no classroom can teach:
What sets me apart isn’t a resume. It’s the adaptability that only real-world friction can forge.
Where language, perception, and survival intersect
I was raised between worlds—traditional Korean values on one side, American individualism on the other. Add in high-control religious indoctrination, and I didn’t just learn to code-switch—I mastered it out of necessity.
Now I use that same skill with precision. I don’t just translate between cultures—I translate between systems, subtexts, and psychological terrain. Whether I’m de-escalating a volatile witness, reframing narrative tension for a jury, or helping a defense team read the invisible dynamics in the room—my edge lies in shifting frames without losing truth.
➢ Korean – Conversational Proficiency
I maintain intermediate conversational fluency in Korean, primarily for family and intergenerational communication. While I’m not fluent in reading or writing, I’m highly attuned to tone, nonverbal subtext, and culturally specific communication styles. This makes me especially effective in emotionally nuanced or high-context conversations.
➢ Cross-Cultural Communication
My real-world experience spans years of working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. I don’t rely on scripts or cultural checklists—I read behavioral patterns, decode coded silence, and adjust in real time. My strength lies in earning trust where others trigger distance.
➢ Communities I've Successfully Served
I’ve built strong, trust-based relationships with clients across the following cultural identities:
East Asian (Korean, Chinese, Japanese)
Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Hmong, Mien)
Slavic / Eastern European
Ethiopian
Hispanic / Mexican-American
➢ Practical Application
This edge translates directly to legal settings—whether calming a high-anxiety client from a collectivist culture, interpreting motive through culturally coded silence, or gaining cooperation where others get shutdowns. It’s not just what’s said—it’s what’s sensed.
The unspoken is where I operate best. Cultural nuance is not a barrier—it’s a system I know how to read.
Behavioral insight, courtroom translation, and strategic clarity.
I don’t just support a case—I reframe it.
Where others chase facts, I translate behavior.
Where strategy stalls, I bring psychological clarity.
➢ Detect hidden dynamics
I analyze transcripts, affidavits, and in-person behavior for what others miss—suppressed emotion, performative tells, and culturally coded silence.
➢ Reframe “problem” behavior
When clients spiral, shut down, or erupt, I convert the chaos into credible, courtroom-ready motive. Behavior that looks irrational becomes story-aligned and humanized.
➢ Decode psychological context
Trauma leaves patterns. So do power dynamics, identity suppression, and cultural shame. I trace the root drivers and frame them in a way legal teams can leverage.
➢ Shape jury perception
I support voir dire, witness prep, and exhibit strategy to influence how behavior and narrative are emotionally received. It’s not just about fact—it’s about frame.
Emotional chaos doesn’t disqualify a story.
It just needs a better narrator.
Field-calibrated attributes I deploy under pressure.
These aren’t soft skills—they’re operational tools.
Each one refined through lived complexity, not academic theory.
➢ Tactical mindset
Former jiu-jitsu competitor. Operates on leverage, not force. Timing, not impulse. Clear action under pressure.
➢ Behavioral acuity
Reads micro-expressions, pacing, posture, and suppression gaps. Spots what people try to hide—before they do.
➢ Narrative framing
Distills fractured stories into coherent, strategic arcs. Builds emotional logic where the facts alone fall short.
➢ Cultural fluency
Raised between identities—Korean-American, high-control religious, first-gen. Fluent in shame-coded behavior and cross-cultural subtext.
➢ Strategic observation
Senses tension before it surfaces. Detects narrative shifts in jury rooms, interviews, and interpersonal dynamics.
➢ Emotional containment
Trusted to stabilize volatile clients, manage emotionally charged witnesses, and hold the line without absorbing the weight.
My edge isn’t just what I know—
It’s how I see, and when I act.
Read: The Dandelion Dossier. A Cognitive + Behavioral + Psychological Profile
利, the Chinese character for advantage and sharpness,
is more than a symbol—it’s part of my name and who I am.
I was named 유리 / 有利 (yǒu lì),
which means *to have advantage.*
But advantage isn’t inherited.
It’s earned—by being underestimated.
I take in fast-moving information
while others are still catching up.
I observe while engaging.
Disarm while decoding.
My edge is perception.
I read people, power, and
the spaces between. I turn nuance
into strategy—and clarity into leverage.
Vantage Ethos & Professional Ethics Declaration
Licensed Private Investigator, DPSST* Certified (active)
Armed/Unarmed Private Security, DPSST* Certified (inactive)
*Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards & Training
Legal Investigator | Behavioral Intelligence | Narrative
Clarity Interpreter
Relentless pattern hunter with a surgical eye for
contradiction. Decisive. Nimble. Unflinchingly direct.
– Fact-finding & timeline reconstruction
– Contradiction analysis & jury impact review
– Witness location & behavioral readouts
– Deliver raw truth—fast, clean, unfiltered
I decode logic from fractured facts, expose
emotional contradiction, and read suppression
gaps that unravel credibility.
→ Trusted to see what others miss—and
say what others won’t.
– Narrative fracture detection
– Voir dire diagnostics
– Jury bias profiling
– Status cue + microexpression tracking
Aligns discovery with courtroom perception.
Reads people like evidence—and evidence like subtext.
Client Success | Witness Liaison
I make the emotionally unpredictable… narratively stable.
– Disarm, subdue, or prep high-volatility witnesses
– Extract trauma arcs & mitigating factors
– Translate emotion into courtroom-aligned framing
– Support defense-client communication under stress
I stabilize unstable players. I gain trust fast,
decode what clients can’t say, and reframe
trauma into narratives a jury can receive.
→ Trusted to manage emotional terrain
without derailing strategy.
– Psychophysiological witness prep
– Trauma pattern mapping
– Defense-client conflict decoding
– Jury reaction reading
Turns chaos into composure.
Shapes emotional testimony into strategic coherence.
Field Investigations | Social Perception Mapping
Beyond interviewing a witness—surveying the terrain.
I slip between worlds—undetected, without a trace.
– Locate and approach hard-to-reach witnesses
– Conduct discreet field recon and behavior audits
– Construct narrative arcs from fragmented environments
– Convey findings through visual and strategic storytelling
Charisma disarms. Intuition detects.
I gather intelligence where others can’t get through—reading tension, terrain, and silence with near-invisible precision.
→ Trusted when movement must leave no trace and
presence can’t be known.
– Soft interviews with trauma-aware profiling
– Digital + community behavior mapping
– Ambient perception patterning
– Informal background audits
Extracts human context others overlook.
Surfaces social dynamics that shift credibility and reframe the case.
Narrative Architect | Trial Exhibit Designer
Synthesizes abstract themes into clear visuals.
Engineers believability beyond bias.
Turns incoherent facts into emotionally logical sequencing.
– Construct trial timelines and narrative arcs
– Design persuasive courtroom exhibits
– Reframe disorganized discovery into coherent visuals
– Align theme across visual, verbal, and procedural mediums
Called when complexity needs clarity—fast.
I turn fractured data into digestible courtroom flow.
→ Trusted to design not just what’s seen, but how it’s felt.
– Tension-aligned exhibit sequencing
– Discovery audits for overlooked narrative breaks
– Visual integration across trial stages
– Cognitive load and persuasion mapping
Builds jury-ready logic from the disjointed.
Transforms case material into immersive, bias-resistant story flow.
Oregon DPSST #115136
Private Investigations + Armed/Unarmed Security (inactive)
Member, ASTC (American Society of Trial Consultants)
Union Member, DIO (Defense Investigators of Oregon)
Member, OCDLA (Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Member, OALI (Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators)
Vantage Ethos & Professional Ethics Declaration
All casework is conducted within Oregon PI licensing
regulations and in accordance with attorney-client confidentiality standards.
5441 S Macadam Ave. | #4473 | Portland, OR 97239 📞 503.997.7006 (Direct/Text) ✉️ yulee@vantage-edge.com
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