Sonya Tien
Personal Injury | Real Estate| Litigation | IP | Immigration | Corporate
Sonya Tien leads her firm's practices in personal injury, real estate, litigation, immigration, intellectual property, entertainment, and corporate transactions.
She received her law degree from Columbia University and was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Sonya received her business degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan Flagler Business School, where she earned 17 academic scholarships.
Sonya was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2020 and 2021, Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiffs' Lawyer and Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers. Her articles have been published by the Wall Street Lawyer and Practising Law Institute. She has presented on the topics of SEC Enforcement and Compliance and Executive Compensation. She also is the former co-author of Fried Frank's monthly, internationally circulated, White Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Enforcement Memo.
Before founding Tien Law Firm, Sonya was a litigation and corporate associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson where her practices focused on corporate transactions, corporate compliance, SEC & DOJ enforcement, government investigations, commercial real estate, and complex commercial litigation, for clients, including, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Oppenheimer, CBRE, and Tishman Speyer.
While in law school, Sonya was a Summer Associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson in New York and served as a judicial intern for a federal magistrate, the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States District Court (NDNY), where she gained valuable experience in Personal Injury Litigation, Social Security Disability, Immigration, Real Estate Litigation, Commercial Litigation, FDA Regulation and Litigation, M&A and Corporate Transactions, M&A litigation, Executive Compensation, Federal Criminal Proceedings, Government Investigations, and SEC & DOJ Enforcement Actions and Compliance.
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- White Collar Crime
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Family Visas, Green Cards, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Compliance
- Litigation
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bar
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- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
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- United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
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- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
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- Shareholder & Managing Attorney
- Tien Law Firm, PC
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- Litigation Associate
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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- Summer Associate
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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- Judicial Intern
- The Chambers of U.S. Magistrate Judge, George H. Lowe, United States District Court (NDNY)
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- Case Manager
- Law Office of Sema E. Lederman
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- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- B.S.B.A. (2017)
- Honors: Awarded 17 Scholarships & Dean's List
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- Columbia Law School
- J.D.
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 25 Motor Vehicle Accident Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- Tenth Judicial District
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- North Carolina State Bar
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- North Carolina Advocates for Justice
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- North Carolina Bar Association
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- New York State Bar Association
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- New York County Lawyers' Association
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- American Bar Association
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- SEC Cooperation Update: 2102 Year-End Review
- Wall Street Lawyer
- Recent Developments in the SEC Cooperation Initiative
- PLI - Practising Law Institute
- Speaker, Fried Frank, New York, NY
- When Is a Company Required to Disclose Receipt of a Wells Notice?
- Speaker, Fried Frank CLE, New York, NY
- How to Draft an Employment Agreement
