Sonya Tien
Litigation, Corporate, Personal Injury, and Intellectual Property
Sonya Tien leads her law firm's litigation, corporate, personal injury, and intellectual property practices.
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 scholarships.
Sonya was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers since 2020, Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiffs' Lawyers, 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 she focused on M&A, corporate compliance, SEC & DOJ enforcement, government investigations, commercial real estate, and commercial litigation. Sonya has served clients, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Oppenheimer, Tishman Speyer, and CBRE.
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 courtroom and legal writing experience.
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration
- White Collar Crime
- Securities Law
- Antitrust Law
- Health Care Law
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- 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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- 9th Circuit
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
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- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
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- United States District Court, Northern District of California
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Principal
- Tien Law Firm, PC
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- Corporate & 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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- Financial Services Intern
- Northwestern Financial Network
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- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) (2017)
- Honors: Awarded 17 Scholarships & Dean's List
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- Columbia Law School
- Juris Doctor (J.D.)
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Rising Stars: 2020 - 2022
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 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
- Disclosure Requirements After Receipt of a Wells Notice?
- Speaker, Fried Frank CLE, New York, NY
- How to Draft an Employment Agreement
- Taxation of Business Entities I: Corporations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Copyright Law in the Music Business
- Berklee College of Music
- Patent Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Taxation of Business Entities II: Pass-Through Entities
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Copyright in Multimedia
- Duke University, Emory, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Privacy Law and Data Protection
- University of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Taxation of International Transactions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Effective Compliance Programs
- University of Pennsylvania
- Privacy Law and HIPAA
- University of Pennsylvania
- Financing for Startup Businesses
- Duke University
- Employment Contracts
- University of Pennsylvania
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Universita Bocconi
- Intellectual Property Law Specialization
- University of Pennsylvania
- Hollywood: History, Industry, Art
- University of Pennsylvania
- Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Trademark Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Regulatory Compliance Specialization
- University of Pennsylvania
- Intellectual Property in the Healthcare Industry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Federal Taxation II: Property Transactions of Business Owners and Shareholders
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- What is Corruption: Anti-corruption and Compliance
- University of Pennsylvania
- Copyright Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Music Business Foundations
- Berklee College of Music
- Website
- Tien Law Firm
- Blog
- Tien Law Firm
- November 2022: Settlement Obtained from EMC Insurance
December 2, 2022 - October 2022: Settlement Obtained from Allstate
October 10, 2022 - October 2022: Litigation Settlement Obtained from State Farm
October 6, 2022
