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
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation
- 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
- 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, Eastern & Southern Districts of New York
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- U.S. District Court, Eastern & Western Districts of North Carolina
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- U.S. District Court, Northern & Central Districts 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
- Judicial Intern
- The Chambers of U.S. Magistrate Judge, George H. Lowe, United States District Court (NDNY)
- Financial Services Intern
- Northwestern Financial Network
- Columbia Law School
- J.D. (2011) | Law
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- B.S.B.A. (2007) | Business Administration
- Honors: Awarded 17 Scholarships & Dean's List
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- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Rising Stars: 2020 - Present
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers - North Carolina
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Sports Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
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- State Bar of California
- Member
- Current
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- New York State Bar
- Member
- Current
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- North Carolina State Bar
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- Current
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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
- White Collar Criminal Defense & Securities Enforcement Memo: Financial Fraud and Disclosure Issues
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP ·
- 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
- U.S. Taxation of International Transactions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- What is Corruption: Anti-corruption and Compliance
- University of Pennsylvania
- Trademark Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Universita Bocconi
- Privacy Law and HIPAA
- University of Pennsylvania
- Privacy Law and Data Protection
- University of Pennsylvania
- Patent Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Music Business Foundations
- Berklee College of Music
- Intellectual Property in the Healthcare Industry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Hollywood: History, Industry, Art
- University of Pennsylvania
- Financing for Startup Businesses
- Duke University
- Intellectual Property Law Specialization
- University of Pennsylvania
- Taxation of Business Entities II: Pass-Through Entities
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Taxation of Business Entities I: Corporations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Federal Taxation II: Property Transactions of Business Owners and Shareholders
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Employment Contracts
- University of Pennsylvania
- Effective Compliance Programs
- University of Pennsylvania
- Copyright in Multimedia
- Duke University, Emory, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Copyright Law in the Music Business
- Berklee College of Music
- Copyright Law
- University of Pennsylvania
- Regulatory Compliance Specialization
- University of Pennsylvania
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