Sonya Tien
Founding Attorney
Sonya Tien is the Founding Attorney of Tien Law Firm. Sonya has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star and was featured on the cover of North Carolina Super Lawyers for Solo Success. Sonya received her business degree from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, and her law degree from Columbia Law School, where she was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Prior to founding the law firm, Sonya worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York where her practice focused on commercial litigation, securities litigation, class actions, and white collar defense and investigations.
- Columbia Law School (J.D.), Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School (B.S.B.A.), 17 Scholarships, Dean’s List
- New York
- California
- North Carolina
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2020-Present
- Plaintiffs’ counsel for a multi-Plaintiff personal injury case, where she obtained 11 pre-trail settlements.
- Plaintiff’s counsel for a wrongful death case where she obtained a pre-litigation settlement.
- Plaintiffs’ counsel for catastrophic injuries in a commercial truck litigation in the U.S. District Court (E.D.N.C.) where she obtained multiple pre-trial settlements.
- Represented Viva, LLC, Grenelle Holdings, LLC, and R2 Ventures, LLC for commercial acquisitions.
- Serving on the M&A litigation team for JPMorgan Chase in a landmark $4.7B hostile takeover case in the Delaware Chancery Court.
- Serving on the litigation team for a pharmaceutical company’s M&A dispute.
- Serving on the defense litigation team for Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital for a securities class action litigation in U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.).
- Serving on the defense litigation team for Credit Suisse regarding mortgage-backed securities litigation.
- Serving on the white-collar defense team for a leading investment bank for an investigation by the DOJ.
- Serving on the defense trial team for CBRE and Tishman Speyer for commercial real estate litigations in the Supreme Court of New York.
- Represented Plaintiffs on the litigation team that obtained a summary judgment landmark victory in a pharmaceutical suit against the FDA and DHHS in U.S. District Court (E.D.N.Y.).
Accounting and Finance
- Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Foundations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Behavioral Finance, Duke University
- Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Financial Statements, SEC Filings and Ratio Analysis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Financing for Startup Businesses, Duke University
- FinTech: Foundations, Payments, and Regulations, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Fundamentals of Business Finance with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Goldman Sachs
- Introduction to Corporate Finance, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Investment Banking: Financial Analysis and Valuation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lending, Crowdfunding, and Modern Investing, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Startup Valuation Methods, Duke University
Capital Markets
- Financial Markets, Yale University
- Investment Banking: M&A and Initial Public Offerings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Understanding Financial Markets, University of Geneva
Cybersecurity
- Cyber Attack Countermeasures, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
- Introduction to Cyber Attacks, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
Energy
- Energy and Environment, Dartmouth College
- Renewable Energy & Green Building Entrepreneurship, Duke University
Employment Law
- Employment Contracts, University of Pennsylvania
- Employment Law: The Gig Economy, University of Pennsylvania
Entertainment and Sports
- Hollywood: History, Industry, Art, University of Pennsylvania
- Music Business Foundations, Berklee College of Music
- Sports Marketing, Northwestern University
ESG
- The Materiality of ESG Factors Specialization, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- ESG Impact: Investor Perspective, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- ESG Risks and Opportunities, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- ESG and Climate Change, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- ESG and Social Activism, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Government
- American Government: Constitutional Foundations, HarvardX
- U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy, HarvardX
- U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies, HarvardX
Healthcare
- Healthcare Law Specialization, University of Pennsylvania
- Comparative Health Systems, University of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Health Law Fundamentals, University of Pennsylvania
Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Specialization, University of Pennsylvania
- Copyright Law, 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
- How to Make Money with Your Music Copyrights, Berklee College of Music
- Intellectual Property in the Healthcare Industry, University of Pennsylvania
- Introduction to Intellectual Property, University of Pennsylvania
- Patent Law, University of Pennsylvania
- Trademark Law, University of Pennsylvania
Leadership
- Leadership Through Social Influence, Northwestern University
Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, North Carolina State University
- International Law in Action: the Arbitration of International Disputes, Universiteit Leiden
Marketing
- What is Social?, Northwestern University
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mergers & Acquisitions Specialization, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions: Advanced Topics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions: Designing an M&A Deal, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
- Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions: Valuation and Pricing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Privacy Law
- Privacy Law and Data Protection, University of Pennsylvania
- Privacy Law and HIPAA, University of Pennsylvania
Regulatory Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance Specialization, University of Pennsylvania
- Effective Compliance Programs, University of Pennsylvania
- FinTech Law & Policy, Duke University
- What is Compliance?, University of Pennsylvania
- What is Corruption: Anti-Corruption and Compliance, University of Pennsylvania
Tax
- U.S. Federal Taxation Specialization, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Federal Taxation II: Property Transactions of Business Owners and Shareholders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Taxation of Business Entities I: Corporations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Taxation of Business Entities II: Pass-Through Entities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- U.S. Federal Taxation Capstone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- U.S. Taxation of International Transactions, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Technology
- Fintech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology Specialization, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- AI Applications in Marketing and Finance, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- AI Strategy and Governance, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- AI for Non-Data Scientists, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- Application of AI, InsurTech, and Real Estate Technology
- Blockchain Business Models, Duke University
- Data Science Math Skills, Duke University
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Infrastructure, Duke University
- FinTech: Foundations, Payments, and Regulations, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
- What is Data Science?, IBM
Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Private Equity and Venture Capital, Università Bocconi
- Portfolio and Risk Management, University of Geneva