Sophia Rios

Biography

Sophia Rios manages the Firm’s San Diego office and practices in the Consumer Protection, Credit Reporting and Background Checks practice groups. Sophia has nearly 10 years of experience litigating class actions and has helped recover over $70 million on behalf of consumers nationwide in 2024. Sophia advocates on behalf of a broad range of clients, but her practice focuses on protecting the privacy rights of consumers in a variety of contexts, including their medical privacy, online privacy, and in data beaches. Sophia had an instrumental role in reaching the $58.5 million settlement in Fernandez v. CoreLogic Credco, LLC (S.D. Cal.), which vindicated the rights of consumers nationwide who had wrongly been reported as potential terrorists or drug traffickers on their credit reports.

As a first-generation college student and woman of color, Sophia is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in law firms. She serves on the Firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force and has participated in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Pathfinder Program.

Before joining the Firm, Sophia was an associate in the litigation department of a large international law firm. She represented corporate and individual clients in consumer protection, complex commercial litigation, securities, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) matters. In her pro bono practice, Sophia assisted refugees seeking asylum in the United States.

While at Stanford Law School, Sophia served as an extern Legal Adviser in the Office of Commissioner Julie Brill at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. Sophia co-founded the Stanford Critical Law Society, which serves as a student forum for the discussion of the relationship between law and race. Sophia was a Lead Article Editor for the Stanford Environmental Law Journal.

Before beginning law school, Sophia attended UC Berkeley and served as an intern on the White House Council of Environmental Quality. She is a San Diego native.