Sophia Rios

Biography

Sophia Rios manages the Firm’s San Diego office and practices in the Consumer Protection, Credit Reporting and Background Checks, and Antitrust practice groups. Sophia advocates on behalf of a broad range of clients, including HIV Prevention patients, persons wrongly reported as possible terrorists and drug traffickers when applying for credit, persons who receive unwanted marketing text messages, and people who were overcharged on foreign transactions when using their Visa or Mastercard debit and credit cards.

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.

Sophia is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in law firms. She serves on the Firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force. Sophia has also participated in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Pathfinder Program.

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 first-generation college student and a San Diego native.