People: Sophia S. Kwan, Associate

Sophia S. Kwan

Associate

Sacramento
Direct: (916) 498-7033
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Ms. Kwan is an associate in the Sacramento office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and is a member of Seyfarth’s Labor & Employment Department.   Ms. Kwan represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, and class action matters in state and federal courts.

Ms. Kwan is an associate in the Sacramento office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and is a member of Seyfarth’s Labor & Employment Department.   Ms. Kwan represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, and class action matters in state and federal courts.

Education

  • J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (2008)
    with Distinction
    Order of the Barristers
    Traynor Honor Society
    Witkin Award in Civil Procedure and Law of China
    Highest Honor in Trial Advocacy
    McGeorge Mock Trial Competition Team (2006-2008)
  • M.S., University of California, Davis (2005)
    Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • B.S., University of California, Davis (2003)
    Managerial Economics

Admissions

  • California

Courts

  • All California Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Central, Southern, and Northern Districts of California

Affiliations

  • Asian Bar Association of Sacramento (Board Member)
  • Sacramento County Bar Association Diversity Fellowship Program Committee

Publications

  • Chapter Contributor, “Chapter 8 - Discovery Issues in Collective and Class Actions,” Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation, ALM Law Journal Press (2012). Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.