Sophia Porotsky
Associate
In law school, Sophia was an award-winning competitor and executive board member of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocates and a member of the Moot Court team. She also spent two semesters as a legal intern in Fordham's Federal Litigation Clinic, representing indigent clients in civil and criminal proceedings in district court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Related Practices
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented a hotel management company in a lawsuit against a former executive and his new competing business, alleging that they violated state trade secret laws, knowingly participated in the breach of fiduciary duties, and tortiously interfered with contractual relationships by stealing confidential information and using it to poach clients
- Represented an international hotel management company in cross-border litigation arising from a hotel management agreement dispute
- Advised and conducted an investigation on behalf of the Demand Review Committee of the Board of an alternative asset management company in connection with various shareholder claims concerning alleged Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulatory violations
- Defended a variety of corporations and their officers and directors in federal and state securities actions
- Provided strategic advice to a public company in its securities law proceedings arising out of a merger transaction
- Represented healthcare clients before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the New York State Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
- Conducted numerous internal investigations for financial services clients related to obligations to report to regulators
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. magna cum laude Fordham University School of Law 2021
- Order of the Coif
- Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics
- Associate editor, International Law Journal
- Fordham Legal Writing Award
- Mary Daly Scholar
- Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award
- Public Interest Resource Center Student Leadership Award
- M.A. Security and Diplomacy Tel Aviv University 2018
- M.A. International Relations University of St Andrews 2013
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- 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 Northern District of Oklahoma
Clerk Experience
- The Honorable Claire V. Eagan U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma