Sophie Y. Hill
Sophie’s practice focuses on white collar defense, government and internal investigations, and complex civil litigation for U.S. and international clients. She has represented individuals and corporate clients in matters involving corporate fraud, contested mergers, internal investigations, and bankruptcy proceedings. She has experience managing large-scale investigations, supervising attorney teams and external vendors, and preparing findings for presentation to court-appointed examiners, boards of directors, and other stakeholders.
Sophie has participated extensively in motion practice in both state and federal courts, including drafting motions to compel, motions to seal, motions in limine, motions for default judgment, motions for receivership, applications for temporary restraining orders, and oppositions to motions to dismiss. She also has experience with many areas of subpoena practice, including coordinating international service under the Hague Convention on Service Abroad.
Before joining LSW, Sophie was a litigation associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, where she worked on high-profile white collar and commercial matters and first-chaired a pro bono bench trial. She began her legal career in the Family Law Group at Pryor Cashman LLP, where she handled matrimonial and custody disputes through all stages of litigation, including financial discovery and expert analysis.
Sophie earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Moot Court Board and won first place in the Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court Competition, judged by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito. Before law school, she worked in social services and reentry support, including as Project Manager for the Justice Advocacy Project at Stanford Law School.
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- Represented the post-bankruptcy debtors in a major crypto-bankruptcy case, directing an associate team on internal investigations focused on fraud and other pre-bankruptcy misconduct by company insiders and others; presented investigative findings to court-appointed examiners; drafted fraud complaints resulting from investigative findings, and participated in motion practice.
- Managed and reviewed discovery in a federal investigation of a major food distributor; supported and documented interviews of multiple employees.
- Assisted in the defense of a former tech executive in a high-profile white-collar investigation and parallel civil litigation by drafting memoranda on evidentiary issues, preparing indemnification and settlement agreements, and coordinating with local counsel on multi-jurisdictional strategy.
- First-chaired a pro bono trial, overseeing all aspects of trial preparation and trial, including motion practice, delivering opening and closing statements, witness preparation and examination, and cross-examination of opposing witnesses.