S. Sonya Shaikh

Sonya Shaikh is an associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Sonya advises clients on complex business litigation, with a focus on securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, professional liability, and class action litigation.

Sonya represents both public and private companies and their officers, directors, and special committees in connection with a variety of litigation matters, including:

• General commercial litigation
• Securities class actions
• Shareholder derivative litigation
• Mergers and acquisitions litigation
• Fraud allegations
• Battles for corporate control
• Other complex, high-exposure litigation

Sonya also maintains an active pro bono practice, advising clients on U-Visa matters, assisting with Special Immigration Juvenile Status petitions, and representing individuals under California’s Lemon Laws.

Sonya previously served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and local leader to the Women’s Lawyers Group. She currently acts as local leader to the Parent’s Lawyers Group.

Sonya graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. While in law school, Sonya served as the staff editor for the UC Irvine Law Review, as a teaching assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Program, and participated in UCI’s Appellate Litigation Clinic where she co-wrote a brief for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a copyright infringement appeal case that was ultimately reversed in part and remanded. Sonya also served as a judicial extern to Judge Josephine L. Staton at the US District Court for the Central District of California.