S. Sonya Shaikh

Sonya Shaikh is an associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Ms. Shaikh advises clients on complex commercial and corporate litigation, with a focus on securities litigation.

Ms. Shaikh represents both public and private companies and their officers, directors, and special committees in connection with a variety of litigation and white collar 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

Ms. Shaikh 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.

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

Ms. Shaikh graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Shaikh 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. Ms. Shaikh also served as a judicial extern to Judge Josephine L. Staton at the US District Court for the Central District of California.