Sophia Achermann

Bar Admissions

• California

• U.S. District Court Northern District of California

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

• U.S. District Court Central District of California

Presentations

• HarrisMartin, California Talcum Powder Litigation Conference, March 2017, Dana Point, CA
• Your Client’s Workers’ Compensation Case’s Impact on Their Ancillary Legal Issues, CAAA April 2023
• Document Management: Strategies to Maximize Case Efficiency and Trial Success, SFTLA September 2021
• COVID-19’s Effects on Your Client’s Access to Medical Care, SFTLA March 2021
• Trial Playbook in Light of Recent Changes: 3-Day Experts Rule, SFTLA December 2020
• Document Management in Trial, SFTLA July 2020
• Discovery 101: Written Discovery and Depositions, BASF October 2020
• Advancing Your Cases During Shelter-In-Place, SFTLA April 2020
• Technology in Trial, BASF June 2019
• Balancing a Baby and Business Like a Warrior, SFTLA April 2019

Honors and Awards

• Selected as a Rising Star by Superlawyers, 2009-2021

• Public Justice Foundation, Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2014

• Northern California Superlawyer, 2022-2023

Past Experience

• Trial Attorney, Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C., 2008 to 2019

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Judicial Extern

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, JD

  • Managing Editor, Journal of Law & Social Challenges; Associate Editor, USF Maritime Law Journal

• University of California, Irvine

  • B.A. 2004

  • Major: Criminology, Law and Society

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors

• American Association for Justice, Member

• Bar Association of San Francisco, Member

• Consumer Attorneys of California, Member

• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member

• California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, Member