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Sopen Shah

Sopen Shah

USA 2026

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Litigation: General Commercial

Wisconsin

3 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Appeals, Issues & Strategy

Business Litigation

Regulatory Compliance & Disputes

Political Law

Career

Sopen Shah is an award-winning writer and experienced oral advocate. She has successfully handled a broad range of complex litigation from trial to appeal, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. Sopen represents global leaders in technology, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, real estate, food, and consumer goods.

Sopen is an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, a Member of the American Law Institute, and a recipient of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s biennial “Best Brief” award. She was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and a financial analyst at Bloomberg LP before becoming a lawyer.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Law Institute

Treasurer, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Wisconsin

Publications

Orders Without Borders: Universal Injunctions in Federal and State Courts, 98 Wisconsin Lawyer 14-18 (Feb. 2025).

Just Follow the Rules and No One Gets Hurt: The Importance of Jurisdictional Statements in the Seventh Circuit, 26 Circuit Rider 24-28 (Apr. 2019).

Education

Yale Law School

J.D.

2012 - 2015

Harvard College

A.B., magna cum laude

2004 - 2008

Awards

Best Brief

State Bar of Wisconsin

2020

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Wisconsin

Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Key sectors

Retail and ConsumerEnergy and UtilitiesTechnology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)Financial ServicesHealth and Life Sciences

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Litigation: General Commercial - Wisconsin

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Sopen Shah of Perkins Coie LLP is a Madison-based trial and appellate lawyer who acts for clients in a broad spectrum of commercial claims.

Strengths

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  • Sopen is a creative and aggressive thinker about how Wisconsin needs to move forward.

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