Sigurd Sorenson, of counsel to the firm, has spent his career litigating, arbitrating, and winning high-stakes domestic and international commercial disputes, first with the global firm Clifford Chance (legacy Rogers & Wells), where he ultimately headed the firm’s North American Product Liability Group; then as a Litigation Partner for six years with the global firm Baker McKenzie; and since 2013 as Managing Partner for Sorenson Law Offices (legacy Saito Sorenson). Mr. Sorenson began his career clerking for United States District Judge John T. Elfvin (W.D.N.Y.).  

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In representing some of the world’s premier corporations, Mr. Sorenson has practiced throughout the United States, and in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He has extricated his clients from “judicial hellholes” in Texas and California, has collected evidence and testimony for them in the Sudan, and has advised and assisted the governments of Yemen, Mongolia, and Sri Lanka in drafting national legislation. He has lectured frequently to European and Asian industry groups about reducing the litigation risks of doing business in the United States. From 2006 until 2012, he served (in addition to his law firm duties) as Adjunct Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law. 

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Mr. Sorenson’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, high-tech product liability/mass tort litigation, contract disputes, defamation and media law, fraud, and appellate advocacy. He is an experienced trial and class action attorney.  He excels at clearly and compellingly presenting scientific and technical evidence, and at cross-examining and impeaching expert witnesses.

Besides litigation and arbitration, Mr. Sorenson negotiates and drafts commercial agreements and employment contracts, advises shareholders concerning their rights and potential liabilities, and analyzes his clients’ business practices to identify and reduce litigation and liability risks. In proposed mergers and acquisitions, he assesses the litigation and liability risks of target companies. He also reviews his clients’ legal invoices from other law firms and, where appropriate, negotiates lower bills.

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