Sophia Lee, Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Blank Rome LLP, is a trusted adviser to her clients, helping them to meet their business objectives through the legal process. She handles commercial, environmental, products liability, and toxic tort matters in the energy, chemical and other industries. She advises clients on regulatory concerns as well as on matters of constitutional significance. Ms. Lee also has experience with coordinating a national docket consisting of hundreds of toxic tort cases; managing government investigations and inquiries; and developing litigation and information management policies and best practices. She also provides guidance and education to her clients on matters relating to diversity and inclusion. Ms. Lee has advocated for meaningful diversity and inclusion throughout her legal career and serves as Chair of Blank Rome’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and on its Recruiting and Retention Committee. She is an active member of the Forum of the Executive Women; a board member and past president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania; a board member and past co-president of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group; and a past diversity chair for the Philadelphia Bar Association. Ms. Lee also previously served as vice chair of the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs. Prior to rejoining Blank Rome, Ms. Lee served as chief litigation counsel at Sunoco, Inc., in the litigation department of another Am Law 100 firm, and as a federal judicial law clerk to the late Honorable James McGirr Kelly, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. and LL.M. from Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she was a member of the Temple Law Review and the Moot Court Honor Society, and her B.A. from Cornell University.