Sofia Adrogue

Sofia handles complex commercial litigation and multi-party proceedings in state and federal courts as well as in ADR proceedings throughout the United States and abroad. She represents clients in all industries, ranging from entrepreneurs in rural Texas to multinational conglomerates with diversified worldwide business holdings. She also represents parties in peer review proceedings and/or before state regulatory or licensing agencies in the healthcare arena.

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent ®Peer Review Rated and a member of Marquis' Who’s Who in America, American Law and Who's Who of American Women, Sofia has been profiled by a litany of publications, including: Texas Lawyer (one of Texas' Top "40 Under 40"); as a Texas Super Lawyer (a Thomson Reuters business) in Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazinefrom 2008 - 2010 and 2014; Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition ("Texas Super Lawyer") a Thomson Reuters business; H Texas Magazine(since 2005 Houston's Top Lawyers and one of Houston's Professionals on the Fast Track); The Houston Lawyer (Houston Bar Association) ("Houston's Lawyers are Houston's Leaders"); Intown Magazine (SNS Media) (At A Glance) & (Success In Business); Dinastia Latina Magazine (Achievement of the American Dream); Houston Woman Magazine cover story and Latino Leaders Magazine (The Justice Professionals).

Sofia graduated from the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management (OPM) Program  and become an Alumna of the Harvard Business School.  She was elected as the U.S. Keynote Graduation Speaker for HBS OPM 37, ostensibly the first woman in the history of OPM, and U.S. Class Representative (Rice University News & Media). Composed of three units (2006-2008), the OPM 37 curriculum included courses in the following areas: accounting and control; financial management; management and strategy; operations, information technology and innovation; leadership and organizational effectiveness (including ethics generally); marketing strategy; as well as negotiation and decision-making strategies.

Sofia is a 2014 Hats Off to Mothers Luncheon,  Easter Seals Greater Houston Honoree;  a 2014 Arrival Awards, Immigrant Achievement, Honoree, UH Law Center Immigration Clinic; a City Art Works, The Art of Conversation, Conversationalist & Honoree; a Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation “International Award Recipient"; a “Mujer Empresaria del Año,” Sucesos Newspaper & Solo Mujeres Magazine; and a "Woman of Influence," National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Houston Section.  She is also a National Diversity Council "Most Powerful and Influential Woman of Texas"; a Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce "Hall of Fame" Inductee; a “TBOY Blazing Star,” Texas Women’s Chamber of Commerce; Female Corporate Executive of the Year by Talento Bilingue de Houston;  Texas Executive Women "Woman on the Move"; one of  Houston's 50 Most Influential Women, Houston Women Magazine;  a Houston Chronicle, Channel 11 "Texas Legend"; an ABC Channel 13 "Woman of Distinction"; a Houston Jaycees "Outstanding Houstonian"; a Texas Jaycees "Outstanding Texan"; as well as a U.S. Jaycees "Outstanding American." Sofia is a recipient of a "Barbara Jordan Legacy Award" bestowed by the National Council of Negro Women, Barbara Jordan Houston Section; a YWCA "Woman of Achievement"; a Neuhaus Education Center "Icon"; and a Hispanic Business Magazine "Elite Woman".  The City of Houston has recognized Sofia with a proclamation of July 10, 2004 as "Sofia Adrogué Day."

Sofia has been chosen as a Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Bar Association Life Fellow. She is a graduate and Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum as well as a graduate of Leadership Texas and Leadership Houston. Sofia is a frequent CLE speaker (over 115 speeches since 1997) on topics such as business torts, the selection, retention and use of experts, managing complex litigation, as well as joint ventures in litigation. She speaks throughout Texas, including for the Houston Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, South Texas College of Law, the University of Houston Law Center, and the University of Texas School of Law. She has also spoken for the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, Georgetown Law Center in Washington D.C. as well as the Hispanic National Bar Association. Sofia has chaired Continuing Legal Education programs for institutions such as the Houston Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, South Texas College of Law, and the University of Houston Law Center.

Sofia is also a prolific author (over 110 publications since 1997) on an array of topics, including business litigation, expert testimony, and mass torts class actions, for such journals as the ABA Business Torts Journal, The Houston Law Review, The Houston Lawyer, The Review of Litigation, The Texas Lawyer, The Trial Diplomacy Journal, and The Trial Lawyer. She publishes quarterly an article on business torts for the Fifth Circuit Reporter and annually for the Texas Tech Law Review. Additionally, Sofia is the Fifth Circuit Reporter for the ABA Section of Litigation.

Sofia has taught Mass Torts as an Adjunct Professor at the UH Law Center, and clerked for the Honorable Jerre S. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.