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Carmen Sobczak
Associate
Litigation
San Francisco
csobczak@wsgr.com

D415-947-2174

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Carmen Sobczak is an associate in the internet strategy and litigation group at Wilson Sonsini. Based in San Francisco, she represents internet and digital media companies in complex litigation involving online speech, content moderation, platform design, and generative AI. She also advises clients on compliance with state and federal laws governing online platforms and emerging technologies.

Carmen maintains an active pro bono practice. She has authored amicus briefs in cases at the intersection of technology and the First Amendment and regularly represents asylum seekers in immigration court proceedings.

Carmen previously worked as a software engineer at Ravel Law, a legal research and analytics company acquired by LexisNexis in 2017. During law school, Carmen interned at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the Digital Rights Project at Berkeley Law.

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Carmen Sobczak is an associate in the internet strategy and litigation group at Wilson Sonsini. Based in San Francisco, she represents internet and digital media companies in complex litigation involving online speech, content moderation, platform design, and generative AI. She also advises clients on compliance with state and federal laws governing online platforms and emerging technologies.

Carmen maintains an active pro bono practice. She has authored amicus briefs in cases at the intersection of technology and the First Amendment and regularly represents asylum seekers in immigration court proceedings.

Carmen previously worked as a software engineer at Ravel Law, a legal research and analytics company acquired by LexisNexis in 2017. During law school, Carmen interned at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the Digital Rights Project at Berkeley Law.

Education
  • J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law, 2021

    Recipient, Thelen Marrin Prize for Academic Achievement; Recipient, CEB Award for Excellence in Legal Writing; Order of the Coif; Pro Bono Honors

  • B.A., Political Science, Brown University, 2014

    Recipient, Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for Political Science Honors Thesis; Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude

Admissions
  • State Bar of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Education
  • J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law, 2021

    Recipient, Thelen Marrin Prize for Academic Achievement; Recipient, CEB Award for Excellence in Legal Writing; Order of the Coif; Pro Bono Honors

  • B.A., Political Science, Brown University, 2014

    Recipient, Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for Political Science Honors Thesis; Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude

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  • State Bar of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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