Sarah P. Tinaphong
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- International Trade
- Trade Remedy Litigation
- Provides assistance on a broad range of complex litigation matters.
Sarah is an associate in the litigation practice, advising clients on a wide range of litigation matters. She also advises clients on international trade matters related to countervailing duty proceedings.
Sarah received her J.D. and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from Duke University School of Law, where she served as staff editor of the Duke Law Journal. During law school, she was a semifinalist in Duke University School of Law’s moot court and mock trial competitions, the winner of the transactional law competition and a board member of moot court, mock trial and the transactional law society. She also competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and was awarded Honorable Mention for Best Individual Oralist.
At Duke University School of Law, Sarah served as a student attorney in the Civil Justice Clinic. Sarah was also co-president of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. She earned a B.A. in English Language and Literature and Philosophy at The University of Chicago.
Previously, Sarah was a judicial intern for the Honorable Evan J. Wallach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Sarah was a member of Akin’s 2022 summer associate class.
LanguagesThai
Thai
EducationLL.M., Duke University School of Law, 2023
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2023
B.A., University of Chicago, cum laude, 2020
LL.M., Duke University School of Law, 2023
J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2023
B.A., University of Chicago, cum laude, 2020
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
District of Columbia
- Judicial Intern, The Honorable Evan J. Wallach, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2021
- Intern, U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Crimes Section, 2018
- Intern, Royal Thai Embassy Office of Commercial Affairs, 2017