Texas Business Litigation

Sofia Adrogué (Editor), is a trial partner with the Houston office of Diamond McCarthy LLP, a national business litigation and insolvency boutique. She has obtained favorable judgments and settlements on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in a myriad of complex business cases in state and federal courts and in ADR proceedings. She represents clients in all industries, ranging from entrepreneurs in rural Texas to multinational conglomerates with diversified worldwide business holdings. She is a frequent CLE Speaker and/or Chair (over 125) and publisher (over 120). She envisioned and created the Texas Business Litigation treatise, serves as its Editor, now in its 4th Edition, and is the Chair of the Texas Business Litigation CLEs.

An alumna of the Harvard Business School OPM,  Sofia served as the U.S. Keynote Graduation Speaker for HBS OPM 37, ostensibly the first woman, as well as U.S. Class Representative. She is a graduate of Rice University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and the University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif and Barons, both on full academic scholarships. She served as a law clerk to Hon. Jerre S. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

She is a Greater Houston Women’s Chamber “Hall of Fame” Inductee; Houston Chronicle Channel 11 “Texas Legend;” one of “The 25 U.S. Most Influential Hispanic Lawyers” and “Top Latino Partners in the U.S.;” “Most Powerful Women in Law,” Latino Leaders Magazine; a Latino Learning Center, Inc. “Helping Hands” Humanitarian Award Honoree; a “Woman of Influence,” National Council of Jewish Women Greater Houston Section; a National Diversity Council “Most Powerful and Influential Woman of Texas;” a “Mujer Empresaria del Año,” Sucesos & Solo Mujeres Magazine; a “Texas Super Lawyer,” Texas Monthly Magazine; a Texas Lawyer Top “40 Under 40;” a “TBOY Blazing Star,” Texas Women’s Chamber of Commerce; a Texas Executive Women “Woman on the Move;” a UH Law Center Immigration Clinic “Arrival Awards Immigrant Achievement” Honoree; a Houston Jaycees “Outstanding Houstonian;” a Texas Jaycees “Outstanding Texan;” and a U.S. Jaycees “Outstanding Young American,” among other recognitions. 

Sofia serves and/or has served on The Advocate Editorial Board, the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, the CLE, Mentor and Professionalism Committees of the State Bar of Texas as well as the CLE, Houston Lawyer and the Professionalism Committees of the Houston Bar Association. Sofia has chaired numerous events for diverse non-profits, and serves and/or has served on the Board of Directors of American Leadership Forum Houston; Girls Inc. of Greater Houston (former President and Board Chair); Houston First Corporation; Houston Law Review Alumni Association (former President); Mayor’s Hispanic Advisory Board, City of Houston (Chair, Appointments Subcommittee); Memorial Hermann Foundation; RICE-TMS; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Theatre Under The Stars; and United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast. Sofia is the Co-Founder & Co-Chair of the Youth Leadership Forum, held for the last 15 plus years at Rice University with the motto of “Engage, Educate, Empower: By Service We Lead.” A native of Argentina, Sofia is a Co-Host & Co-Producer of Latina Voices: Smart Talk. Sofia has been recognized for her public service by the City of Houston with a proclamation of July 10, 2004 and December 18, 2018 as “Sofia Adrogué Day.” Sofia is the mother of Sloane, Schuyler, and Stefan, and is married to fellow Rice graduate, Sten Gustafson.