Karthik N. Sonty is a litigator and trial attorney, whose practice focuses on resolving complex intellectual property, real property and commercial disputes.
Capabilities
Biography
Karthik is a member of the firm’s intellectual property, healthcare and litigation practices. He has extensive experience advising individual and corporate clients on a broad range of legal issues, with experience across all stages of dispute resolution.
In his intellectual property practice, Karthik routinely counsels clients on their trademark and copyright protection strategies, and he zealously advocates for clients in patent, trademark and copyright litigation.
In his broader litigation practice, Karthik guides clients through all stages of proceedings, including pre-trial counseling, discovery, motion practice, trial and appeal. He knows that his clients have different objectives, and he works diligently to achieve their specific goals.
Karthik received his J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he graduated with Highest Honors and was elected to The Order of the Coif. While in law school, Karthik earned substantial academic recognition, and he served as a note and comment editor on the Utah Law Review and research fellow in the Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences. Prior to law school, Karthik worked at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute where he was responsible for clinical trial design, research protocol drafting and regulatory compliance. His studies have been presented at national oncology conferences and published in Neuro-Oncology and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Outside of work, Karthik is an advocate for and enthusiast of Utah’s public lands.
Accomplishments
Academic
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D. 2022)
- Order of the Coif
- Highest Honors
- College Award Recipient
- Civil Rights and Liberties Writing Award Recipient
- CALI Excellence Awards: Civil Procedure, Legal Writing, and AI and the Law
- College of Law Outstanding Achievement Awards: Copyright Law and Constitutional Law
- Utah Law Review: Note and Comment Editor
- Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences: Research Fellow
Colby College (B.A. 2010)
- Double Major: Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Senior Honors Thesis: The Transcendentalist Undercurrents of Emerson’s American Hinduism[KS1]
Associations
Professional
Member, Utah State Bar