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Bio
Sophia V. Blair is a litigator in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Government Contracting practice groups who represents businesses and government contractors in high-stakes disputes across a range of industries. She has successfully taken multiple matters through trial and regularly appears in state and federal courts, the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
In her government contracting practice, she represents contractors in state and federal bid protests, guiding clients through the procurement process and helping them navigate challenges to contract awards. Sophia’s commercial litigation practice focuses on complex disputes involving contracts, business torts, and fraudulent transfer claims, where she develops strategic, results-driven approaches tailored to her clients’ business objectives. She also advises healthcare companies on beneficiary appeals, reimbursement disputes, and Medicaid administration, providing practical guidance in a highly regulated environment.
Before joining the firm, Sophia clerked at the North Carolina Business Court for Chief Judge Louis A. Bledsoe, III, and Senior Judge James L. Gale, where she gained deep insight into complex business litigation and judicial decision-making. Sophia earned her J.D., cum laude, from Wake Forest University School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Wake Forest Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Board.
Sophia is admitted to practice in North Carolina, the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
- Listed among North Carolina Super Lawyers: Business Litigation – Rising Star (2024-2026)
- Listed among Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite: Young Guns (2024-2026)
- Outstanding Advocacy Award, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2018
- Participant in Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Leadership Raleigh Class 52, 2025-2026
- NCBA Women in the Profession Committee
- Co-Chair of the Event Subcommittee, 2025-2026
- Co-Chair of the Community Service Subcommittee, 2024-2025
- Women’s Social Club, Central North Carolina Chapter
- October 2023 – July 2025, Raleigh Director
- June – September 2023, Raleigh Ambassador
- Federal Bar Association, Eastern District North Carolina
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Wake County Bar Association
- Obtained dismissal of 8-figure dispute for lack of personal jurisdiction in New York Supreme Court;
- Defeated motion for preliminary injunction after entry of ex parte TRO in trade secret misappropriation case in the Eastern District of North Carolina;
- Prevailed in a bid protest filed on behalf of a disappointed bidder, obtaining cancellation of a contract awarded by NC state agency;
- Successfully defended size protest in the Office of Government Contracting of the U.S. Small Business Administration concerning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set aside contract;
- Successfully defended Aetna Life Insurance Company in litigation brought by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s award to Aetna of a $10 billion contract to provide third-party administrative services pursuant to an RFP;
- Successfully represented Petitioner, Union Supply Group, Inc., in litigation against the North Carolina Department of Public Safety challenging the award of a multi-million-dollar contract for the NCCE Offender Packaging Program to another company pursuant to an RFP, resulting in reversal of the agency’s decision and award of the contract to Union Supply Group, Inc.;
- Awarded summary judgment in State Fair Hearing case brought by NC Medicaid managed care member against Managed Care Entity;
- Obtained favorable settlement for plaintiff in fraudulent transfer action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia at the conclusion of a court-hosted mediation in front of a magistrate judge;
- Defeated motion for preliminary injunction brought by franchisor alleging trademark and trade dress infringement; and
- Successfully defended insurance company in AHLA arbitration concerning the efficacy of board action taken under an LLC operating agreement, resulting in an award for arbitration costs and attorneys’ fees.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina v. North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees and Aetna Life Insurance Company, 23 INS 00738, (N.C.O.A.H. Jul. 8, 2024)
- Union Supply Group, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, 21 CPS 04633, 21 CPS 04788 (N.C.O.A.H. Mar. 13, 2023)
- NC Bar Blog, WIP Committee – Get to Know Sophia Blair, November 25, 2024, https://www.ncbarblog.com/wip-committee-get-to-know-sophia-blair/
- Co-moderator, Business Court Judge’s Panel, NCBA 2022 Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes CLE, February 2022
- Speaker, “The Legal Industry in a Post-Pandemic World: Evolution, Efficiencies, and How Clients Benefit,” ACC Small Law Department Committee (SLD) Legal Quick Hit series, July 2021
- Panelist: CRESCENT UNIVERSITY CITY VENTURE, LLC V. TRUSSWAY ET AL.—Ramifications and Practical Considerations for Commercial Litigation, Mecklenburg County Bar
