Sophia Makris

Sophia’s practice focuses on representing clients in a broad range of corporate transactions. She advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, financing and banking matters, commercial leasing, and other corporate matters. Sophia was previously an associate at an Am Law 50 firm in the Corporate Finance practice group.

Sophia earned her J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where she served as President of the Student Bar Association, member of the Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, and Associate Editor for The Review of Litigation. During her time in law school, Sophia was one of ten named to the Order of Barristers in the Class of 2017 for top achievements in oral advocacy.

• Co-Speaker, Occurrence Based Loss of Use - Force Majeure, Impossibility of Performance, Casualty Loss, Civil Unrest, and Related Issues, 2020 Leasing Institute, UT Law CLE, Webcast
  November 12, 2020

• McGinnis Lochridge Welcomes Sophia Makris in Austin
  March 18, 2019

• Co-Author, A Look at the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Covering Pretrial Matters and Discovery, National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2, January-March 2017
  

• Author, Adam & Eve, Adam & Steve, and Ada & Eve: Gender Neutrality in Defining Parental Status in Assisted Reproduction, The Review of Litigation, Volume 36, No. 4, Winter 2018, at 743
  

• Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Member (2020-present)
• Texas Law Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, Coach (2018-present)
• Texas Law Austin Young Alumni Steering Committee, Committee Chair (2019-present)
• Texas Law 2017 Class Committee, Permanent Class President (2017-present)
• Texas Aggie Bar Association, Board Member (2017-present), Scholarship Committee Chair (2019-present), Secretary (2020-present)