Current Role
  • Associate, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
  • Counsel for the Center for American Progress and the NAACP on their amicus submission in the Inflation Reduction Act Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiation cases. This amicus brief demonstrates that affordable access to prescription medications is key health equity issue for community of color, the LGBTQ+ community, women and people living with disabilities. The IRA’s Medicare drug price negotiation will help to alleviate that unfairness, bringing the United States closer to the goal of achieving health equity.
Experience
  • At Michigan Law, Ms. Weaver worked in criminal defense with the Michigan State Appellate Defenders Office, preparing filings for an appeal regarding the criminalization of speech. She also was a student attorney with the Michigan Innocence Clinic, where she worked with wrongfully convicted clients to reverse their convictions.
  • Ms. Weaver worked on issues of LGBTQ+ rights as an intern for Lambda Legal and as the co-director of Michigan Law’s OutReach name change clinic, which helped transgender clients change their names in Michigan.
Personal Insight

Sophia grew up in Chicago and recently moved to Boston. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Boston, ballroom dancing and painting.