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Rain Sun

Associate

Silicon Valley

+1 650-858-6406

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Rain is a litigation associate in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, focusing on intellectual property matters. With a background in Biological Science and her unique work experience at AI startups and quantitative trading, she brings a technical fluency that allows her to serve as the liaison between legal strategies and complex scientific and technical issues. 

Prior to joining the firm, Rain was a Legal Intern at an AI-powered integration platform company in Silicon Valley and was an in-house contract manager at a quantitative trading firm, where she negotiated, oversaw, and managed the legal contract process.

Rain advises clients on high-stakes IP matters involving emerging technology, drawing on her cross-disciplinary experience to bridge legal analysis and technical insight.

  • Award, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) scholar, 2024

  • President of UC Law SF First Generation Professional Association, 2023
  • Co-Chair of UCLA Law Intellectual Property Law Association (IPLA), 2024-2025
  • Patent Prosecutor, UCLA School of Law Patent Clinic, 2024-2025

Capabilities

Intellectual Property
IP Licensing & Due Diligence
Litigation/Trials
Patent Litigation
Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Life Sciences
Medical Devices
Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Credentials

Education

Rain earned their J.D. from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (UCLA Law) in 2025 after transferring from UC Law SF in 2023.  Rain received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences and a B.A. degree in Sociology, from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2022.

    Languages
    • Cantonese
    • Mandarin

    Capabilities

    Intellectual Property
    IP Licensing & Due Diligence
    Litigation/Trials
    Patent Litigation
    Trade Secrets, Non Competes & Restrictive Covenants
    Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    Life Sciences
    Medical Devices
    Technology, Media & Telecommunications
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