Sonthonax B. SaintGermain

Sontho is a member of the firm’s Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice Group in the Professional Liability Department. He has litigated numerous appeals in state and federal appellate courts. In addition to his extensive appellate practice, Sontho provides litigation support in cases at the trial court level.

Prior to joining the firm, Sontho practiced in product liability with a regional firm in Illinois and Missouri. Before entering private practice, he was an appellate attorney with Illinois’ Office of the State Appellate Defender and subsequently at the Office of the Federal Defender for the Middle District of Florida. Sontho served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Mary McDade of the Illinois Third District Court of Appeal in Peoria, Illinois. 

Sontho graduated from the Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Applied Economics. He subsequently attended the University of Illinois, College of Law in Champaign, Illinois where he obtained his juris doctor.