Lawyer’s Profile:

Sufiah is a Legal Associate at Messrs Zaid Ibrahim Suflan T H Liew & Partners where she is involved in handling general, Civil and Commercial litigation practices particularly in insurance and tortious disputes as well as arbitration proceedings.

Sufiah graduated from the University of Malaya in Law (Hons) in 2020 after which she went on to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice from UiTM in 2022.

During her university days, she played a role as the trailblazer for female representatives in the University of Malaya’s campus political arena. She was elected as the Student Representative of the Law Faculty in UM’s Student Representative Council 2019 (UMSU). During her term, she was the Interim President of the UM Student Union in 2020 while also serving as the UM Chairperson for the Legal Advisor to reform the student parliament. This was unprecedented as there were no codified rules at the time of its establishment.

Besides her involvement in campus politics, she was also chosen as the Student Advisor at Klinik Bantuan Guaman Universiti Malaya (KBGUM), a legal aid clinic being run by final year law students and being supervised by academic staff and professional lawyers. Sufiah served as a legal intern at the State Legal Advisor Office in Penang.

Sufiah began her legal career under the tutelage of Lee & Partner. During her pupillage period, she was exposed and guided in many different areas of law. She has been involved extensively in conveyancing and retail banking documentation together with advisory works. She frequently handled a wide array of civil litigation disputes involving the law of defamation, construction and contractual disputes, divorce proceedings as well as probate and estates administrations.

Accolades/Awards:

• Champion for Presidential Debate 2019
• (“Relevancy of Race-Based Parties in Forming Malaysian Governmental Policies”)
• Semi-Finalist SPRM Anti-Corruption Debate 2019
• Overall Best Oralist Award in Pertandingan Penghujahan Mahkamah 2018

Memberships/Appointments:

• Malaysian Bar Council

Speaking Engagements/Articles written:

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Year called to bar, University:

• 2021, University of Malaya
• LLB (Hons)(Malaya)