In this role, she represents state agencies and officers in a wide range of substantive areas before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court. She also briefs and argues a wide variety of motions and oppositions in federal and state trial court. She has been with the office since 2005. She previously worked as a litigation associate in the Washington office of Kirkland and Ellis. Sookyoung received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Brown University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. In her spare time, Sookyoung teaches first-year legal research and writing at Boston University School of Law and also enjoys classical piano, tennis, traveling, and home decorating and renovation.