Sydney Rupe has a strong interest in seeing justice served and has put that passion for the law to good use for her clients and for the causes and issues she cares about. Sydney focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters and over the course of her career has earned a reputation as a first-rate problem-solver with a knack for navigating the complexities of high-stakes cases ranging from trade secrets and employment litigation to product liability and energy industry disputes.      

After earning a BA in Public Policy Analysis – Politics from Pomona College in Southern California, Sydney worked for a year at an international law firm in Los Angeles, where she focused on banking and asset finance matters before returning to her home state of Tennessee to attend Vanderbilt University Law School. Sydney earned a juris doctorate from Vanderbilt in May 2019 and moved to Houston, where she has been practicing law ever since. She has participated in multiple jury trials and advocates for her clients in a wide range of complex matters. 

Sydney has a robust and active pro bono practice in the criminal and racial justice spaces, working on legal matters related to mass incarceration, juvenile and racial justice, and capital punishment. She also has served as a Criminal Justice Committee member for the national Law Firm Antiracism Alliance.