Riley Smith represents clients across business sectors in high-stakes civil, regulatory, and criminal matters and practices in both federal and state court, where he has represented large corporations, start-ups and high-net-worth individuals in various phases of litigation. He has represented clients in matters involving the IRS, Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services and DHS.

Riley was a litigation associate at a Los Angeles-based boutique prior to joining Waymaker. After earning his J.D. at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, he clerked for the Honorable David S. Morales of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. During law school, he spent two years in the Juvenile Innocence and Fair Sentencing Clinic advocating for clients at parole board hearings and representing juvenile offenders in wrongful conviction cases.

Riley received a BA in Politics from Occidental College, where he was also the captain of the baseball team. Prior to law school, Riley played two years of professional baseball for the Alpine Cowboys of the Pecos League. He enjoys playing softball, golf, running at the Rose Bowl and camping.

Jared Sohn’s diversified experience enables him to represent a wide range of clients. He works closely with founders, early-stage companies, and high-net-worth individuals, as well as multinational corporations. Representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Jared litigates cutting-edge, complex commercial matters in both state and federal courts. He handles contractual disputes spanning the industrial spectrum, serves clients in blockchain and FinTech spaces, and litigates entertainment law and intellectual property infringement cases. He also defends clients in connection with government investigations brought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Prior to joining Waymaker, Jared gained experience at a business and employment law firm where, among other high-stakes civil cases, he aggressively litigated against a Fortune 100 company and represented a public figure in a defamation lawsuit. He also interned with the New York City Law Department, one of the nation’s premier NFL player agencies, and was a founding team member at a cryptocurrency startup.

Jared received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and his B.B.A. in Business Law from the University of Miami. He was a member of UNC School of Law’s Student Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Association, and Sports and Entertainment Law Association. He has also performed pro bono work for legal organizations such as Rising for Justice and Community Veteran Justice Project. Jared enjoys volunteering at food banks throughout Los Angeles.