Saphyone White

Attorney

Saphyone White specializes in a diverse array of practice areas within business, corporate, and internet law. She is valued for her sharp insight and strategies for complex legal challenges, particularly in high-stakes litigation involving business torts such as fraud, defamation, trade secret disputes, and breach of contract.

Saphyone has also provided critical legal services to innovators and entrepreneurs, helping to solidify their legal foundations with operating agreements, bylaws, IP filings, NDAs, terms of service, privacy policies, and more.

Her emphasis is on developing legal strategies that address immediate legal concerns and also foresee potential challenges, thereby creating a solid foundation for the future. Saphyone’s contributions in business law and internet legal issues have marked her as a forward-thinking attorney who applies a comprehensive and proactive approach to procuring solutions for clients in both litigation and transactional business matters.

Saphyone is an avid world traveler, having visited 42 countries thus far. She has conversational fluency in French and Spanish and enjoys singing and playing the piano and guitar. Saphyone founded a non-profit charity at the age of 13, reflecting her lifelong dedication to social impact and leadership, qualities that now enrich her practice of law.

Saphyone enjoys hiking on peaceful trails in her hometown, Scottsdale. She likes to stay active physically through golf, pickleball, and strength training, and mentally through meditation, tai chi, and yoga.

Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University (J.D.)

• Law, Science, and Technology Certificate in Intellectual Property
• O’Connor Merit Scholar
• Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
• Senior Article Editor – Sports and Entertainment Law Journal
• Rule 39 Certified Student Attorney – Innovation Advancement Clinic

University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science)

• Three Minors in Global Studies, Spanish Linguistics, and French
• Out-of-State Alumni Merit Scholar
• Dean’s Honors List

STATE:
Arizona, 2024

Litigation

• Breach of contract
• Breach of fiduciary duties
• Business torts
• Defamation
• eCommerce
• False and misleading advertising/marketing
• False light invasion of privacy
• First Amendment law
• Fraud
• Internet law
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Lanham Act violations
• Non-competition/non-solicitation/non-disclosure agreement violations
• Partnership disputes
• Privacy law
• Real estate
• Shareholder disputes
• Social media law
• Unfair competition

Business Law

• Business contracts
• Business formation
• Commercial and residential leases
• Corporations
• eCommerce
• Entrepreneurship
• FTC regulatory compliance
• Intellectual property law (copyright, trademark, trade secrets)
• Internet marketing
• Internet & privacy regulations
• Joint ventures
• Limited liability companies
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Partnerships
• Property management agreements
• Small-business purchases and sales
• Software licensing
• Website compliance