Mansitan Sow

Mansitan Sow is a thoughtful and strategic advocate who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including construction disputes and other high-stakes business controversies. Drawing on her broad experience across both the commercial business and government contract sectors, she represents clients in litigation, arbitration, and internal investigations involving multifaceted contractual, regulatory, and operational issues. 

Mansitan has handled a wide array of disputes, including those between prime contractors and subcontractors, involving construction defects and project delays, intellectual property claims, corporate governance controversies, and business torts. Her litigation portfolio also includes experience with complex domestic relations matters, giving her a distinctive perspective on how personal dynamics can influence business and legal outcomes.

Known for her ability to distill complex facts, legal issues, and large volumes of information into clear and persuasive arguments, Mansitan helps clients and decision-makers navigate challenging disputes with confidence. She has drafted pleadings, discovery motions, dispositive motions, and discovery; taken and defended depositions; conducted witness and internal investigation interviews; and served as second chair at trial. Her experience spans matters in state and federal courts as well as arbitral proceedings.

In addition to her legal practice, Mansitan serves as a trusted advisor to small businesses offering proactive guidance on risk management strategies to help them avoid costly and protracted litigation, when possible.

Mansitan’s legal insight is grounded in a rich foundation of judicial experience. Before and during law school, she served as an intern at the Supreme Court of the United States and worked as a Courtroom Clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in various areas, including the Civil Division. After law school, Mansitan served as the Judicial law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony C. Epstein of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.