Sydney Michels

Sydney focuses her practice on complex antitrust litigation, class actions, toxic torts, and mass actions. She joined Paul LLP Trial Attorneys in 2023 after beginning her practice as a family law attorney advocating for survivors of domestic violence on a Victims of Crime Act Grant for Kansas Legal Services (“KLS”). During her time at KLS, she assisted clients in obtaining protection orders, divorces, and appropriate child custody arrangements. Sydney’s passion for advocating for vulnerable and wronged individuals persists in her work at Paul LLP Trial Attorneys.

Sydney is both a first-generation college graduate and first-generation law graduate, completing her legal education at Gonzaga University School of Law in 2021. During law school, she was an Admissions Ambassador, mentoring both potential and incoming law students through the admissions and new student process. She also interned for the Spokane County Public Defender’s Office, the Law Offices of Mark Vovos with a focus on criminal defense, and Kansas Legal Services. Sydney’s work with the Public Defender’s Office and KLS earned her a Pro Bono Distinction Award.

Outside of Sydney’s legal and pro bono work, she enjoys reading, traveling, crafting, camping, and spending quality time with her husband and daughter.