Preeda  Saiupparat  began his legal career as Head of Lawyers Office at Upparat Law Office Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is currently a pro bono human rights and environmental lawyer for the Lawyer’s Council of Thailand Under The Royal Patronage, a Notaries  Public Services lawyer and a Steering Committee Member for the Pro Bono Network for Users. Born in Lampang, Thailand and having lived in Chiang Mai for many years, Preeda has dedicated his professional legal career to providing quality and ethical legal services to clients in both Northern Thailand and throughout the country. Prior to his becoming a lawyer Preeda studied and graduated with honors from the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Law in 2009. While there he excelled in both his academic career as well as his commitment to social justice where he was a core team member of the CMU Legal Clinic programme where he was a clinic student leader between 2006-2208.. These experiences led Preeda to undertake a commitment to providing pro bono legal services for underprivileged people and providing legal knowledge to prisoners in Thailand. This has also included funding a foundation for underprivileged children, including providing scholarship for students in rural schools. He is a former full time team member of the international not-for-profit access to justice, legal education organization BABSEACLE and continues to volunteer with BABSEACLE, providing assistance in legal related workshop training and community service. Preeda is also one of the core founding members of the Asia Pro Bono Consortium and has regularly contributed and helped in the strengthening of the Asia Pro Bono Conference.  

Preeda  Saiupparat  has experience in a wide range of practice including  including property/real estate, business registration, civil law and litigation, arbitration, contract law and personal injury. He also has a specialization in criminal law and procedure where he has conducted many criminal law trials and hearings on a variety of criminal law topics. His criminal law practice area has gained him a positive reputation both in Thailand and throughout the region, where he has presented many times on the legal representation and advocacy work he has been involved in. Preeda brings to Lanna Lawyers a deep knowledge and understanding of both the Thailand legal system as well as a comparative knowledge, understanding and best practice application of other jurisdictions worldwide.   He also is fluent in both Thai and English language and has applied these skills in a professional manner related to formal interpretation and translation.    

Human Rights Lawyer- Lawyer Council of Thailand Under The Royal Patronage Notaries  Public Services Lawyers Steering Committee Member-Pro Bono Network for Users.

Kritsadaporn Suriyawon (nicknamed Fai) graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Chiang Mai University (CMU) in 2012. After graduating from CMU she worked in the financial department of the Thanachart Bank Public Company Limited Bank for 2 years. In 2017, Fai graduated with a Diploma of Accounting. Fai has been working at Upparat Law Office, and Lanna Lawyers, as a paralegal and accountant since 2018.