Sonya Pfeiffer
Sonya Pfeiffer is a trial attorney with Pfeiffer Rudolf in Charlotte, focusing on wrongful conviction litigation and complex criminal defense. She began as a public defender, then moved to private practice, handling white collar defense, civil litigation and pro bono death penalty work, including the 2012 Racial Justice Act litigation. She is a licensed barrister in Canada, where she teaches trial advocacy.
Sonya is also an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker who spent more than a decade as a television news reporter in the U.S. and Europe. She co-hosts Abuse of Power, a Webby Award-winning podcast on Audible, and owns SE CLT Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Charlotte.
She serves on the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and co-chairs its Women in Criminal Defense Committee. She is licensed in North Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Massachusetts, and before the Supreme Court of the United States.