Sonya Pfeiffer Age【 Wikipedia 】Daughter, Net Worth, Marriage, Attorney

Name Sonya Pfeiffer

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB January 31, 1973. As of 2025, she is around 52 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Sonya Pfeiffer is an American criminal defense lawyer who vigorously represents her clients in both federal and state courts.
Having successfully counseled plenty of clients in both complicated plea negotiations and jury trials, Sonya is a great communicator with a background in documentary filmmaking and journalism.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Sonya is happily married to her husband, David Rudolf. The couple has a daughter, Zayne Rudolf.
As per their official bio, Sonya and David are an experienced and passionate wife/husband duo dedicating their lives to combating civil rights violations, abuses by law enforcement, and wrongful convictions.
Sonya is also quite close to her mother, Janet, as seen by the posts on her Instagram.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

From 1991 to 1995, Sonya attended Ohio University. She graduated Summa-Cum-Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Journalism and minoring in French. While studying there, Sonya was the Club Soccer captain as well as the On-Air personality (WOUB TV and Radio).
From 2004 to 2007, Sonya also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated Cum-Laude of Juris Doctor with honors in Law.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Sonya served in both the Felony Drug and Misdemeanor Unit after starting her legal career in the office of Mecklenburg County Public Defender.
After working in the Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge, and Rice’s business litigation division (both civil and criminal cases in the firm’s Charlotte office), Sony joined Rudolf Widenhouse. Based in North Carolina, Sonya has been working there as an Attorney since September 2011.
Sonya is a part of the bar associations of North Carolina, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, WDNC, U.S. District Court, MDNC, U.S. District Court, EDNC, and U.S. Supreme Court. She holds leadership positions in the North Carolina State Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and the Mecklenburg County Bar Association.
The talented attorney has also spent a decade covering local television news in Raleigh, Omaha, Boston, and New York City. While being based in Paris, Sonya covered many major international stories. Her key stories she covered include – the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords in Paris and the Yitzhak Rabin assassination in Tel Aviv. Her expertise to tell each client’s story in a persuasive and compelling manner and being professionally proficient in French helped her in this cause.
Besides her legal and journalistic work, Sonya is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has produced and directed documentary films like “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Social Justice’’, the award-winning short.
She is also the Creative Director/Owner of a fine arts gallery, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, based in Charlotte, NC.

Awards :

Over the course of her career, Sonya has been awarded many accolades and honors :

Service Award 2019
Service Award 2017
2016 Ebbie Award for Service by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.
Top Verdicts of 2012 and Service Award 2010 by North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly and Mecklenburg County Public Defender.
Her documentary, Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Social Justice was officially selected for the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival in 2007.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

As part of her pro bono work, Sonya advocates for individual rights via her leadership roles within the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. She is also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force and serves as their VP of Membership.
On the Life and Meaning Podcast by Mark Peres on May 16th, 2019, Sonya reflected on her concept of God, her spiritual journey, and her practice of Yoga and Ahimsa. She also talked about Catholicism, politics, and Olympic development soccer. Sonya also recounted a playground incident that taught her about privilege and empathy.
In an interview with Art Guide Mag, Sonya described what all her various career choices had in common – the power of storytelling.
While being interviewed for Charlotte is Creative on November 5th, 2020, Sonya confessed that if given a chance and not get caught, she would steal the portrait of Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
As per Sonya, the worst piece of advice she got was to get a puppy for her daughter’s 10th birthday.
The last book that Sonya started but did not finish is by Sophia A. Yin called Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right.
Sonya wants to exhibit the Kramer from Seinfeld and name the exhibition “Yet I Can’t Look Away.”
Sonya likes to sing every word while aiming for every high note whenever the song, I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, comes on the radio.