Press Release
Business Litigator Sonya Pfeiffer Joins Womble Carlyle’s Charlotte Team
March 4, 2010
Public Relations contact: Bruce Buchanan (336) 728-7027
CHARLOTTE—Business litigation attorney Sonya Pfeiffer has joined Womble Carlyle’s Charlotte office.
She comes to the firm from the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office, where she spent more than two years as an Assistant Public Defender. Pfeiffer was a team leader while in the Misdemeanor unit and also served in the Felony Drug Unit.
In addition to her legal experience, Pfeiffer is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. She spent more than a decade as a television news reporter in Raleigh, Boston, Omaha and New York. She also covered such major stories as the Yitzhak Rabin assassination and the Dayton Peace Accord signing for CNN.
Pfeiffer is a graduate of Ohio University and the University of North Carolina School of Law.
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