Sonia was a partner of Lynch Meyer from 1995 to 2024 and is now a consultant.

Awards and Recognition

Sonia has been consecutively listed in The Best Lawyers in Australia list for Labour and Employment Law since 2014 and for Occupational Health and Safety Law since 2020. Sonia was Recommended as a Leading Employment & Industrial Relations (Employer Representation) Lawyer in Doyle’s Guide in South Australia for 2020, 2018 & 2017. She was also Recommended in Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer in South Australia for 2016, and recommended in the Doyle's Guide list of Leading Health and Aged Care Lawyers in South Australia for 2025, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

Experience

Sonia advises clients on all aspects of the operation of the Fair Work Act 2009 and the work health and safety harmonisation laws.

Sonia provides practical and pragmatic advice on all aspects of employment law including drafting employment agreements and workplace policies and procedures and advising in respect of termination of employment. She negotiates Enterprise Agreements and also advises clients on restraint of trade issues and breaches of confidentiality by employees.

She has advised and represented employers in prosecutions for breaches of health and safety laws and regularly advises employers on how to manage industrial and safety issues and deal with Government regulators, including Safework Australia, Safework SA and the Fair Work Ombudsman.

As a former member of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal, Sonia has great insight into discrimination laws and regularly advises clients on all aspects of State and Federal discrimination issues.

Sonia’s estate litigation experiences includes acting for executors and beneficiaries, particularly charities and not-for-profit organisations, in resolving disputes over deceased estates.

Having been on the board of a number of health and aged care organisations, including being the Chairperson of a Registered Aged Care Provider, Sonia is very familiar with the Aged Care laws.

Sonia advises aged care operators on regulations and compliance issues. She also provides advice to retirement village operators on contractual documentation and disputes in the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT).

Sonia is a regularly sought after speaker on industrial relations, work health and safety and aged care issues and has been involved in the preparation and delivery of a number of seminars to peak industry bodies.