Sondra is Senior Innovation Counsel and leads the Practice Innovation team at Blakes. She is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve legal processes internally and implementing and managing legal technology to drive efficiency at the Firm. Sondra also works closely with clients to provide legal operations guidance and create new solutions that address novel legal and business needs.

Sondra has been actively involved in the legal technology industry, including working as an AI practice consultant. In that role, she advised law firms on the integration of machine learning in their practice, with a specific focus on the transactional process.

Following her admission to the Ontario Bar in 2012, Sondra practised at a law firm in Toronto where she focused on M&A and securities.