Sonay Erton

Hi, I’m Sonay, a Solicitor Advocate, ADHD coach and speaker on a mission to do law differently. 👋🏼 I chose to study law impulsively one evening in year 13, I call it my ‘Eureka moment’ as I made the decision in the shower. After being told by teachers I wouldn’t get the grades or get into the universities I wanted to (I was smart but perceived by some teachers as lazy, not achieving my potential and in my own world), I got into three universities to study law. I graduated from Queen Mary, University of London with a high 2:1 in law and then went on to complete a Master’s in Medical Law, achieving a merit straight after graduating. It was then I veered off the traditional path to becoming a lawyer. Instead of getting my foot in straight in the door of a law firm, I worked in a number of industries, retail, sales, marketing, recruitment and customer care for a house developer. It was seven years post-graduation when I joined a law firm as a Paralegal in Litigation and Personal Injury, quickly advancing to Solicitor Advocate in just over three years. Being autistic and having ADHD has provided its fair share of difficulties in my career, but it also allows me to see the world differently, come up with new ideas, work really hard to get the result I want.