Sonia is very active in the community and donates her time to various community related events. She is a young professional woman with close ties to the business community. Sonia obtained her B.A. (Laws) and LL.B. degrees from Guru Nanak Dev University in Punjab, India. After which she emigrated to Canada and attended the University of New Brunswick where she obtained her second LL.B. degree.

Having completed her law degree, Sonia moved to British Columbia where she articled with the law firm of Yearwood & Company and was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 2005. In April 2008, she co-founded the law firm of Joomratty & Virk. In September 2012, she co-founded Virk Sabharwal, Lawyers, now called Virk Viyas & Associate Laywers. Sonia specializes in Corporate/Commercial Law, Residential and Commercial real estate, Wills & Estates, and General Litigation matters.

In 2007, she was elected President of the Indo Canadian Business Association of British Columbia. She was the youngest and the first woman to be elected President. She has also been a member of British Columbia’s Small Business Roundtable and a director on the Board of College of Dietitians, as a public nominee. She also currently sits on the Board of Directors of Surrey Hospital Foundation.

In March 2017, Sonia won the Surrey Board of Trade, Women in Business Award in the Professional Category. Sonia also sits on the Board of G&F Financial, a credit union in British Columbia since 2014 and is the Second Vice-President of the Board since 2015. She has been invited by the media as a legal expert to discuss various legal issues pertinent to our community.