Sonya Szabo
Founder & Managing Lawyer
Sonya’s Story
A Business Lawyer Built for the Way You Work
Sonya Szabo is a business lawyer for creative and service-based businesses across Canada, and she gets calls every week from business owners who open with the same line: "I should have dealt with this a year ago." She just nods and says, "Okay, let's sort it out." That's usually the moment they realize they've found the right lawyer.
Sonya has helped Canadian entrepreneurs build, protect, and grow their businesses, working specifically with the kinds of businesses that get overlooked by traditional corporate law firms: photographers, designers, agency owners, coaches, hospitality businesses, makers, and creative studios at every stage of growth.
Built on Both Sides of the Table
She thinks like a business owner because she is one and has been for decades. She bootstrapped and scaled an award-winning restaurant. She ran an event planning company. She learned most of what she knows about business the expensive way, through bad contracts, worse bookkeeping, late-night Googling that didn't help, and completely ignoring it when it felt overwhelming. That experience is the foundation of everything she does at Zābo Law, and it's why her clients consistently say she's unlike any lawyer they've worked with before.
A Practice Born From What She Watched Others Lose
She has watched friends and neighbours lose businesses they spent years building because the legal side wasn't in place when something went wrong. A bad partnership. A contract that didn't hold. A brand someone else filed for. Improper CRA filings. All these things could have been avoided with access to a knowledgeable, honest and friendly lawyer.
Deep Roots in Canadian Business Law
Sonya has a bachelor's degree in business, earned her JD from Queen’s Law in Kingston, and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, with certificates in intellectual property, negotiation, and entertainment law.
Sonya is the mom of three young adults and a proud mother-in-law to two daughters-in-law, and has been married to Rick for more than 25 years. When she’s not strategizing for her clients, you’ll find her crafting a plant-based recipe for dinner, taking nature walks, or planning the next big trip. She designed her practice the same way she helps her clients design theirs: built to last, but flexible enough to actually live your life while you run it.
She is based in Prince Edward County, Ontario, and works with clients across Canada entirely remotely.