About

Sonya has been an in-house IP and Corporate lawyer for over 25 years. Her previous career accomplishments include having the role of Vice President of Product Strategy and Consulting at Discovia, being the founder of Cataphora and holding an in-house counsel position at Intuit and a business development/legal consultant role to several companies, including Sony, IDO Systems, RealCommunities and Treasure Media. She started her legal career as an attorney at SEGA, supporting the business and product development groups, marketing, and the finance department.

She is active in her community and writes for the Stroll Felida magazine (FKA Felida Fine Living). She is a mentor for the Santa Clara University Entrepreneur Law Clinic and The Mentoring Club. She is on the Steering Committee for the San Carlos Chickens’ Ball and is the President and Treasurer of the DesBrisay Sigler Family Foundation. Sonya is a staunch supporter and advocate for women and girls in technology and has founded or been on the board of a women’s group since she began her career. She is an active member of and speaker for Women in eDiscovery.

Past community activities have included being a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (on the Litigation and Small Law Department Committees), the American Bar Association, and The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production, founding the Women’s Interactive Entertainment Association, and board work for Verify Valid, the Nova Vista Symphony, Women in Technology, the San Carlos Education Foundation, and the San Carlos Charter Learning Center.

Sonya is a philanthropist and volunteers for many organizations. In 1999, she and Greg DesBrisay founded the DesBrisay Sigler Family Foundation, an independent private nonprofit dedicating to grant-making for a variety of causes, including supporting our National Parks, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Literacy/Financial literacy.

Personally, Sonya is married to an amazing partner, Keir Morgan, and they have put together a comprehensive vision of what they want in their lives together and separately. They are working on making that vision a reality. In her scraps of spare time, Sonya enjoys traveling the world to see family and friends, auto-crossing Porsches, playing trombone and other brass instruments, performing in community theater, and handiwork like knitting, quilting, scrap-booking, and making costumes and hats.

Sonya’s passions include her three brilliant, sports-obsessed, Axe-wearing sons and following their endeavors. You used to be able to find her taking pictures on the sidelines during Friday Night Lights in the Fall or on the baseball field in the Spring. Now her three sons are in college or beyond.