About Sofia
Sofia Dee built a legal foundation through formal education before returning to public service. She earned her J.D. from New York Law School in 2005 after completing a B.A. at Fordham University in 2002. The sequence is straightforward: undergraduate study, law school, then continued work in administrative settings.
Her résumé includes early roles on the adjudicative side of government. In 1989 she served as an Administrative Law Judge in the Manhattan and Bronx traffic courts, where she handled contested citations and managed high-volume dockets. In 1993 she worked as a Commissioner’s Hearing Officer at the New York State Department of Correctional Services. Those positions involved formal hearings, decision-writing and the procedural rules that govern administrative tribunals.
That on-the-ground adjudicative experience shaped the kinds of matters she would handle later. Her time in traffic court demanded quick rulings and an ability to distill facts from conflicting testimony. At the Department of Correctional Services she worked through disciplinary and regulatory issues that required careful record review and written findings. Both roles required clarity in explaining decisions to regulated parties and to the public record.
Dee is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut. She also holds membership in the American Bar Association and maintains memberships in both the Connecticut State Bar and the New York State Bar. Those affiliations reflect continued engagement with the professional rules and practice standards that guide litigation and administrative work across state lines.
Her career path crosses public service and private practice. After completing her law degree she returned to legal practice and applied her administrative hearing background to counsel clients on regulatory and procedural matters. She has experience drafting administrative submissions, preparing witnesses for hearings and representing clients before state agencies.
Colleagues describe her approach as methodical. She organizes records, frames legal arguments tightly and values the procedural levers that can determine outcomes in agency proceedings and court-adjacent forums. She balances attention to detail with a practical sense of how administrative deadlines and evidentiary rules affect case strategy.
She now practices in New York and Connecticut, concentrating on administrative and regulatory matters.
