Sonni Waknin
Sonni Waknin is a Senior Voting Rights Counsel at the UCLA Voting Rights Project. Sonni believes that all citizens deserve the right to an equitable democracy and free and fair elections. Sonni Waknin litigates voting rights and redistricting cases and supports policy efforts to improve democracy at the federal, state, and local level . She co-leads the UCLA Voting Rights Project’s summer fellowship program and co-teaches the Voting Rights Clinic at Seattle University School of Law. Previously, Sonni interned with the ACLU Voting Rights Project and for Common Cause’s National Redistricting Project. She holds her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, is an alumna of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, and holds a B.A. from Rutgers University. Sonni joined the UCLA VRP in 2019.
Case List:
Portugal, et al. v. Franklin County, et al.
Reyes, et al. v. Chilton, et al.
City of Santa Monica v. Pico Neighborhood Assoc. (Amicus Brief)
Soto Palmer, et al. v. Hobbs et al.
Coca, et al. v. Dodge City
Corral and Portugal v. Franklin County Public Utility District, et al.
Cascino v. Abbott, et al.
