Sonjui L. Kumar is a founding partner of KPPB Law, a minority owned and certified law firm, established in Atlanta, Georgia in 2003, with offices in Houston, Virginia and New York. Ms. Kumar is a corporate transactional lawyer with over three decades of experience representing companies from formation to exit. She primarily acts as general counsel to domestic and foreign manufacturing, technology, real-estate and service companies shepherding them through mergers, acquisitions, governance, employment, contractual and other ongoing matters. She focuses primarily on companies that have cross-border operations, representing many Indian companies doing business in the United States, and U.S. companies doing business in India.
Ms. Kumar is an active member of the Asian American community nationally and locally. For the past decade, she has served as the Chair of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta, an organization dedicated to fostering the social, economic, and civil rights of Asian Americans in the Southeast. Ms. Kumar’s firm is a long-time member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), where she serves on its Board of Directors and co-chairs the Law Firm Management Committee, and was the first co-chair of its International Law PAC. Ms. Kumar is a Past President of both the national (SABANA) and local (SABA-GA) South Asian Bar Associations and has been awarded SABANA’s Cornerstone Award for her service. She is also on the Board of GIACC (The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce). She has previously served as an at-large representative on the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia and was awarded the State Bar of Georgia’s Commitment to Equality Award. Ms. Kumar is also a Charter Member of TIE-Atlanta, an organization dedicated to fostering and mentoring entrepreneurship. Ms. Kumar also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Cool Girls, Inc.
Attorney Kumar is a frequent speaker on issues relating to international transactions, corporate governance, women and minorities in the profession, law firm practice, and business development.
Experience
- Founding Partner – Kumar Prabhu Patel & Banerjee, LLC (KPPB LAW)
- Trustee – Leadership Atlanta
- Board Member – NAMWOLF
- Chairman – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (formerly AALAC)
- Past President and Chair of National Advisory Council – NASABA
- Associate – Levy & Droney
- Management Intern – Prudential Insurance Company
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law – J.D., Law
- Montclair State University – B.A., Political Science