Sonia Muñoz Gallagher, Esq.
Sonia is a bilingual Florida attorney, published legal author, and national continuing legal education instructor with more than 20 years of legal experience. She explains complex questions about families, money, business ownership, and incapacity in plain language that viewers can use.
Featured, Quoted & Published
Designed to give producers, journalists, and booking teams a quick read on Sonia’s credibility and subject-matter range.
Selected coverage: The Florida Bar News — National Make-A-Will Month · The Florida Bar News — Puerto Rico CLE · Estate Planning for Hispanic Families
Clear, Audience-Ready Legal Commentary
For television producers, newsrooms, podcast hosts, and conference bookers: practical interview angles, clear explanations, bilingual availability, and ready-to-use biographical materials.
Interview & Segment Topics
These topics are framed for producers looking for practical, audience-friendly segments rather than purely technical legal analysis.
Why a Will Is Not Enough
Clear, viewer-friendly explanation of the difference between a will, trust, powers of attorney, and incapacity planning.
What Happens If a Business Owner Dies or Becomes Incapacitated?
Practical continuity concerns affecting family-owned businesses, physician practices, and closely held companies.
Estate Planning for Women Who Carry the Family Load
Ideal for lifestyle, family, and women-focused media—financial access, caregiving, protecting children, and planning for the unexpected.
Special Needs Planning for Families
Trusts, decision-making authority, guardianship alternatives, and long-term protection explained with empathy and clarity.
Hispanic Families, Culture & Generational Wealth
Bilingual, culturally informed perspective on how family dynamics influence inheritance, caregiving, and long-term planning.
Probate Mistakes Families Can Prevent Before a Crisis
Useful for news and daytime TV audiences seeking actionable, preventative advice.
Speaking, Education & Expertise
Sonia is an instructor for legal and financial professionals—not merely an attendee or panel participant.
Continuing Legal Education Instructor — Florida & National Audiences
Sonia teaches continuing legal education to attorneys in Florida and nationally. She has delivered live, in-person and online courses to other lawyers, professional guardians, fiduciaries, and financial planners on estate planning, guardianship, special needs trusts, and business succession.
Programs & Presentations
- CLE in Paradise: Protecting Business Owners: Estate Planning, Business Continuity, and Succession Strategies
- National Make-a-Will Month: A Thinking Consumer’s Guide to Wills
- AgedTrust CLE: Coordinated Long-Term Planning: Protecting Benefits, Authority, and Continuity of Care
- Shenkman Education: Holistic Planning for Special Needs Children
Published Work
- Estate Planning for Hispanic Families — Trusts & Estates / WealthManagement.com
- Ten Estate Planning Topics Financial Advisors Should Discuss With Clients — WealthManagement.com
- National Make-A-Will Month — Why a Will Alone Is Not Enough — LISI
- Surviving in the Legal Practice — Illinois State Bar Association
Producer Notes
- Good fit for lifestyle, legal, finance, parenting, and women-focused programs
- Strong crossover topics for morning TV and Hispanic community programming
- Can translate complex planning into viewer-friendly steps
- Credible for both evergreen segments and timely expert commentary
Ready-to-Use Bios
Give producers and event organizers a short version for booking pages and a longer version for host packets or show notes.
Short Bio
Sonia Muñoz Gallagher, Esq. is the founder of Family Wealth Law, LLC, a Florida law firm focused on estate planning, probate, guardianship, special needs planning, and business succession. With more than 20 years of legal experience, she is a bilingual attorney, published legal author, and educator who helps families and business owners protect what they’ve built and preserve generational wealth.
Extended Bio
Sonia Muñoz Gallagher is a Florida attorney, speaker, and media contributor who advises families, professionals, physicians, and business owners on estate planning, probate, incapacity planning, and business succession. Her work has been featured in The Florida Bar News, WealthManagement.com, and Steve Leimberg’s Estate Planning Newsletter (LISI). Sonia is known for making complex legal issues approachable and relevant, especially around family protection, financial security, multigenerational planning, special needs concerns, and the intersection of business and personal legacy. She is available for television, podcasts, panels, and community or professional education in English and Spanish.
Media & Speaking Inquiries
If you are booking a television segment, podcast interview, panel, keynote, webinar, or educational program, this section is designed to make the next step easy.
Sonia Muñoz Gallagher, Esq.
Founder & Managing Attorney
Family Wealth Law, LLC
Email: sonia@familywealthlaw.net
Phone: 954-228-0701
Website: www.familywealthlaw.net
Availability: Florida • Virtual • In-Person • English & Spanish
Press Assets for Producers & Event Organizers
- Download one-page TV & Media Kit (PDF)
- High-resolution primary headshot — black blazer portrait
- Additional color and neutral blazer portrait options
- Official Family Wealth Law logo
- Short and extended media bios
- Selected publication links
- TV-friendly interview topics