EADA Sonya Paxton is a fictional character portrayed by Christine Lahti in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Unstable (season 11), they were 59 years old.
They appear in 7 episodes out of a total of 551 aired so far
Episodes7
Unstable
episode S11.E1 september 2009SVU gets the help of an angry, violent police officer to solve a rape case. They soon discover that they may be dealing with a serial rapist, and the wrong man may be in prison for one of his crimes.Sugar
episode S11.E2 september 2009The body of an online call girl is found in a suitcase, and the prime suspect for her murder is an Internet entrepreneur who was one of her "sugar daddies."Solitary
episode S11.E3 october 2009Stabler is attacked by a man that he helped put away 19 years earlier. When that man faces attempted murder charges, he claims that he was the victim because of the solitary confinement he faced during his sentence.Hammered
episode S11.E4 october 2009An alcoholic who fell off the wagon is charged in the brutal rape and murder of an abortion doctor. His defense argues that alcoholism is a disease, but why is ADA Paxton so bitterly opposed to the claim?Turmoil
episode S11.E8 november 2009ADA Cabot is being investigated by the state bar because of a rape case, but Benson and Stabler are too preoccupied to come to her aid because Stabler's son and best friend are missing.Gray
episode S12.E9 november 2010Benson and Stabler discover that an accused campus rapist may have used a drug to make his girlfriend have an abortion without her knowledge.Pursuit
episode S12.E17 february 2011A journalist who hosts a program that exposes predators gets a disturbing package from a stalker, but it may also help her find the person who kidnapped her sister 25 years ago, with the help of detective Benson and Sonya Paxton.
- Unstable
- Sugar
- Solitary
- Hammered
- Turmoil
- Gray
- Pursuit