[3] He resigned as solicitor-general in 2014 amid tensions between the Newman government and the legal fraternity that resulted from the appointment of Tim Carmody as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
[7] In his written report, Sofronoff concluded that the flood "was a natural disaster and that no human agency caused it or could ever have prevented it".
[10] On 22 December 2022, during the ramifications of the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations, Sofronoff was appointed to lead the Australian Capital Territory government's Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System,[11] which reviewed the circumstances surrounding the aborted prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.
[13] Shane Drumgold SC challenged Sofronoff's report by way of a judicial review before the ACT Supreme Court.
[14] Following a three day hearing, Kaye AJ of the ACT Supreme Court declared that all adverse findings gave rise to the apprehension that they might have been influenced by the views held and publicly expressed by Ms Albrechtsen from The Australian, and further declared that a finding that a cross-examination of Senator Linda Reynolds was grossly unethical was also legally unreasonable, and that a further finding that Drumgold made a false statement to the Chief Police Officer also failed to observe to observed natural justice.
[15][16] Evidence was provided that Sofronoff engaged in 91 telephone calls with journalists, 51 of which were with Ms Janet Albrechtsen, and 22 of which were with Mr Hedley Thomas from the Australian.
[19] In September 2024, the ACT Supreme Court released 1700 pages of communications, revealing complaints from other journalists, including The Australian reporting on things that did not happen.
[22] On 16 October 2024, the Chief Minister of the ACT publicly stated that it was a mistake to appoint Mr Sofronoff to the Board of Inquiry.