Sarah is an accomplished national security lawyer, known for her exceptional advocacy and extensive experience managing complex cross-border investigations.  

Sarah served as a federal prosecutor and deputy chief in the National Security Division and the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. In these roles, Sarah supervised a team of Assistant United States Attorneys and oversaw and led investigations and prosecutions involving terrorism, cybercrime, economic and traditional espionage, export controls and sanctions violations, other counterintelligence offenses, money laundering, bribery and fraud. During her time as a federal prosecutor, Sarah was routinely trusted to handle some of the most sensitive and high-profile cases, including trying a four-week weapon of mass destruction murder trial and leading the critical incident response following a bombing terrorist attack.  

Before serving in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sarah clerked for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She began her legal career as a litigator at another leading global law firm.  

In addition to her legal practice, Sarah serves on the Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and co-chairs its Honorable Beverly Reid O’Connell Power Lunch Program, which provides civic education and mentorship to high school students in Los Angeles. Sarah also mentors law students via Pepperdine Law’s Preceptor Program.  

Sarah graduated as Salutatorian from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Pepperdine Law Review. She graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a B.A. in global studies, a minor in political science and a certificate in international relations.