SARAH A. GARRETT
BEAVERTON
Summary
Legal professional with comprehensive background in litigation and legal advisory services. Proven ability to manage complex legal matters while collaborating effectively with team members to achieve optimal results. Highly adaptable to evolving legal environments and client needs, with strong skills in legal research and contract negotiation.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Attorney
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
10.2024 - Current
- Drafted legal documents, including motions and briefs, ensuring compliance with court requirements.
- Conducted thorough legal research to support case strategies and client representation.
- Managed a diverse caseload, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
- Achieved favorable outcomes for clients through skilled negotiation and effective litigation strategies.
- Assisted senior attorneys with complex cases, contributing to the successful resolution of challenging disputes.
Associate Attorney
O'Hagan Meyer
02.2024
- Specializing in employment and labor defense in Oregon and Washington.
- Responsible for all aspects of pre-hearing and pre-trial preparation related to employment and labor cases, including initial and supplemental discovery, client and witness interviews and depositions, communication with experts, research and drafting of various legal documents including complaints, motions, motion answers, and discovery requests.
- Responding to complaints from agencies such as BOLI and the EEOC.
Insurance Defense Attorney
Liberty Mutual
05.2022 - 02.2024
- Specializing in insurance defense and worker’s compensation defense in Oregon and Washington.
- Responsible for all aspects of pre-hearing and pre-trial preparation related to civil litigation and worker’s compensation cases, including initial and supplemental discovery, client and witness interviews and depositions, communication with experts, research and drafting of various legal documents including complaints, motions, motion answers, and discovery requests.
- Engaging extensively in ADR processes such as mediation and arbitration.
- Conducting interviews and depositions with medical professionals and experts.
Associate Attorney
Gress, Clark, Young, & Schoepper
08.2019 - 11.2021
- Specializing in worker’s compensation defense Oregon.
- Responsible for all aspects of hearing and trial preparation related to Oregon worker’s compensation cases, including evaluating cases for compensability, and other aspects such as extensive drafting of pleadings, motions, and appeals.
- Conducting interviews and depositions with medical professionals and experts.
- Drafting regular status update reports for our insurance carrier clients.
Associate Attorney
Wallace, Klor, Mann, Capener & Bishop, P.C.
03.2019 - 08.2019
- Specializing in worker’s compensation defense in Washington.
- Responsible for all aspects of pre-hearing and pre-trial preparation related to Washington worker’s compensation cases, including all phases of discovery, interviews and depositions with medical professionals and experts, research and drafting of various legal documents including discovery requests, motions, and answers.
- Drafting regular status update reports for our insurance carrier clients.
Associate Attorney
Markun Zusman Freniere Compton, LLP
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Specialized in professional liability and defense of broker-dealers, brokers, and investment advisors in FINRA arbitrations and in state and federal courts.
- Responsible for all aspects of pre-hearing and pre-trial preparation, including initial and supplemental discovery, client and witness interviews and depositions, communication with experts, research and drafting of various legal documents including complaints, motions, motion answers, and discovery requests.
- Extensive review and vetting of potential arbitrators in FINRA and AAA actions, in a manner similar to voir dire.
- Established a firm database for potential arbitrators in order to streamline the review and selection process within the firm.
- Managed a team of two paralegals who were assigned to my cases.
Associate Attorney
Schneider Kerr Robichaux
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Represented clients throughout the appeals process of their Social Security Disability application denials.
- Attended and represented clients at over 600 hearings before federal administrative law judges.
- Was responsible for reviewing cases and drafting requests for decisions “on-the-records” in cases where I believed my client’s medical records spoke for themselves and that a decision based solely on their medical records was warranted, drastically reducing the wait time and process time for my clients.
- Extensively reviewed and analyzed client’s medical records and conducted interviews with them and their medical providers in order to prepare my client’s case and to construct the most compelling narrative possible.
- Managed and supervised a team of 3-5 legal assistants.
- Previous extensive experience as a Certified Law Clerk with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office (2014).
Education
Juris Doctorate -
Lewis & Clark College – Northwestern School of Law
Portland, Oregon01.2015
Bachelor of Arts – cum laude - Political Science; Minors in History and International Relations
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California01.2012
Associate of Sciences – higher honors - Social and Behavioral Sciences
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, California01.2010
Skills
- Legal research
- Document drafting
- Case management
- Litigation strategy
- Client representation
- Negotiation skills
- Discovery processes
- Witness interviews
- Deposition preparation
- Mediation experience
- Arbitration procedures
- Medical record analysis
Timeline
Associate Attorney
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
10.2024 - Current
Associate Attorney
O'Hagan Meyer
02.2024
Insurance Defense Attorney
Liberty Mutual
05.2022 - 02.2024
Associate Attorney
Gress, Clark, Young, & Schoepper
08.2019 - 11.2021
Associate Attorney
Wallace, Klor, Mann, Capener & Bishop, P.C.
03.2019 - 08.2019
Associate Attorney
Markun Zusman Freniere Compton, LLP
01.2017 - 01.2018
Associate Attorney
Schneider Kerr Robichaux
01.2015 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Arts – cum laude - Political Science; Minors in History and International Relations
San Francisco State University
Associate of Sciences – higher honors - Social and Behavioral Sciences
City College of San Francisco
Juris Doctorate -
Lewis & Clark College – Northwestern School of Law