Sara is a partner with the firm’s class action and complex litigation department. Sara is dedicated to representing plaintiffs in complex litigation and consumer class actions. Her practice is focused on consumer fraud, with an emphasis on false advertising and consumer deception.
She has had significant involvement in over 50 consumer class actions, and has been appointed class counsel in the following cases:
Burks v. HP Inc., (Los Angeles Superior Court 2024),
Gilmore, et al. v. Monsanto Company (N.D. Cal. 2022);
Whitfield, et al., v. Yes To, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2021);
Elkies, et al., v. Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal. 2019);
In re Dollar General Motor Corp. Motor Oil Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL 2709 (2019);
Perez v. Public Storage (Los Angeles Superior Court 2018);
Barba et al. v. Shire U.S. Inc., (S.D. Fla. 2017);
Eggnatz v. The Kashi Company (S.D. Fla. 2016);
Toney v. Just Fabulous, (Los Angeles Superior Court 2016);
Paul v. Wine.com, (San Francisco Superior Court);
Arreguin v. Telebrands Corp. (San Bernardino Superior Court);
McCrary v. The Elations Co., LLC (C.D. Cal.);
Saenz v. SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (Alameda Superior Court).
Sara has also participated as a panelist at Bridgeport Consumer Class Action Litigation & Management Conferences in Orange County, California, presenting on topics such as standing in consumer fraud class actions (2019) and using California’s Unfair Competition Law in class actions (2020). Sara’s experience in the class action bar consistently has been recognized by her peers, both in terms of the results she has achieved for her clients and for the accolades she has received in doing so. She was featured as a “Southern California Rising Star” in Super Lawyers® from 2015 to 2021.
Sara received her B.A. in English from the University of California (UCLA), and is a graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, where she was an associate editor for the
Journal for Entrepreneurship and the Law and founded the law school’s Latin American Law Students Association.
