Sarah concentrates her legal practice on insurance defense, as well as complex commercial litigation and collection. She represents insurance companies in general and professional liability claims, and personal injury cases involving construction, products, toxic torts and transportation. Sarah also handles personal property and business property damage cases. She has additional experience defending cases concerning breach of contract, the Truth in Lending Act, consumer fraud and post-judgment collection.
Prior to joining Litchfield Cavo LLP, Sarah practiced insurance defense litigation at a boutique law firm in Chicago. During this time, she handled general liability, construction litigation, products and premises liability matters, as well as cases involving transportation and toxic torts. Sarah’s experience also includes professional liability, commercial liability and fraud-related claims. She has prior experience representing clients in creditor’s rights litigation and post-judgment collection matters as special counsel for the City of Chicago, and gained experience handling social security disability claims and appeals before the Social Security Administration.
Practices
- Prevailed for individual homeowner’s association client in a wrongful death action brought by the parents of a deceased minor following a tragic drowning in a condominium complex retention pond; the Court ruled in favor of our client and dismissed the action.
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a surgical center client in case where Plaintiff alleged medical negligence against our client and the co-defendant surgeon following ankle surgery at the surgical center; the court agreed with our attorneys and entered summary judgment in favor of our client.
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD, 2013
- Jessup International Moot Court Competitor (2012-2013)
- Central Michigan University, BA, Broadcasting, 2007
Admissions
- Illinois
- United States District Court: Northern District of Illinois
Languages
- English
Recognition
- Included among the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch© annually since the 2023 Edition the area of Insurance Law
- Named to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars annually since 2021 in the area of Construction Litigation