Sarah E. Paul
Associate

Sarah Paul has experience in a broad range of state and federal litigation matters, including complex commercial and financial disputes, unfair competition actions, securities enforcement matters, and internal investigations.

Notable cases include defense of a major investment bank against allegations of fraud, negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty relating to the liquidity crisis and collapse of a prominent nationwide insurer; representation of a publicly-traded power line company in a series of lawsuits alleging trade secret misappropriation, violation of non-compete covenants, and tortious interference with contract; representation of an international pharmaceutical company in a breach of contract action relating to the marketing and distribution of a nutritional beverage; and defense of a national home builder and several of its officers in a shareholder derivative suit and multiple securities class actions.

Dedicated to pro bono work, Ms. Paul previously represented a woman convicted of capital murder in Alabama, petitioning a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus on her behalf. Currently, Ms. Paul is pursuing an appeal in the Second Circuit that challenges the constitutionality of a prisoner's Hobbs Act conviction and is representing an individual in New York City Criminal Court who has been charged with assault.

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, New York University School of Law, 2004; Jessup Team Member, Moot Court Board; Order of the Coif

• B.A., magna cum laude, Cornell University, 2000; Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• New York

• Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Clerkship

• The Honorable Berle M. Schiller, District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2005
  
  

Contact

tel  212-897-4480

fax 212-213-0849

spaul@spearsimes.com

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