Sara Athen's practice is concentrated in product liability and commercial litigation, with particular emphasis in the defense of automobile, medical device, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003)
- Staff, Syracuse Law Review
- Legal Education Opportunity Program, Teaching Assistant
- Legal Research and Writing, Teaching Assistant
- University of Wisconsin (B.S., Business Administration and Retail Wholesale Management, cum laude, 2000)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of Arizona
- Maricopa County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Product Liability Young Lawyers Committee, Member
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Trying to Slow Down the High-Speed: The Difficult Task of Defining High Speed Intranet and Other Services Available Through Cable Systems, Author, Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2003)
- The Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents: Current State of the Law, Author, The Brief (2003)
Community Involvement
- Junior League of Phoenix, Member
- American Cancer Society, Viridis Gala Committee (2004)
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Syracuse (2000-2002)
Other Professional Experience
- Time Warner Cable, Law Clerk, Syracuse, NY
- Onondaga County Law Department, Law Clerk, Syracuse, NY
- Redfield Law Offices, LLC, Intern, Stevens Point, WI
