Sarah E. Prather

Sarah Prather represents clients in complex commercial and mass tort litigation across federal and state courts. She guides clients through all phases of litigation, from early case strategy and risk assessment through discovery, expert development, and trial preparation, working closely with them to position cases for favorable resolution or success at trial. Sarah has handled matters involving breach of contract, indemnity disputes, environmental issues, tort claims alleging personal injury and property damage, and consumer protection claims. She has argued motions, taken depositions, and examined both expert and fact witnesses at trial. She also has served as a key member of several trial teams in high-stakes, multi-issue disputes.

Sarah has secured favorable outcomes for clients in a range of impactful pro bono matters. She was part of the trial team representing a class of transgender women prisoners in constitutional challenges against Illinois prison officials and she has successfully represented individual transgender clients in civil rights and immigration cases. Sarah also obtained positive results for a special needs student in multiple annual agency adjudicatory hearings and she favorably resolved a commercial arbitration for a mental health nonprofit.

Before law school, Sarah worked as a human capital consultant at a global professional services firm, where she advised clients on organizational design and workforce strategy.