Sarah Crooks, a partner in the firm's Commercial Litigation group, focuses her
practice on navigating clients through complex business litigation, class action
lawsuits and attorney general investigations across a variety of industry
sectors, including the telecommunications, food and restaurant, childcare and
education and real estate sectors. Sarah also has extensive experience
representing clients in the areas of consumer protection, securities litigation,
fraudulent transfer litigation and will contests.
Sarah dedicates a
significant portion of her time to pro bono work and volunteer efforts to serve
the legal community. Since 2002, Sarah has served as a volunteer attorney for
Legal Aid Services of Oregon representing victims of domestic violence in
obtaining restraining orders. Sarah is also involved with the American Bar
Association, the Multnomah Bar Association (past President), and Oregon Women
Lawyers (past President). In 2012, the Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on
Professionalism recognized Sarah with the Justice Edwin J. Peterson
Professionalism Award for consistently demonstrating the highest standards of
conduct to the bench, bar and public. In 2010, Sarah was recognized for her
unrelenting commitment to the promotion of women in the legal profession as a
recipient of the Oregon Women Lawyers Justice Betty Roberts Award.