Biography

Sarah advises businesses and individuals on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters. A former paralegal, she has more than 10 years of experience working for North Carolina law firms.

A member of the firm’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups, Sarah’s experience includes representing both buyers and sellers in mergers, stock and membership sales. For businesses in the health care sector, Sarah’s experience includes working on major corporate transactions, including hospital system mergers and sales of physician practices.

Sarah works closely with business owners in mapping out smart strategies for corporate structure, governance, and partnership agreements. She also serves as a go-to resource for clients on day-to-day contract review, commercial leases and compliance issues.

Sarah’s work for nonprofit organizations includes the formation of nonprofit entities, application for recognition of exemption, and structuring of joint ventures involving exempt and non-exempt organizations. Clients rely on Sarah for providing corporate governance advice, structuring advice, preparing conflict of interest policies, reviewing and preparing grant agreements, services agreements, statement of services, and confidentiality agreements related to nonprofit organization’s business.

Sarah recognizes that all businesses are cost conscious and works with her clients to ensure that matters are handled as efficiently as possible. Her extensive experience as a paralegal and her familiarity with North Carolina business practices enables her to delegate and resolve matters quickly.

Sarah advises businesses and individuals on a wide range of corporate and transactional matters. A former paralegal, she has more than 10 years of experience working for North Carolina law firms.

A member of the firm’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups, Sarah’s experience includes representing both buyers and sellers in mergers, stock and membership sales. For businesses in the health care sector, Sarah’s experience includes working on major corporate transactions, including hospital system mergers and sales of physician practices.

Sarah works closely with business owners in mapping out smart strategies for corporate structure, governance, and partnership agreements. She also serves as a go-to resource for clients on day-to-day contract review, commercial leases and compliance issues.

Sarah’s work for nonprofit organizations includes the formation of nonprofit entities, application for recognition of exemption, and structuring of joint ventures involving exempt and non-exempt organizations. Clients rely on Sarah for providing corporate governance advice, structuring advice, preparing conflict of interest policies, reviewing and preparing grant agreements, services agreements, statement of services, and confidentiality agreements related to nonprofit organization’s business.

Sarah recognizes that all businesses are cost conscious and works with her clients to ensure that matters are handled as efficiently as possible. Her extensive experience as a paralegal and her familiarity with North Carolina business practices enables her to delegate and resolve matters quickly.

Beyond Fox Rothschild

Sarah was selected to the 2024 Class of Pathfinders for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which consists of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive legal profession.

Sarah believes in giving back to the community where she lives and works. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Greensboro Police Foundation, a nonprofit that works to provide supplemental funding for innovative police programs, equipment and technology that make Greensboro a safer community.

She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Kellin Foundation, a behavioral health services nonprofit focused on strengthening families in Guilford County through prevention, treatment, and healing.

Before Fox Rothschild

Prior to law school, Sarah worked as a paralegal at several law firms in North Carolina and gained extensive experience in handling trust and estate matters.

Sarah was a summer associate at the Smith Moore Leatherwood law firm before it combined Fox Rothschild.

During law school, Sarah worked as a judicial intern to Judge Robert N. Hunter Jr. on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of the First Amendment Law Review.

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 2019)
  • Elon University School of Law (2017)
  • Duke University (2008)
    • Certificate in Paralegal Studies
  • Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (B.A., 2002)

Memberships

  • Leadership Greensboro
    • Class of 2021

Board of Directors

  • Greensboro Police Foundation
  • The Kellin Foundation

Languages

  • Arabic

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to the "Phenoms" list by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2026)
  • Selected as a "Rising Star" for Business/Corporate Law by North Carolina Super Lawyers (2024-2026)
  • Selected to the "Ones to Watch" list for Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2024-2026) and Corporate Law (2026) in Greensboro, NC by Best Lawyers
  • Named to Business North Carolina's Legal Elite for Corporate (2026) and Young Guns (2023, 2025)