Sarah M. Kirkpatrick

Sarah M. Kirkpatrick focuses her practice on employment litigation, counseling, and investigations. Sarah defends employers against discrimination, whistleblower, wage-and-hour, and business tort claims in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration.

Sarah partners closely with clients through every stage of the litigation process from pre-suit strategy and risk assessment through trial and appeal. She also represents clients in traditional labor matters, including collective bargaining negotiations and labor arbitrations.

Prior to joining the firm, Sarah served as a labor & employment associate at a full-service law firm in its Philadelphia office.

Sarah attended law school at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law, where she graduated as salutatorian and a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Sarah served as a summer associate at a full-service law firm, a judicial extern to the Honorable Joel H. Slomsky of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and a legal intern at a regional trust and financial services company. She was also an articles editor for the Villanova Law Review. 

Sarah earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Gettysburg College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.