Sarah L. Tufano

My focus

I represent clients in complex commercial and business disputes across a variety of industries, including transportation, healthcare, and banking and financial services. I also represent and counsel clients involved in government investigations. My background includes researching and drafting dispositive motions for litigations in federal and state court, coordinating discovery review and responding to discovery requests, and preparing and conducting witness interviews.

I maintain an active pro bono practice focused on immigration, criminal justice, and other human rights issues.

Before joining NP, I worked as a litigator at another firm for two years. During law school, I interned in the Asia-Pacific Section of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, where I researched and drafted Secretary General Reports and petitions to states regarding their compliance with international human rights law. I also interned for the Hon. Mark A. Kearney in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Looking ahead

With the rising costs of litigation, it is increasingly important to focus on the heart of an issue and resolve cases outside of the courtroom, enabling clients to achieve cost-effective resolutions of disputes.

Publications

• “The Holy Trinity of the UN Universal Periodic Review: How to Make an Effective Recommendation Regarding Women’s Rights,” 21 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change 187 (2018)

Representative experience

Sarah joined Nixon Peabody in October 2021. The representative work set forth below may reflect experience from prior firms.

• Represents clients in disputes arising under wide-ranging statutory schemes, including the False Claims Act and Anti-Terrorism Act
• Represents plaintiffs and defendants in class actions and direct shareholder actions in Delaware Chancery Court
• Represents corporations across various industries in commercial disputes in federal and state courts as well as arbitration
• Represented corporations, investment firms, and banks in complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation matters concerning breach of contract, fraud, and mass torts
• Represented a large international transportation company in a joint investigation by the New York Attorney General and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey focused on bribery and corruption
• Represented a major automaker in connection with the successful reorganization of a large manufacturer of defective airbag inflators

Clerkships

• Hon. Timothy J. Savage, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2019-2021