Her experience includes assisting clients in compliance with the various Federal and state laws applicable to health and welfare plans, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), the Public Health Service Act, HIPAA, COBRA, the Consolidations Appropriations Act, FMLA and Medicare.

Sarah assists clients with drafting plan and trust documents, amendments, and SPDs; analyzing employee-benefit issues relating to plan design and funding; analyzing plan administrative, fiduciary and tax issues, including benefit claims and appeals, and income and payroll tax reporting, prohibited transactions, and the complex application of non-discrimination rules; reviewing service provider agreements; and investment-related matters, including ERISA’s impact on alternative investments.  She also regularly advises clients regarding handling employee benefit matters in corporate acquisitions and other corporate transactions.

Sarah regularly gives presentations on employee benefits matters to clients and professional organizations. She currently serves as a chapter editor for the BNA Employee Benefits Law treatise, as well as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Health Law Section’s Cancer Legal Advocacy Group.  Sarah was selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine, in the area of employee benefits law, from 2017 – 2023. She is listed as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” in the area of employee benefits law in 2024.