Sara A. Stanley, Esq.

Goal:

My goal as an attorney is to empower my clients with the vital information and purposeful advocacy they need to resolve their legal problems.  By working hand in hand with my clients, I provide astute legal counsel that addresses their unique constellation of issues.  I leverage the law, negotiation and litigation to obtain the most advantageous outcome for each client.

Areas of Practice:

• Civil Litigation and Resolution
• Probate Litigation and Will Contests
• Serious Personal Injury

Education:

•  Suffolk University Law School, J.D., Cum Laude
• Haverford College, B.A., With Honors
• Experience & Clerkships:
• Cooley Manion Jones, Associate
• Department of Justice, Judicial Law Clerk & Attorney Advisor

Bar Admissions:

• Massachusetts State Courts
• Federal District Court of Massachusetts

Memberships/Affiliations:

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Women’s Bar Association

Awards, Recognition, Appointments:

• Ms. Stanley was selected as a member of the Attorney General’s Honors Program and served as a judicial law clerk and attorney advisor in the Department of Justice
• Ms. Stanley was a member of the SULS Moot Court Honor Board and a note editor for the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

Publications:

• As a judicial law clerk, Ms. Stanley co-authored an article for DOJ publication regarding application of the exclusionary rule in immigration proceedings

Pro Bono Work & Community Activities:

• Pro Bono counsel for victims of domestic abuse with Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s Domestic Violence Representation Project
• Newburyport Mothers’ Club, member