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Sarah Powell

Sarah Powell

Senior Associate

Liberty Center
151 Meeting Street
Suite 600
Charleston, SC 29401
sarah.powell@nelsonmullins.com

Sarah concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, products liability, and business litigation.

 

Sarah concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, products liability, and business litigation.

 

Sarah Powell

Sarah concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, products liability, and business litigation.

 

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Active pharmaceutical and medical device product liability defense practice as both national and local counsel, including in mass tort multi-district litigation. Worked on all aspects of pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, including:

  • Experience in fact and expert discovery
  • Drafting pre-trial and trial-related motions and submissions, and
  • Experience in expert witness and trial preparation

Previous Professional Experience

  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
    • Summer Associate (May–June 2018)
    • Summer Associate (May–July 2017)
  • Summer Associate, large national plaintiffs’ litigation firm in Charleston, SC (June–Aug. 2018)

Educational Activities

  • University of South Carolina School of Law
    • Carolina Health Advocacy Medicolegal Partnership (CHAMPS) Clinic Participant
    • Research Assistant, Professor Joseph Seiner
    • Judicial Observation and Experience Program Participant
  • College of Charleston
    • Women’s Varsity Track and Field (2014–2016)
    • Women’s Varsity Soccer (2012)

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, cum laude (2019)
    • CALI Recipient: Legal Writing for the Courts (2019)
    • CALI Recipient: Employment Law (2017)
    • Member of the Order of the Coif
    • Member of the Order of the Wig and Robe
    • South Carolina Law Review
      • Editorial Board for Volume 69
      • Fourth Circuit Editor for Volume 70
  • College of Charleston, BA, Political Science, cum laude (2016)

Admissions

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Practice Areas

Industries

  • South Carolina Bar
  • Charleston County Bar Association
  • Richland County Bar Association