Sara A. Mackey Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Direct activities of volunteer leadership groups of the BBA including sections, forums, and standing committees in development of continuing legal education programs, industry conferences, public policy positions, pro bono and public service projects, and networking and business development programs for BBA members.

Boston, MA

Managed activities of 24 substantive law sections of BBA, including monthly leadership meetings, educational programs, networking opportunities and public service programs.

Greater Chicago Area

• Develop litigation strategies with supervising attorney and clients.
• Draft petitions, motions, judgments and settlement agreements.
• Appear in front of Cook County, Kane County and Lake County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Judges for case statuses, hearings, pre-trial conferences and dissolution proceedings.
• Assist in preparation for trials, depositions, mediations and settlement conferences.

Chicago, IL

• Conducted legal research and analysis on family law topics, drafted memoranda and briefed supervising attorneys.
• Analyzed financial and tax documents to complete client disclosure statements.
• Worked with clients to identify and produce discovery documents.

Washington, D.C.

• Evaluated and summarized environmental documents; prepared closing documents for client transactions.
• Researched Department of Defense-related (DOD) issues and drafted client memoranda.
• Concurrently managed client non-profit organization, Energy Communities Alliance.

Washington, D.C.

• Managed daily operations of non-profit, Department of Energy-funded (DOE) organization of local governments adjacent to federal nuclear weapons facilities.
• Assessed the impact of federal legislation, annual appropriations, and DOE initiatives on member communities.
• Drafted monthly newsletter, daily listserv news updates, speeches and talking points for executive board members, and maintained and updated the organization’s website.
• Conducted interviews and drafted recommendations for a Congress-authorized and published report, The Politics of Cleanup, evaluating the effectiveness of the Office of Environmental Management’s accelerated cleanup.
• Organized and moderated Peer Exchanges between federal and local elected officials, federal and state regulators and contractors and other stakeholders.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: Jessup International Law Moot Court

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Spring 2001, Intern, Parliament of Canada - House of Commons.

Washington Semester Program In Foreign Policy

Activities and Societies: Intern, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.