Sarah Basiliere Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Analyzes conflicts reports to identify potential ethical and business conflicts• Reviews and applies terms in engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines• Proposes resolution and obtains clearance for all conflicts• Drafts engagement letters and conflict waivers• Reviews waivers for accuracy and conditions requiring further action• Establishes ethical walls and provides guidance on resolving membership issues• Provides guidance to Conflicts Analysts and Researchers regarding search strategies and hit selection

• Training lead for new lateral team members• Conducted corporate research, analyzed results from the firm’s conflicts database, and created conflictsreports for new business and lateral candidates• Worked with internal and external recruiters, firm attorneys, and General Counsel’s office to identify andresolve potential conflicts issues with lateral candidates’ prior work history and portable book of business• Identified and resolved all ethical, business and/or General Counsel policy issues

Greater Atlanta Area

• Selected by Counsel to prepare for Congressional hearing; subsequently developed project framework for defense against product liability investigation by several government entities in major automotive recall• Worked with Fortune 100 company’s in-house Counsel to establish protocol for identifying and reviewing case files• Supervised three product liability and ethics projects for large pharmaceutical manufacturer, which included authoring work guidelines, developing training material, and evaluating performance of project and staff attorneys• Wrote memorandum to case team in DOJ investigation identifying additional individuals who may have knowledge of wrongdoing potentially detrimental to client, which led to further investigation by client • Prepared and launched environmental pollution case by training team, providing ongoing coaching and reporting progress to case team

• Composed case summaries and deficiency letters for major pharmaceutical manufacturer in active litigation • Drafted privilege log as part of discovery in antitrust litigation for multi-state utility company • Analyzed documents for responsiveness, attorney-client privilege and work product for various tort cases

• Worked with firm partner to resolve billing disputes with clients at major financial institutions• Became training lead for new billing processors after only three months of employment

• Researched grounds for appealing exclusion of evidence and interpretation of federal sentencing guidelines • Sat second chair in child enticement case with guilty verdict; handled key witness and introduced evidence• Successfully argued for an upward departure and immediate remand during sentencing hearing for bank robbery case• Prepared complex multiple-defendant bank fraud case for indictment by analyzing financial records

• Researched and outlined journal article on current trends in Georgia’s truancy problems and solutions• Represented truant students and acted as a Guardian Ad Litem in educational deprivation cases

• Researched and co-authored Petition for Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Georgia• Made recommendation to District Attorney on issue of first impression after researching applicable case law• Summarized and screened extensive transcripts for trial court errors and issues for appeal

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Activities and Societies: President/Founder - Criminal Law Association, VP of Programming - Child Advocacy Society, Treasurer - OUTlaw.

Bs, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Co-President - Criminal Justice Student AssociationDean’s list, Scholarship recipient