Sara K. Harris

Associate, Dallas
214-953-6074
Community Involvement Client Results Areas of Focus Publications & Articles
Practice Areas
Biography

Sara advises clients on a wide variety of labor and employment matters. She regularly defends employers in discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuits, government investigations, and wage and hour matters. In her advisory role, Sara counsels clients on employee policies, covenants not to compete, collective bargaining issues, and other matters affecting the employer-employee relationship. Her areas of interest include executive and physician employment agreements, labor union disputes, internal investigations, and non-compete contracts. Sara also has experience in healthcare litigation and regulatory matters, including telemedicine and digital health, state and federal regulatory compliance, entity licensing, and insurance disputes.

Sara’s clients benefit from her experience in a number of practice areas—including labor & employment, commercial litigation, and healthcare—and particularly from her ability to generate pragmatic but creative solutions to problems by drawing on the unique skills these practice areas often require. Her clients include hospital systems, healthcare companies, financial institutions, manufacturers, and insurance companies.

Additional Languages
Spanish
Education

B.A., summa cum laude, New York University

  • Phi Beta Kappa

J.D., with honors, University of Texas School of Law

  • Order of the Coif
Bar Admissions

Texas, 2012

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas


Areas of Focus
Community Involvement
Client Results
Publications & Articles
Employment Litigation

Sara has experience defending companies and supervisors in employment-related disputes involving:

  • Harassment
  • Retaliation
  • Discrimination
  • Compensation/stock option disputes
  • Breach of employment contract/wrongful termination
  • Labor union grievance arbitration
Employment Counseling

Sara advises employers on day-to-day employment matters. For example, Sara helps employers draft and update employment contracts, policies, handbooks, and non-compete agreements, all with an eye towards avoiding future litigation.

Wage-and-Hour Litigation

Sara’s wage-and-hour experience includes collective actions and single-plaintiff lawsuits regarding:

  • Unpaid wages
  • Unpaid overtime
  • FLSA retaliation claims
  • Employee misclassification
Healthcare

Sara advises healthcare providers including start-up companies, physician-owned entities, surgery centers, and hospitals regarding regulatory compliance and practice issues. Her experience includes:

  • Telemedicine and digital health
  • Laboratory compliance/CLIA
  • Stark/Anti-Kickback, FCA matters
  • Physician employment and licensure
  • Corporate Practice of Medicine
Business Litigation

Sara’s business litigation experience includes matters such as defamation lawsuits, class actions involving alleged underpayment of policy benefits by insurers, defending securities claims against financial institutions and brokers; and prosecuting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims.

Sara is also fluent in Spanish.

  • Young Lawyer Editorial Board, The American Lawyer, 2017 – Present
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Associate, 2016 – 2017
  • Dallas Bar Association
— Attorney News

TAL-YL Editorial Board Publishes its First Editorial on Sexual Harassment in the Legal Industry

2018/06/15 7:18:13 PM
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— Insights

Fifth Circuit Ruling Emphasizes Importance of Establishing Factual Basis for Compensating Employees Using Fluctuating Workweek Method

2018/08/31 5:21:24 PM
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— Insights

Does FEMA Unconstitutionally Deny Relief to Churches? President Trump Thinks So And He May Be Right

2018/08/31 5:48:25 PM
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— Insights

FEMA – Who, What, When, and How of Filing Claims, Part 2

2018/08/31 5:56:32 PM
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— Insights

Employer Considerations in the Wake of Devastation

2018/08/31 6:12:09 PM
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— Insights

FEMA – Who, What, When, and How of Filing Claims

2018/08/31 6:13:33 PM
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— Spotlight

Jackson Walker Receives Champion of Justice Law Firm Award for Seventh Consecutive Year

2018/11/13 11:17:56 PM
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Employment Litigation

Sara has experience defending companies and supervisors in employment-related disputes involving:

  • Harassment
  • Retaliation
  • Discrimination
  • Compensation/stock option disputes
  • Breach of employment contract/wrongful termination
  • Labor union grievance arbitration
Employment Counseling

Sara advises employers on day-to-day employment matters. For example, Sara helps employers draft and update employment contracts, policies, handbooks, and non-compete agreements, all with an eye towards avoiding future litigation.

Wage-and-Hour Litigation

Sara’s wage-and-hour experience includes collective actions and single-plaintiff lawsuits regarding:

  • Unpaid wages
  • Unpaid overtime
  • FLSA retaliation claims
  • Employee misclassification
Healthcare

Sara advises healthcare providers including start-up companies, physician-owned entities, surgery centers, and hospitals regarding regulatory compliance and practice issues. Her experience includes:

  • Telemedicine and digital health
  • Laboratory compliance/CLIA
  • Stark/Anti-Kickback, FCA matters
  • Physician employment and licensure
  • Corporate Practice of Medicine
Business Litigation

Sara’s business litigation experience includes matters such as defamation lawsuits, class actions involving alleged underpayment of policy benefits by insurers, defending securities claims against financial institutions and brokers; and prosecuting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims.

Sara is also fluent in Spanish.