Sara K. Harris

Partner, Dallas & Fort Worth
214.953.6074
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“Sara, thanks for putting the hammer down for SPM when we needed it. Much appreciated!”

— Suzanne Miller, President and Founder, SPM Communications

Biography

Sara advises clients on a wide variety regulatory compliance matters, focusing in particular on employment matters that arise in the healthcare industry. Sara also regularly defends companies in discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuits, government investigations, and healthcare litigation. 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.

Sara’s healthcare practice focuses on healthcare regulatory issues, with an emphasis on digital health, including telemedicine and telehealth, as well as practitioner licensing and scope of practice matters. Clients seek her advice on cross-border entity and licensing compliance, state and federal telemedicine and prescribing laws, patient consent, corporate practice, and physician non-compete buyouts.

Sara also frequently represents physicians, nurses, and other healthcare licensees before their respective healthcare licensing boards.

Sara’s clients benefit from her multi-disciplinary experience as an employment lawyer, litigator, and healthcare attorney, and they appreciate her ability to generate pragmatic but creative solutions to problems. Her clients include hospital systems, healthcare companies, tech start-ups, physicians and other healthcare providers, financial institutions, 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

Court Admissions

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

  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2025
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Labor and Employment Law – Management, 2022-2024
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022

Professional

  • American Health Lawyer Association
  • Dallas Bar Association
    • Employment Law Section
    • Health Law Section
  • Tarrant County Bar Association
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court
    • Associate, 2016 – 2017

Community Involvement

  • The American Lawyer
    • Young Lawyer Editorial Board Member, 2017 – Present
  • National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
    • Board Member, 2020 – Present
    • Secretary, 2021 – Present

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August 15, 2024
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‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Features 306 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2025 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 75 “Ones to Watch”

The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 306 Jackson Walker attorneys across 81 specialty practice areas in its 2025 edition, including 9 Lawyers of the Year and 75 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (75 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (55 attorneys) and the addition of 27 attorneys as Best Lawyers.

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August 17, 2023
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‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 287 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2024 Edition, Including 12 “Lawyers of the Year” and 80 “Ones to Watch”

The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 287 Jackson Walker attorneys across 5 offices and 82 specialty practice areas in its 2024 edition, including 12 Lawyers of the Year and 80 Ones to Watch. In this year’s guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (66 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (60 attorneys) and the addition of 35 attorneys as Best Lawyers.

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April 24, 2023
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JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2023

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February 13, 2023
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Jackson Walker Announces Election of 16 Attorneys to Partnership

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the election of 16 attorneys to the firm’s partnership, marking our largest number of partnership promotions to date.

JW Perspectives Newsletter 2022

November 17, 2022
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JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – November 2022

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August 18, 2022
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Labor & Employment Dispatch: August 2022

View the August 2022 edition of the Labor & Employment Dispatch.

August 18, 2022
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‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 214 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2023 Edition, Including 11 “Lawyers of the Year” and 41 “Ones to Watch”

The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 214 Jackson Walker attorneys across 6 offices and 79 specialty practice areas in its 2023 edition, including 11 Lawyers of the Year and 41 Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers listings are based on an exhaustive peer review survey of thousands of attorneys who vote on the legal abilities of others in their practice areas.

JW Perspectives Newsletter 2022

April 21, 2022
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JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022

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Employment Litigation & Administrative Agency Defense

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

  • Harassment & Discrimination
  • Retaliation
  • Healthcare whistleblower claims
  • Compensation/stock option disputes
  • Breach of employment contract/wrongful termination
  • Labor union grievance arbitration

Sara also defends employers and healthcare practitioners before administrative agencies, including in licensure and disciplinary matters before the state medical and nursing boards, the EEOC, the DOL, and the NLRB.

Healthcare & 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.

Sara also advises healthcare providers including start-up companies, physicians, pharmacies, surgery centers, hospitals, and other practitioners 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
  • Mid-Level licensing and scope of practice
  • 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, and prosecuting trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, and tortious interference claims.

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