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Sara C. Thornton

Sara C. Thornton

Associate, Fort Worth
817.334.7272
sthornton@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Real Estate Financing

Biography

Sara Thornton focuses her practice on a wide range of real estate and real estate finance matters.

Sara regularly represents landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions across Texas and the United States, and has experience working with clients on landlord-tenant disputes. Sara represents purchasers, owners, and developers in connection with the acquisition, disposition, and development of a variety of improved and unimproved real property, and she also represents lenders and borrowers in connection with lending transactions secured by or involving real property.

During law school, Sara was a legal intern for the Washington Legal Foundation, served as a law clerk at the Federal Trade Commission, and was a Judicial Staff Counsel intern in the Tarrant County Criminal Courts. After graduation, Sara clerked for the Honorable Mary Lou Robinson at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Education

  • B.A., summa cum laude, University of North Texas
    • President, National Society of Collegiate
      Scholars
  • J.D., summa cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law
    • Order of the Coif
    • Managing Editor, Texas Tech Law Review
    • Finalist, Board of Barristers Advanced Moot Court Competition
    • Phi Delta Phi
    • ADR Clinic Award
    • Pro Bono Honors Award

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2016

Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Real Estate Law, 2021-2022
  • “Top Attorneys,” Fort Worth Magazine, 2019-2020
  • Junior Woman’s Club of Fort Worth, Group VP of Membership
  • Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
  • Women Who Hike, Texas Chapter

Recognition & Accolades

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Real Estate Law, 2021-2022
  • “Top Attorneys,” Fort Worth Magazine, 2019-2020

Community Involvement

  • Junior Woman’s Club of Fort Worth, Group VP of Membership
  • Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
  • Women Who Hike, Texas Chapter

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Real Estate Financing

News

  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 178 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2022 Edition, Including 8 “Lawyers of the Year” and 31 “Ones to Watch”
  • Jackson Walker Expands Commercial Leasing Experience With Addition of Fort Worth Partner Travis McNellie
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