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Sarah M. Washington

Associate

swashington@goldbergsegalla.com
716.931.8910
Buffalo

Sarah M. Washington focuses her practice on commercial litigation, business services, and defending large businesses, landowners, and contractors in premises liability and construction site personal injury litigation, including matters involving New York State Labor Law.

Sarah’s law school experience includes serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Hugh B. Scott, Magistrate Judge for the Western District of New York, and as an intern with the Buffalo Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sarah was also involved in the law school’s Pro Se Civil Litigation Practicum, where she provided assistance in navigating legal documents and the court systems to pro se litigants at Erie County Family Court and as well as at the Pro Se Assistance Program in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

Related Areas

Commercial Litigation and ArbitrationGeneral LiabilityReal Estate and Land UseReal Estate and Title LitigationConstruction Litigation and Counsel

Industries

Construction

Honors & Awards

National Black Lawyers, “Top 40 Under 40” (New York), 2021

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2020

Honorable Judith S. Kaye Commercial and Federal Litigation Scholarship Recipient, 2019

Buffalo Business First, 30 Under 30, 2019

The Daily Record, Up & Coming Attorney, 2018

Order of the Barristers, 2016

Justice M. Dolores Denman Award, 2016

Minority Bar Foundation of Western New York Award, 2016

SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association GOLD Group Award, 2016

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of New York

Education

  • University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., 2016
    • Black Law Student Association: President
    • Buffalo Environmental Law Journal: Associate Editor
    • Advocacy Institute
  • University at Buffalo, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 2012

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • Minority Bar Association of Western New York
    • President, 2021
    • Vice President/President-Elect, 2020
    • Director, Executive Board, 2019
    • Corresponding Secretary, Executive Board, 2018
    • Chair, Annual Toy Drive, 2016-20

Community Involvement

  • SUNY Buffalo Law Alumni Association GOLD Group
    • Vice-President/President-Elect, 2020-2021
    • Executive Member and Treasurer, 2019-2020
    • Treasurer-Elect, 2018-2019
    • Director, 2016-current
  • Nichols School
    • Alumni Board, Vice-President, 2020-2021
    • Alumni Board, Director, 2018-2020
    • Parent Council At-Large, 2020-2021
    • Parent Council Middle School Parent Representative, 2019-2020
  • STAR Swimming Volunteer
  • Brierwood Country Club Board: Social Activities Chair (2019)
  • Buffalo Prep
    • Junior Board, Co-Chair and Member
    • 2019 Commencement Speaker
  • USA Swimming Official
  • Daemen College, Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee Member, 2019-20

Publications & Events

  • “Prospects For NY Summary Judgment In TM Confusion Cases,” Law360, (Co-Author), June 17, 2019

Recent Insights

Sarah M. Washington Honored Among National Black Lawyers "Top 40 Under 40" for New York

February 5, 2021

Sarah M. Washington Profiled in Upstate New York Super Lawyers Magazine

September 2, 2020

Super Lawyers Honors 68 of Goldberg Segalla’s Upstate New York Attorneys in 2020

August 24, 2020

Sarah M. Washington Selected for the 2019 Honorable Judith Kaye Commercial and Federal Litigation Scholarship

November 13, 2019

"Prospects For NY Summary Judgment In TM Confusion Cases," Law360

June 19, 2019

Sarah Washington Named One of Buffalo Business First's "30 Under 30"

May 17, 2019

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