Sarah L. Bright
Sarah (Sally) L. Bright is a senior associate in Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP's Business Litigation Group. She concentrates her practice on the representation of corporate, municipal, and individual clients in complex business litigation, product liability, municipal liability, construction litigation, and general negligence matters. She prosecutes and defends suits involving a variety of areas of law including commercial and contractual disputes, business torts, real estate, and intellectual property. Prior to joining the firm, Sally was an associate in the Financial Institutions Group in the Atlanta office of a large national law firm, practicing banking and public finance law for over three years.
Professional Experience
- Representing one of the nation's largest producer of paints and coatings in a variety of actions, including product liability and breach of contract, in state and federal courts;
- Obtaining summary judgment for a federally-contracted security services company in a Title VII discrimination action brought by one of its former security guards (district court judgment successfully upheld on appeal by the Eleventh Circuit);
- Obtaining summary judgment for a large corporate client on claim for tortious interference with business relations (district court judgment successfully upheld on appeal by the Eleventh Circuit);
- Representing one of the nation's leading communications companies and provider of cable services in a variety of matters including breach of contract; and
- Representing one of the nation's leading auto parts retailers in a breach of contract action involving real estate purchase.
Professional affiliations
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Litigation Section
- Women in the Profession Section
- Maryland State Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Business Torts Litigation Committee
- Commercial & Business Litigation Committee
- The Woman Advocate Committee
- Corporate Counsel Committee
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Commercial Litigation Committee
- Business Torts Specialized Litigation Group
- Trial Tactics Committee
- Product Liability Committee
- Commercial Litigation Committee
Practice areas
Education
J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1999
- Note & Comment Editor for the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation
B.A. with honors and distinction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
Bar admissions
- Maryland
- Georgia
Courts
- All Georgia State Courts
- All Maryland State Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit