Sarah A. Sheridan

With a broad substantive and industry scope, Sarah litigates commercial disputes in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and mediations across the country and manages internal and government investigations.

Sarah began her career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York where she worked on cases involving securities class actions, copyright infringement suits, government investigations, contract disputes, and antitrust matters.  Sarah then joined Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP, a premiere boutique firm in New York, where she honed her advocacy skills while focusing on shareholder derivative investigations, commercial contract disputes, and FINRA employee-related arbitrations.

National publications such as Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Women in Business Law, and North Carolina Super Lawyers have recognized Sarah’s accomplishments.  In 2025, she was selected for Wells Fargo’s prestigious Outside Counsel Leadership Program, a one-year mentoring and networking initiative for financial services attorneys.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas and maintains a strong pro bono practice with an emphasis on children’s educational rights.

A magna cum laude graduate of Duke University School of Law, Sarah served on the Moot Court Board and Mock Trial Team.  She remains an active alumna, serving on the Duke Law Alumnae Leadership Council, Duke Law Charlotte Alumni Board, and previously on the Duke Law New York Alumni Board.

Representative Experience

• Currently defending a large industrial company and certain directors in connection with a shareholder derivative suit alleging breaches of fiduciary duties.
• Represented a group of related entities in a complex cross-practice bankruptcy dispute, including an adversary proceeding involving fiduciary duty, contract, bankruptcy, conspiracy, and trade secret claims. Successfully negotiated a settlement resolving the adversary proceeding and related bankruptcy disputes.
• Currently representing large bank in connection with litigation against auditing company
• Currently representing former CEO of a large food service company in connection with federal securities litigation
• Represented physicians and a professional medical corporation in connection with False Claims Act and retaliatory termination allegations
• Conducted internal investigation into whistleblower allegations related to a Chinese subsidiary of a U.S. manufacturing corporation

• Defended large financial institution in connection with multi-billion dollar mortgage-backed securities litigation

Notable

• Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar "Ones to Watch," 2025
• North Carolina Super Lawyers "Rising Star", Business Litigation, 2024-2025
• Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, 2024-2025
• Women in Business Law Awards Americas, Litigation Rising Star Finalist, 2024
• Thomson Reuters, Top Women Attorneys In The New York Metro Area, 2022
• New York Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, 2021
• Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas
• Member, Duke Law Alumnae Leadership Council
• Co-chair, North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Section’s Law Student Outreach Committee

News

Insights

Publications

• Authored, "ABA Guidance Doesn’t Fully Clarify Ethics and Interstate Practice”, Bloomberg Law, May 2023
• Co-Authored with Thomas E.L. Dewey, "District Court Enforces Settlement Agreed to by Email Despite Absence of Formal Agreement", New York Law Journal, July 2020
• Published, "Atlantic Marine v. J-Crew: The Future of Forum-Selection Clauses", Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, 2013

Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, North Carolina Bar Association 2023 Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Section Program
• Panelist, Duke Law School Business Law Society ESQ Career Symposium, 2018