Sarah Rahimi

Sarah Rahimi is a skilled litigator who represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex business and commercial litigation. Sarah is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including in drafting and arguing motions, taking and defending depositions, working with fact and expert witnesses, and managing the discovery process. She has advocated for her clients in federal court, state court, and administrative proceedings and obtained significant recoveries for plaintiffs, dismissals of lawsuits for defendants, and favorable settlements for her clients in a variety of cases.

Prior to joining the firm, Sarah worked at a litigation boutique where she represented a wide range of clients—from Fortune 500 companies to individuals—in trial and appellate matters involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, antitrust, unfair competition, contracts and partnership disputes, receiverships, and ERISA.

Sarah received her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she served as the Chief Comments Editor of the UCLA Law Review, a member of the UCLA Supreme Court Clinic and the UCLA International Human Rights Clinic, and a research assistant to Professor Tendayi Achiume and Professor Stephen Munzer. Sarah also earned specializations in Critical Race Studies, Public Interest Law and Policy, and International and Comparative Law. Sarah holds an undergraduate degree from UCLA in International Development Studies, where she graduated with Departmental Honors, College Honors, and Phi Beta Kappa. As a Departmental Scholar, she also earned an M.A. in Islamic Studies from UCLA.

Sarah is an active member of the legal community. She has chaired the Women in IP committee of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA) and was part of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Pathfinder Program.

She is fluent in German and Pashto and proficient in Spanish, French, and Dari.

Education

• UCLA, J.D. (2019); UCLA Law Review, Chief Comments Editor
• UCLA, B.A. in International Development Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Honors, College Honors, Dean’s Honor List (2015)
• UCLA, M.A. in Islamic Studies, Departmental Scholar (2015)

Languages

• Los Angeles Association of Business Trial Lawyers Law School Scholarship Award (2019)
• UCLA Promise Institute for Human Rights Award (2019)
• Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award (highest grade in Constitutional Law) (2017)
• Jules Eule Prize (highest grade in Constitutional Law) (2017)
• Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Segal Education Award (2017)
• UCLA Law Alumni Board Scholarship (2017)

Civic

• International Human Rights Clinic, Member (2018-2019)

• ACLU of Southern California, Extern (2018)

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Impact Litigation Summer Law Clerk (2018)

Professional

• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Board Member & Co-chair of Women in IP Committee (2023-2024)
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder

Articles

• “Dark Horses, Joyful Noises, and The Building Blocks of Musical Expression,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Pulse (April 26, 2022)