Partner, Employment & Labor
Advises employers on workplace compliance and defends wage-and-hour and discrimination claims across multiple jurisdictions.
Sarah Okonkwo advises employers of all sizes on workplace compliance, policy design, and workforce restructuring, and defends employers in wage-and-hour, discrimination, and retaliation litigation. She built the group’s multi-state compliance audit practice after seeing how often preventable policy gaps became the basis for later litigation.
She previously served as in-house employment counsel for a national retail employer, which shapes her practical, operations-first approach to advising clients.
Track Record
Defended a national retail employer in a certified wage-and-hour class action involving more than 12,000 class members, reaching a negotiated resolution before trial.
12,000+ class members