Sara Schlesinger

Anchorage, AK

About Sara Schlesinger

Sara’s practice focuses on civil litigation. A thoughtful and capable advocate, they bring a deep commitment to precision and client service to every matter they handle. Sara graduated cum laude from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where they served as Notes Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review and received the Arlyn Miner Book Award for excellence in legal writing. Sara also worked as a Research Assistant, contributing to scholarship on constitutional and gender-based legal issues, and as a Teaching Assistant for courses in Constitutional Law and Legal Ethics.

Before joining the firm, Sara clerked for Justice Dario Borghesan of the Alaska Supreme Court. Sara also gained experience at Cooley LLP and Tactical Law Group, assisting with high-stakes matters involving commercial disputes, technology, and intellectual property, and worked with Northwestern’s Civil Rights Litigation Clinic on cases addressing wrongful convictions and police misconduct. Originally from Maryland, Sara completed a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, graduating cum laude, from Tulane University. Outside the office, they enjoy spending time outdoors: skiing, climbing, and exploring Alaska’s trails.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth

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$2 millionSettlement

In August 2015 Nicholas Tucker, a 37-year-old commercial fisherman from Ketchikan serving a sentence at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, developed a spinal cord infection. Over six days of written medical requests, a wheelchair trip to the clinic and notes recording severe radiating pain, staff gave him ibuprofen and a muscle relaxant. Other prisoners were moving him to the toilet and writing his requests for him by the time a nurse found he could not get out of his bunk. He was flown to Anchorage for emergency surgery and is permanently partially paralyzed. The State of Alaska settled in June 2019 for $1,800,000 plus $200,000 in Medicaid liens.

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Education

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
J.D.
Tulane University
Undergraduate

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