About Sarah Yun

Sarah Yun is devoted to helping injury victims navigate difficult times with care and strong legal representation. She first joined SUGARMAN as a paralegal in 2016 while attending law school, working on complex cases and assisting partners Ben Zimmermann and David McCormack in securing the largest reported personal injury settlement or verdict in Massachusetts in 2022 as well as the $30.55 million verdict in 2019. After graduating from Boston University School of Law in 2022, she served on the BU Law Review and completed a judicial internship with the Honorable Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She subsequently worked at a large international firm on complex litigation matters and clerked for the Honorable Myong Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts before rejoining SUGARMAN as an associate in 2025. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Sugarman & Sugarman

These results are credited to Sugarman & Sugarman. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$30.55 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #11

A Suffolk County jury awarded $30.55 million to the family of a boy left with catastrophic brain damage after a traveling nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital abandoned continuous fetal heart-rate monitoring during a prolonged second stage of labor.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Suffolk County jury awarded $28 million, including $25 million in punitive damages, after Father's Huddle Cafe in Boston served alcohol to underage patrons who attacked Thomas Christopher, 23, chasing him into traffic where he was struck and killed; the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the verdict against the bar on January 28, 2003.

Suffolk County Superior Court / Massachusetts Appeals Court (affirmed 2003) · 2003Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Salem jury awarded $20.6 million, including $18 million in punitive damages, after a defective Banzai inflatable pool slide sold by Toys R Us collapsed and killed a 29-year-old woman in Andover, Massachusetts; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the full verdict in 2013.

Essex Superior Court, Salem, MA (affirmed Mass. SJC 2013) · 2011Product LiabilityRead the full story →
Settlement

Sugarman and Sugarman secured a confidential settlement for the family of a four-year-old Dudley boy who died after falling 18 feet through an oversized gap between a Sears escalator and its railing, a gap that exceeded state safety code and lacked a required barricade.

Worcester Superior Court, MA · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Boston University School of Law
J.D., 2022
Brandeis University
Undergraduate, 2016

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts, admitted 2022

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Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million sought · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · Middlesex Jury Awards $56 Million to Retiree Disabled When Amazon Delivery Van Crossed the Center Line
Thornton Law Firm
Thornton Law Firm
$42.6 million · Massachusetts Jury Returns $42.6 Million Verdict Against J&J in Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.