Sara Peters

Sara M. Peters is a Shareholder at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger (Walkup Personal Injury Lawyers) in San Francisco — an award-winning personal injury attorney who represents catastrophically injured plaintiffs throughout California and in nationwide litigation. She prosecutes personal injury cases on behalf of severely injured individuals in matters involving vehicular negligence, premises liability, medical negligence, defective products, and elder abuse.

Peters earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2008. She serves as Co-Director of the Trial Skills Program and coaches the mock trial team at Stanford Law School.

She is a member of the court-appointed leadership team in the Uber Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation and serves on a leadership committee in the nationwide paraquat weedkiller litigation. She has been named to Best Lawyers in America since 2020 for her work in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability - Plaintiffs.

In her spare time, Peters coaches law school mock trial teams and serves as Co-Director of ABC (Attorneys Bettering the Community), a local nonprofit composed of attorneys who volunteer in a hands-on way.