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Sarah Crooks Partner

  • Portland

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    Portland

    1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor

    Portland, OR 97209-4128

    +1.503.727.2252

    SCrooks@perkinscoie.com

  • Seattle

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    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.8000

    SCrooks@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Sarah Crooks, a partner in the firm's Business Litigation practice, focuses her practice on navigating clients through complex business litigation, class action lawsuits and attorney general investigations across a variety of industry sectors, including the telecommunications, food and restaurant, childcare and education and real estate sectors. Sarah also has extensive experience representing clients in the areas of consumer protection, securities litigation, fraudulent transfer litigation and will contests.

Sarah dedicates a significant portion of her time to pro bono work and volunteer efforts to serve the legal community. Since 2002, Sarah has served as a volunteer attorney for Legal Aid Services of Oregon representing victims of domestic violence in obtaining restraining orders. Sarah is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, involved with the American Bar Association, the Multnomah Bar Association (past President), and Oregon Women Lawyers (past President).  In 2012, the Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on Professionalism recognized Sarah with the Justice Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award for consistently demonstrating the highest standards of conduct to the bench, bar and public.  In 2010, Sarah was recognized for her unrelenting commitment to the promotion of women in the legal profession as a recipient of the Oregon Women Lawyers Justice Betty Roberts Award.

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Ranked by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers

Named "Litigation - Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, 2023
Ranked by Chambers USA Seven Years in a Row

Professional Recognition

  • Named "Litigation - Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, 2023
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Recognized by Portland Business Journal as a "Rising Star," 2018
  • Ranked by Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyers" for Litigation, 2017 – 2023
  • Named Best Lawyers' Portland, OR, "Litigation - Antitrust Lawyer of the Year," 2017, 2019
  • Listed in Benchmark Litigation’s Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys as a Future Litigation Star, 2011 – present
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - Antitrust, 2011 – 2024
  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, "Oregon Rising Stars," 2008, 2010 – 2011 and "Oregon Super Lawyers," 2012 – 2023
  • Listed in Portland Business Journal "Forty under 40," 2008
  • Justice Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award, presented by the Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on Professionalism, 2012
  • Recipient of Perkins Coie Pro Bono Leadership Award, 2011
  • Justice Betty Roberts Award, presented by Oregon Women Lawyers, 2010
  • Recipient of Perkins Coie Austin Crowe Mentor Excellence Award, 2010 
  • Portland Business Journal, Orchid Award recipient, 2009
  • Michael E. Haglund Pro Bono Award, presented by Multnomah Bar Association, Legal Aid Services of Oregon and Oregon Law Center, 2006

Professional Leadership

  • Multnomah Bar Association, Board Member and executive committee, 2007 – 2012; President, 2010 – 2011; CLE Committee, 2004 – 2007, Chair, 2006 – 2007
  • National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, Board Member, 2004 – 2011, President, 2009 – 2010
  • American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) Section, Technology Committee, Chair, 2009 – 2010; Member, 2006 – present; Self-Insured Risk Managers Committee, Vice Chair, 2007 – 2011
  • Oregon Women Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1998 – 2004, President, 2003 – 2004
  • American Bar Association Tort Trial Insurance Practice (TIPS) Section, Leadership Academy, 2007 – 2008
  • Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court, Barrister, Program Chair, Executive Committee member, 1999 – 2010
  • Oregon State Bar Diversity Section, Executive Committee, Treasurer, 2002
  • Portland Business Alliance, Leadership Portland program, 2008 – 2009
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member
  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • Oregon State Bar Business Litigation Section, Member

Community Involvement

  • Campaign for Equal Justice, Board Member, Vice President, 2008 – present
  • Legal Aid Services of Oregon, Domestic Violence Project, Volunteer Attorney, 2002 – present
  • Hands on Greater Portland, Volunteer, 2003 – 2007
  • Classroom Law Project, Coach and Judge, Mock Trial, 2004, 2006 - 2007, 2009 – present
  • St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Volunteer, Walk for Justice, 2006 – 2007
  • Oregon Girls State Mock Trial Instructor, 2008 – 2010

Related Employment

  • Oregon Legal Services Corp., McMinnville, OR, Staff Attorney, 1997 

Clerkships

  • Hon. Owen Panner, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1999 - 2001
  • Hon. Susan Leeson, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1998 - 1999
  • Hon. Susan Leeson, Court of Appeals of Oregon, 1997 - 1998

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  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1996, Articles Editor, Oregon Law Review
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, B.S., Economics, 1992