Sarah R. Fink
Partner
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Sarah Fink helps people during some of the most difficult times in their lives. Be it a Congressional staffer facing an inquiry from an ethics committee, a government employee facing an investigation by an Office of Inspector General, or a professional facing an accusation that could derail her career, Sarah is dedicated to working tirelessly for her clients. She understands the importance of getting into the trenches with her clients and tenaciously fighting for them.
Over the past several years, Sarah has helped guide clients through some of Washington, DC’s headline-grabbing events. Those representations that are public include clients in connection with congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election; congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Secretary Clinton’s email server; congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the alleged politicization of employment practices at the State Department; and congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of practices at the Department of Homeland Security during times of civil unrest. Other federal employment defense matters have involved the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Department of Justice.
Sarah has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Washington D.C. Rising Star since 2020. Prior to joining Kaiser PLLC, Sarah worked as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company where she counseled on data privacy and cybersecurity matters and represented the company in drafting complex customer and supplier agreements with multinational corporations. Sarah is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of New York. She holds a Top Secret / SCI security clearance.
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude
- B.A, International Affairs, George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, magna cum lude
Sarah R. Fink
Partner
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Law 360 – “Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era” co-authored by Bill Pittard
January 17, 2019Law 360 – “When Russia Investigations Collide” by Bill Pittard
June 7, 2017Articles by Sarah R. Fink
Was Larry David in the Buffer Zone?
February 15, 2024What to Do When Fake News is About You
June 25, 2019Sarah R. Fink
Partner
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Kaiser PLLC Litigates One of Law360’s “Biggest Legal Ethics Cases of 2023”
Sarah R. Fink
Partner
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Some of the matters that Ms. Fink has handled include:
- Represented Department of Justice employee in a high-profile investigation by the Office of Inspector General and subsequent investigation by the House Judiciary Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Avoided prison sentence for an individual who pled guilty to decades-long fraud by securing a sentence of probation in federal court.
- Represented current and former employees of an international company testifying in the grand jury in a federal tax fraud investigation.
- Represented individuals in connections with a federal investigation into healthcare fraud.
- Successfully represented an individual respondent in an international arbitration claim before the ICC and won a motion to dismiss the arbitration.
- Successfully advocated on appeal for a student expelled for sexual misconduct to be permitted to return to school and graduate by uncovering and presenting exculpatory evidence that was not considered during the initial hearing.
- Represented Ph.D. student with three separate sexual misconduct complaints that resulted in findings of no responsibility on all three complaints.
- Represented an Assistant United States Attorney in an investigation by the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility investigation that resulted in a finding that the AUSA did not engage in misconduct.
