Sarah Starnes Partner

Personal

Sarah was born in Asheville, North Carolina and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has resided in Austin since 1996. Sarah was a briefing attorney for Justice Woodie Jones of the Third Court of Appeals in Austin before joining Hohmann, Taube & Summers in 2000. Sarah's practice focuses on business litigation, insurance litigation, and appeals.

Education

University of Texas, J.D. (1999)

• Teaching Quizmaster
• Texas Review of Litigation Law Journal

Lewis and Clark College, Bachelor of Arts (History), with honors (1995)

• Departmental Honors
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas (1999)
• State Bar of Oregon (2000)
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Austin Bar Association
• Austin Young Lawyers Association

Selected Publications & Speeches

"Legal Malpractice Limitations," Texas Bar Journal, April 2003.

"Psychiatric Disabilities & the ADA: An Analysis of Conventional Defenses & EEOC Guidelines," Texas Review of Litigation Law Journal, Winter 1999.

Practice Areas

Appeals
Complex Commercial Litigation & Business Torts
General Civil Litigation
Insurance Litigation & Coverage
Professional Malpractice

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