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Sarah Wood
She/Her
Associate
As a former product manager, I provide clients with legal advice from a business perspective.
Sarah Wood works in the technology, communications, and privacy and security practice group. She has experience drafting various service and licensing agreements, preparing guidance on generative AI issues related to indemnification and IP, and providing litigation support. She received her J.D. from Seattle University, where she worked as a research assistant to Professor John B. Kirkwood, a distinguished antitrust scholar, exploring consumer behavioral economics through the lens of technology product development. Sarah also has a background in finance and investments. Before law school, she spent five years at Parametric, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. As a product manager of Centralized Portfolio Management, she helped launch and manage custom investment funds and programs for institutional clients.
Admitted to Practice
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Washington, 2024
Education
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J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2024, cum laude
- 2024 Mark Reutlinger Scholarship for Excellence in Legal Writing Finalist
- LEAD-WA Fellow
- Moot Court Board Chair
- Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Appellate Competition, 2024
- Nonprofit/Tax-Exempt Organization Clinic
- OutLaws
- Antitrust Research Assistant
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Comprehensive Pretrial Advocacy; Technology Law and Public Policy Seminar
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B.B.A., Finance, Cleveland State University, 2016
- President, Cleveland State and Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committees
Background
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- Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, 2023
- Legal and Corporate Affairs Intern, Expedia Group, Seattle, 2022
- Product Manager, 2020-2021; Associate Product Manager, 2019-2020; Product Management Analyst, 2017-2019; Portfolio Accountant, 2016-2017 – Parametric, Seattle
- Real Estate Appraisal Intern, O.R. Colan Associates, Fairview Park, Ohio, 2016
- Wealth Management Intern, Merrill Lynch, Cleveland, Ohio, 2015