Sarah K. Eddy is a litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm's Trials, Securities Litigation, and White Collar Defense and Investigations practices. Her practice focuses on representing organizations, directors, and officers at trial, on appeal, and in regulatory and white-collar criminal matters. Sarah also regularly guides companies and boards through internal investigations.
Sarah’s recent public matters include a trial victory for OpenAI and its leadership in California; trial victories for Encompass Health Corporation and Enhabit Home Health & Hospice in Delaware and Texas and representing Coinbase in its landmark litigation against the Securities and Exchange Commission.*
Before reentering private practice in 2020, Sarah spent 11 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). She was a trial attorney in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit and the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Co-Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit, and, finally, Chief of Appeals for the Criminal Division. During her time at SDNY, Sarah conducted some of the Office’s most significant investigations of corporate misconduct, tried a number of securities, insurance, and tax fraud cases before federal juries, and argued numerous appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sarah is ranked highly in Chambers and Partners, with clients calling her “super smart and experienced,” “very effective,” and “extremely bright and thoughtful.” A recent trial win earned her Litigator of the Week, and Lawdragon recognizes her as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America and 500 Leading Global Litigators.
Sarah received her B.A. from Queen’s University in Ontario. She read law as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, earning a B.A. in Law (First Class) and a B.C.L. (Distinction). She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated first in her class. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Honorable John M. Walker on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and finally Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
Sarah is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard University Law School, where she teaches White Collar Criminal Law and Procedure.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Sarah was a partner in the New York office of a major law firm.
*Matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Georgetown University - 2002 Juris Doctor
- University of Oxford - 2000 Bachelor of Civil Law
- University of Oxford - 1999 Bachelor of Arts
- Queen's University - 1997 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- US Supreme Court, Hon. John P. Stevens, 2005 - 2006
- US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. John M. Walker, 2003 - 2004
- USDC, Southern District of New York, Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, 2002 - 2003