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Sara Murphy focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and class action defense, representing clients from a number of different industries, including financial services, energy, pulp and paper, insurance, and professional services.
Sara’s litigation practice includes disputes related to breach of contract, unfair trade practices, claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and other business-related torts. She also handles cases involving claims for civil conspiracy, consumer fraud, insurance coverage, and defending lawyers and law firms with respect to professional services rendered.
Sara also dedicates significant pro bono legal services representing CASA guardians ad litem in complex child protection cases and currently serves as a member of the Maine CASA Advisory Panel. Sara was also recently appointed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to serve as a commissioner for the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund, which annually distributes funds to support civil legal services to persons who otherwise are not able to afford counsel.
Before joining Pierce Atwood, Sara gained valuable insight into state appellate litigation and federal trial litigation first as a law clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and subsequently as a law clerk for the Honorable D. Brock Hornby of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Prior to clerking, Sara sought out a diverse range of experiences as a law student—she was a student attorney at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic advocating for children in the juvenile justice system; the Symposium Editor of the Maine Law Review; a teaching assistant for first year Property and Civil Procedure courses; the Charles A. Harvey, Jr. Trial Practice Immersion Fellow, working with experienced trial attorneys on civil and criminal cases; the Bernstein Fellow, working as a law clerk for the District Court in Portland, Maine; and as a student member of the Edward T. Gignoux Inn of Court.
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University of Maine School of Law
J.D. summa cum laude · 2014
University of Southern California
— · 2006
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United States, Maine
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United States, Massa
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation
2026
Best Lawyers in America — in America
2026
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation - 2025
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance - 2025
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Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants - 2025
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation - 2024
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance - 2024
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Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants - 2024
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation - 2023
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance - 2023
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Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants - 2023
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation - 2022
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance - 2022
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Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants - 2022
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Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation - 2021
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance - 2021
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Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants - 2021
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Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Banking and Finance
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Awards:
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Best Lawyers in America — Maine Justice Foundation New Lawyer Award (2021)
2026
Best Lawyers in America — New England Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for Business Litigation (2018-2020)
2026
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Sara A. Murphy focuses on Business and Litigation.
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Sara A. Murphy primarily serves clients in Portland, Maine, with an office at 254 Commercial Street.
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