Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
[email protected] | P (202) 640-4412
Sarah Fink helps people during some of the most difficult times in their lives. Be it a government employee facing an investigation by Congress, a business owner facing criminal charges by a prosecutor, or a student facing discipline by a university, 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.
In addition to her government investigations, criminal defense, and campus disciplinary work, Sarah also fights to secure voting rights.
Outside of her work at KaiserDillon, Sarah is a co-chair of the Solo and Small Practice Forum of the Women’s Bar Association for the District of Columbia and a member of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association. Sarah has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a 2020 Washington D.C. Rising Star.
Prior to joining KaiserDillon, 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 a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center; she earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, magna cum laude, from the George Washington University.
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
Counsel
[email protected] | P (202) 640-4412
Justin Dillon Publishes Op-Ed in the Washington Examiner: Biden’s Title IX changes would roll back fairness and due process on campus
July 5, 2022Justin Dillon Interviewed by Doug McKelway at The Washington Examiner: The Future of Title IX: A Conversation with Justin Dillon
June 15, 2021Justin Dillon Coauthors Opinion for USA Today: Ending due process: Reinstating Catherine Lhamon at the Dept. of Education is a mistake
June 14, 2021Justin Dillon Coauthors Opinion for the National Review: Why Does Joe Biden Hate Due Process?
March 25, 2021Justin Dillon Coauthors Opinion for New York Daily News: The ACLU vs. due process: The nonprofit takes a surprising stand against more rights for those accused on campus
May 21, 2020Justin Dillon Quoted in New York Times: DeVos’s Rules Bolster Rights of Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct
May 6, 2020Justin Dillon Coauthors Opinion for the National Review: Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Delay the Education Department’s New Title IX Regulations
March 30, 2020Justin Dillon Publishes Opinion for The Chronicle of Higher Education: New Title IX Proposal Would Restore Fairness in Sexual-Misconduct Cases
November 19, 2019Law 360 – “Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era” co-authored by Bill Pittard
January 17, 2019Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon in The Washington Post: The Education Department wants to make campus sexual misconduct hearings fairer. It should go further.
September 6, 2018Justin Dillon Opinion Piece in The Washington Post – “The Common App will no longer require disclosure of criminal history. But what it still asks is more troubling.”
August 23, 2018Law360 – “The Latest On Sexual Harassment Reform On The Hill” by Bill Pittard
February 23, 2018Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed for The Washington Post: Lawyers: DeVos is bringing due process to campus sexual assault cases
September 11, 2017Justin Dillon Quoted in The Washington Post: Kushner to face intel committee on Monday behind closed doors
July 23, 2017Law 360 – “When Russia Investigations Collide” by Bill Pittard
June 7, 2017Justin Dillon Publishes Opinion for Above The Law: Everything You Think You Know About Campus Sexual Assault Is Wrong: A Review Of ‘The Campus Rape Frenzy’
March 23, 2017Justin Dillon Coauthors Op-Ed for The Harvard Crimson: The Hidden Perils of Affirmative Consent Policies
March 22, 2017Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed: Minnesota’s Failed Football Boycott Was a Blow to Fairness in Campus Sexual Assault Hearings
December 20, 2016Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed in Los Angeles Times: Absurdity Reigns in Campus Sexual Assault Trials.
April 21, 2016Justin Dillon Publishes Op-Ed on Lawnews.com: Why We Are Suing the Government on Behalf of Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct
April 13, 2016Matt Kaiser Guest Blogs on Washington Legal Foundation The Legal Pulse: Overcriminalization Timeline: Mens Rea, Public Welfare Offenses and Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
November 16, 2015Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon Publish an Editorial in the Los Angeles Times: How to Punish Campus Sexual Assault
November 14, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes an Editorial in The Washington Times: Being an Executive is not a Crime
November 11, 2015Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon Publish Editorial in LA Times: Why It’s Unfair for Colleges to Use Outside Investigators in Rape Cases.
September 16, 2015Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed in the National Law Journal: The DOJ’s Crackdown on White-Collar Crime Creates ‘Cruel Alternative’
September 14, 2015Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon Publish Op-ed in The Weekly Standard: The Campus Sex Scene: How Congress Can Make It Worse
August 6, 2015Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-ed in The Washington Post: We’ve defended lots of campus sexual assault cases, so we know just how unfair they are
July 24, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes Editorial in Baltimore Sun: A Minimum of Reform
November 14, 2014Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed in San Diego Union-Tribune: California Bill Won’t Solve Sexual Assault Problem on Campus
September 3, 2014Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Op-Ed in Boston Herald: College Courts Flunks Fairness Test
August 16, 2014Matt Kaiser Publishes an Article for Time Magazine: Some Rules about Consent are “Unfair” to Male Students”
May 15, 2014Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon Publish an Editorial in the Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Justin Dillon and Matt Kaiser Publish Opinion for The Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Matt Kaiser and Justin Dillon Publish a Letter to the Editor in the New York Times: The Rights of the Accused
April 28, 2014Jennifer Short authors “The False Claims Act,” and “Settling With The Government,” in The Corporate Compliance Answer Book 2010 by the Practicing Law Institute in June 2010.
June 8, 2010Publication by Jennifer Short appears in the Holland & Knight Health Law and Life Science Alert, titled “Health Care Reform: While Debate Rages, Enforcement Proposals Take Shape.” This article was published August 2009.
August 8, 2009In May 2009, Jennifer Short pens and publishes an article titled “President Obama Signs Landmark Anti-Fraud Bill Into Law,” in the Holland & Knight Government Contracts Alert.
May 8, 2009Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
[email protected] | P (202) 640-4412
Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
[email protected] | 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.
