Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Sarah Fink helps people during some of the most difficult times in their lives. Be it a Congressional staffer facing an inquiry from an ethics committee, a government employee facing an investigation by an Office of Inspector General, or a professional facing an accusation that could derail her career, 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.
Over the past several years, Sarah has helped guide clients through some of Washington, DC’s headline-grabbing events. Those representations that are public include clients in connection with congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election; congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the FBI’s investigation of Secretary Clinton’s email server; congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of the alleged politicization of employment practices at the State Department; and congressional and Inspector General scrutiny of practices at the Department of Homeland Security during times of civil unrest. Other federal employment defense matters have involved the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Department of Justice.
Sarah has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Washington D.C. Rising Star since 2020. Prior to joining Kaiser PLLC, 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 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
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Law 360 – “Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era” co-authored by Bill Pittard
January 17, 2019Matt Kaiser in The Washington Post: The Education Department wants to make campus sexual misconduct hearings fairer. It should go further.
September 6, 2018Law360 – “The Latest On Sexual Harassment Reform On The Hill” by Bill Pittard
February 23, 2018Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-Ed for The Washington Post: Lawyers: DeVos is bringing due process to campus sexual assault cases
September 11, 2017Law 360 – “When Russia Investigations Collide” by Bill Pittard
June 7, 2017Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-Ed: Minnesota’s Failed Football Boycott Was a Blow to Fairness in Campus Sexual Assault Hearings
December 20, 2016Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in Los Angeles Times: Absurdity Reigns in Campus Sexual Assault Trials.
April 21, 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 Co-Authors 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 Publishes Editorial in LA Times: Why It’s Unfair for Colleges to Use Outside Investigators in Rape Cases.
September 16, 2015Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in the National Law Journal: The DOJ’s Crackdown on White-Collar Crime Creates ‘Cruel Alternative’
September 14, 2015Matt Kaiser Publishes Op-ed in The Weekly Standard: The Campus Sex Scene: How Congress Can Make It Worse
August 6, 2015Matt Kaiser Co-Authors 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, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Op-Ed in San Diego Union-Tribune: California Bill Won’t Solve Sexual Assault Problem on Campus
September 3, 2014Matt Kaiser Publishes 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 Publishes an Editorial in the Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors Opinion for The Wall Street Journal: The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 5, 2014Matt Kaiser Co-Authors a Letter to the Editor in the New York Times: The Rights of the Accused
April 28, 2014Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Kaiser PLLC Litigates One of Law360’s “Biggest Legal Ethics Cases of 2023”
Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | P (202) 640-4412
Sarah R. Fink
Counsel
sfink@kaiserlaw.com | 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.
