Sara Goldsmith Schwartz is the Founder and President of Schwartz Hannum PC. She began her legal career at the law firm of Ropes & Gray in Boston, after completing a federal court clerkship with The Honorable William Young in Boston. Sara’s practice includes the representation of employers with respect to employment discrimination claims in government agencies and courts throughout the United States, as well as counseling clients and representing them with respect to traditional labor law issues. Sara is particularly experienced in representing multi-state clients with respect to state-specific issues, and has extensive experience in representing independent schools, as well as businesses in the technology, financial services, private clubs, health care and staffing industries.
In the course of representing more than 200 educational institutions across the United States, Sara has become a trusted advisor to Heads of School, Board Chairs, Deans, Business Officers and other independent school leaders as they tackle and resolve matters of school governance, student and employee discipline, risk management, sexual abuse allegations, and the myriad compliance documents such as enrollment agreements, school Bylaws, student/parent handbooks and more. Sara assists colleges and universities with complex personnel issues, as well as a myriad of policies and procedures with respect to students, employees, governance, student complaint procedures and Title IX compliance. Sara is an experienced investigator of sexual abuse and other sexual misconduct allegations.
Recognized, by Chambers USA as a leading attorney in Labor and Employment Law (2006-2017), one of the top entrepreneurs in the country by OMNIKAL, formerly Diversity Business (2011, 2013-2016), Massachusetts Super Lawyer® and top Labor and Employment attorney in Massachusetts for eight years, Top Woman of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2013). Managing Editor, Harvard Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, 1988-1991. Law Clerk to Judge William G. Young, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1991-1992. Certified women-owned business enterprise, Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and Massachusetts' State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA).
