Sara K. Thompson is Chair of the firm's Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice. She concentrates her practice on defense of products liability litigation, with an emphasis on representing manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and other consumer products in state and federal courts nationwide. Sara has experience managing individual, nationwide and mass tort litigation matters involving a variety of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as class action and mass litigation involving personal care products, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals in both coordinated and consolidated proceedings and Multi-District Litigations (MDLs). Sara also regularly counsels manufacturers regarding review and drafting of appropriate warning language for product labeling, recalls and reporting, Consumer Products Safety Commission recalls and compliance, and other pre-litigation matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Sara spent four years as a litigation associate with two prominent law firms in Boston, Massachusetts.
Concentrations
•Products liability
•Pharmaceutical
•Medical device
•Litigation
•Consumer products
•Malpractice
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Team Member, Daily Report, Southeastern Legal Awards, 'Products Liability Group of the Year,' 2025
•Team Member, BTI’s Most Recommended Law Firms, Big Pharma, 2025
•Team Member, 'Georgia Firm of the Year,' Benchmark Litigation, 2025
•Team Member, 'Products Liability Litigation Powerhouse,' BTI Litigation Outlook, 2025
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2025
•Georgia, Litigation: Product Liability, 2025
•Product Liability & Mass Torts, 2025
•Listed The Legal 500 United States
•Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2020-2025
•Leading Partners, 2025
•Leading Lawyer, 2021-2024
•Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco), 2020 and 2025
•Products Liability and Mass Tort Defense - Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2011 and 2019
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2026
•Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, 2024-2026
•Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2023-2024
•Listed, Who’s Who Legal, 'International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers,' 2022-2024
•Listed, GaBiz, 'Top Lawyers,' 2024
•Team Member, a Law360 'Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,' 2011, 2021-2022
•Recipient, Profiles in Diversity Journal, 'Woman Worth Watching in Leadership Award,' 2021
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers, 2017-2021
•'Rising Stars,' 2013-2015
•Shortlisted, Euromoney, 'Women in Business Awards - Best in Product Liability,' 2020
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,” 2018 and 2021
•Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Products Liability Litigation Department of the Year,” 2018
•Team Member, The Daily Report’s 'Georgia Products Liability & Mass Torts Litigation Department of the Year,' 2013 and 2015-2017
•Listed, Fulton County Daily Report, ' Georgia's 40 Under 40, ' 2013
•Listed, Georgia Trend magazine, 'Legal Elite,' 2012-2013
•Listed, a Law360 'Rising Star,' Products Liability,' 2012
•Team Member, The AmLaw Litigation Daily, ' Litigator of the Week, ' March 8, 2012