Sarah focuses on estate planning and estate administration. She provides knowledgeable assistance to a wide range of clients on issues ranging from guardianship of young children and planning for death to minimizing taxes. She helps individuals plan for death and incapacity by drafting necessary documents, such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and trusts. She assists with the administration of estates of deceased or incompetent individuals. Sarah is approachable and easy to talk to, and enjoys making genuine and meaningful relationships with her clients. Prior to joining the firm, Sarah was a high school social studies teacher and later served as judicial clerk for the Honorable Thomas A. Higgins with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1996) Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1990)
North Carolina State Bar (1997)
Member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association
Best Lawyers in America® (2018 – 2025) Business North Carolina Magazine Legal Elite, Tax-Estate Planning (2018 – 2020, 2022, 2024) 2009 NCBA William L. Thorp Pro Bono Award from the Buncombe County Bar