Sarah Shahatto
Biography
Sarah Shahatto specializes in Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals litigation. Prior to joining McCune Law Group in 2023, Sarah was an associate at a labor law firm where she represented workers and labor unions in state court matters, administrative proceedings, and arbitrations. As a law clerk at a workers’ compensation law firm, she secured access to healthcare and disability benefits for injured workers.
During law school, Sarah gained great experience in civil litigation, particularly public interest law and plaintiff-side work. Through UCI Law’s Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, Sarah worked on trial and appellate cases regarding plaintiffs’ civil liberties and entitlement to damages. She participated in Legal Aid at Work’s Workers’ Rights Clinic and provided pro bono employment law consultations. She was a judicial extern at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Los Angeles.
Sarah was an advocate on her law school’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team, and the Diversity and Outreach Coordinator for UCI Law’s Journal on International, Transnational, and Comparative Law. She co-founded UCI’s Muslim Law Students Association.
*Sarah is proficient in Arabic*
Education
- B.A., cum laude, Political Science, University of California, Riverside – 2017
- J.D. University of California, Irvine School of Law – 2021
