Biography
Sara Rutherford’s practice with the firm focuses on local government, real estate, and corporate transactions and business law.
Sara’s local government law practice involves assisting with the general representation of municipalities and other political subdivisions. Sara’s corporate law practice includes corporate formation and organizational matters, employment law issues, complex business and corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Sara’s real estate law practice involves real estate transactions and zoning and land use matters.
Practice Areas
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 2024
- Honors: SLU Law Journal
- Honors: Academic Excellence Awards
- Honors: Legal Research & Writing
- Honors: Law Practice Management
- Honors: Advanced Corporate Governance
- Honors: Business Law Association
- Honors: Student Bar Association Honor Council
- Honors: Study Abroad Paris, France
- Saint Louis University
- Master of Business Administration - 2023
- Honors: Chaifetz School of Business Merit Scholar
- Honors: Regional Business Council
- Honors: Sly Scholar
- Honors: Study Abroad, Madrid & Barcelona, Spain
- Saint Louis University
- Bachelor of Science - 2021
- Honors: Pre-Law Scholar
- Honors: Presidential Scholar
- Honors: Study Abroad, London, England, Panama City, Panama
- Major: International Business, Leadership & Change Management
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
Professional Associations
- The Missouri Bar
- St. Charles County Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association
Employment
- The Scholarship Foundation of Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO Lead Strategic Data Fellow, 2018-2024
- Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd., Belleville, IL Law Clerk, Summer, 2023
- Bayer U.S. Crop Science, St. Louis, MO Commercial & Regulatory Law Extern, January 2023-May 2023
- The Boeing Company, Philadelphia, PA Global Trade Controls Specialist Intern, May 2020-August 2020