Sarah Kelly-Kilgore
Partner

Overview
Sarah Kelly-Kilgore is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Newport Beach and Los Angeles offices and a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Ms. Kilgore focuses her practice on a wide variety of litigation matters.
Ms. Kilgore has experience litigating cases in a broad range of practice areas, including employment litigation, fraud, business torts, defamation, securities and investments, real estate, contracts, federal agency enforcement actions, unfair competition, trade secrets, director and officer liability, fraudulent conveyance corporate governance disputes, and shareholder and consumer class action litigation. She has been lead counsel in a number of high-profile cases involving significant national and international public attention, including matters reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.
In addition, Ms. Kilgore regularly advises business entities on matters of employment law, including sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. Her clients include public companies, private businesses, executives and celebrities.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Kilgore was the managing partner for the Los Angeles office of an elite boutique trial law firm.
While in law school, Ms. Kilgore was the editor-in-chief of the American Criminal Law Review and an associate editor of the Annual Survey of White Collar Crime. She was also a member of the Georgetown Moot Court Team.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Georgetown University Law Center
- San Diego State University, B.A., History
- California
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Board of Trustees, Executive Member, 2020-2022; Member, 2023-Present; Business Law Section, Executive Committee Member/Barristers Liaison, 2017-2019; Membership Benefits Committee/Membership Task Force, Executive Member, 2019-Present; Nominating Committee Member, 2018
- LACBA, Barristers/Young Attorneys Section, President, 2021-2022; President-Elect, 2020-2021; Vice President, 2019-2020; Assistant Vice President of Special Events, 2017-2019; Continuing Legal Education Chair, 2016-2017; Executive Committee, 2015-2023
- Los Angeles Superior Court, Bench and Bar Committee, Civil, 2019-2022
- Institute for Corporate Counsel, Advisory Board Member, 2018-Present
- American Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), Board of Governors, 2023-Present
- Mission Plasticos, Board Member, 2023-Present
- Public Counsel, Leadership Council Board, 2015-Present
- Aztec Mentor Program, San Diego State University, 2019-2022
- Ones to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America guide, Southern California, Litigation – Securities; Commercial Litigation, 2022-2025
- Southern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2023-2025
- Lawyers on the Fast Track, California Legal Awards, The Recorder, 2024
- Leaders of Influence: Women in Law, Orange County Business Journal, 2024
- Women of Influence: Attorneys, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2022, 2023
- Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2022, 2023
- Top Women Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2022, 2023
- The 40 and Under Hot List, Benchmark Litigation, 2021, 2023
- Labor & Employment Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2021, 2023
- On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Award, American Bar Association, 2022
- Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2020-2022
- Top Women Attorneys, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2020
- Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers, Daily Journal, 2019