Sarah Shea is a Shea Law attorney who also serves as the firm’s client relations manager and general manager of Shea’s estate planning practice. Sarah divides her time between Shea Law’s national litigation practice and its estate planning business. When not helping litigate cases, Sarah works closely with Shea COO, John Shea, to create, implement, and adjust the firm’s estate planning processes, as well as coordinate with Shea’s institutional clients. Her responsibilities include managing the growth of Shea’s expanding online estate planning program—which gives clients the flexibility to be able to utilize online tools and virtual attorney meetings to create a customized estate plan from the comfort of their own home—and helping to manage attorney training for new hires.

As part of Shea Law’s complex litigation practice, Sarah has been a member of the leadership team that secured an approximately $500 million settlement on behalf of students and student-athletes who suffered institutional sexual abuse at the University of Michigan and has been involved in major class action suits against Michigan counties for the unconstitutional taking of millions of dollars from homeowners through unauthorized tax foreclosures.

Prior to joining Shea Law, PLLC in 2021, Sarah worked at a major international law firm in New York City where she represented companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts. Sarah has experience defending public companies facing both civil litigation and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations and enforcement matters. Sarah also maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented clients in various immigration proceedings, including petitions for asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile status.

Sarah graduated from the University of Michigan in 2016 with honors, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Studies. She earned her Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in May of 2019. During law school, Sarah focused her concentration on general civil litigation, including interning for the New York Attorney General in New York City and representing children and parents in trial court cases at the University of Michigan’s Child Advocacy Law Clinic. She also served as a Congressional intern in Washington D.C. for Michigan’s 11th congressional district; and as a Campaign Administrator to The Honorable Carl Marlinga.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys traveling, playing tennis, and trying new restaurants in the Metro Detroit area.