Sara M. Peele
Senior Attorney
Sara Peele focuses her practice on the defense of insurance companies, self-insured corporations and businesses in a wide variety of civil litigation, including first-party auto No-Fault (PIP), third-party auto negligence, insurance coverage disputes, Michigan Assigned Claims Plan (MACP) Servicing Insurer Defense, and MACP Servicing Insurer Subrogation.
Her prior experience includes working on a massive oil spill class action which included wrongful death, personal injury, negligence, toxic tort claims, and maritime law. She was also a law clerk at an international law firm where she worked on guardianship cases, tax law, property law, and a Brazilian corporate dissolution.
While a student-attorney at the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami, she helped develop a White Paper providing an international human rights framework for women’s economic rights in preparation for a judicial colloquium targeting Eastern and Southern African states. Her team identified regional judges and judicial practices that advanced women’s access to land, property, and employment.
Honors & Recognitions
University of Miami School of Law
– Dean’s Merit Scholarship
– HOPE Community Service Pro Bono Challenge for at least 75 hours of legal-related pro bono service
University of Michigan
– Dean’s List for GPA over 3.5
– Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Political Science Fraternity
– Dean of Students “Unsung Hero” Award
Studies Abroad/Work Experience:
- University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland – Cultural Heritage Law with a focus on Iraqi Cultural Heritage and ISIS destruction
- Sciences Po, Paris, France – European Law Studies and French Language studies
- University of Oxford, Oxford England – English Literature and Landscape in Wales
- Political Internship in Ottawa, Canada – Interned for the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Affairs, Mr. Peter Schiefke, Member of Parliament
- KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium – European Union Studies
Professional Affiliations
Member, Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce
Community
Volunteer, Chaldean American Ladies of Charity
University of Miami School of Law
– Pro-Bono work at Catholic Legal Services in Miami, FL
– Middle Eastern Law Student Association
– Miami Law Women
– Student Attorney for the Human Rights Clinic
University of Michigan
– Dean of Students Advisory Board Member
– Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Fraternity
– University of Michigan Law School Clinical Law Program Mock Juror