21 May Sarah Pazar Williams
Practice Areas
Aging Services | Dental | General Liability | Health Care | Insurance Coverage | Medical Malpractice
Sarah Pazar Williams is an Associate in our Memphis office, with diverse experience in personal injury and insurance defense.
She specializes in health care liability, medical malpractice, nursing home and long-term care defense, general liability and premises liability litigation. She represents hospital systems, individual practitioners, nursing home and long-term care facilities in state and federal court and administrative proceedings. She also represents all manner of businesses in premises liability litigation involving anything from slip/trip-and-falls to negligent security lawsuits.
Sarah was President of the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association in 2020 and served on the board from 2017-2021. She is an active mentor to law students and young attorneys through the MBA and as a Barrister with the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. Sarah served as the co-chair of the Young Lawyer’s Committee for Memphis Area Legal Service’s Campaign for Equal Justice from 2014 to 2016. She has been recognized on the Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star list every year since 2018 and recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: One to Watch for 2021. Sarah was selected as one of the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of the Bar: Ace Associate honorees in 2020.
Earlier in her career, Sarah worked with the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago, where she planned and executed events that raised money for cancer treatment and research.
Sarah earned her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt Law School, where she served as the Chief Justice of the Vanderbilt Moot Court Board. She worked as a judicial extern for Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla and Magistrate Judge Charmiane G. Claxton, both of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Sarah received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University, with a double major in psychology and communication studies.
EXPERIENCE
Sarah has assisted a trial team in obtaining a jury defense verdict for a nurse practitioner clinic in Tennessee state court. She obtained a complete dismissal with prejudice on procedural grounds in multiple cases in Tennessee state and federal court, including pharmaceutical liability actions, hospital and nursing liability actions, and premises liability actions.
Sarah has obtained summary judgment for a certified nurse anesthetist defendant in a health care liability lawsuit in Tennessee state court, and she obtained summary judgment in a premises liability lawsuit for a national pharmacy chain in Tennessee state court.
ADMITTED
- Tennessee, 2012
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2013
EDUCATION
- J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, 2012
- B.S., Northwestern University, 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
- President of the Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2020
- Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2018
- Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2017-2021
- Memphis Area Legal Services’ Campaign for Equal Justice, 2014-2016 (Chair of Young Lawyer Committee, 2016; Co-Chair of Young Lawyer Committee, 2014-2015)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- DRI
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch, 2021
- Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018 – Present
- Best of the Bar: Ace Associate Honorees, Memphis Business Journal, 2020
- Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice, 2014-2015
Four HBS Attorneys Included on 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Recognized in the Inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Edition
HBS Attorneys Recognized In 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine
HBS Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine
Practice Areas
Aging Services | Dental | General Liability | Health Care | Insurance Coverage | Medical Malpractice
Sarah Pazar Williams is an Associate in our Memphis office, with diverse experience in personal injury and insurance defense.
She specializes in health care liability, medical malpractice, nursing home and long-term care defense, general liability and premises liability litigation. She represents hospital systems, individual practitioners, nursing home and long-term care facilities in state and federal court and administrative proceedings. She also represents all manner of businesses in premises liability litigation involving anything from slip/trip-and-falls to negligent security lawsuits.
Sarah was President of the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association in 2020 and served on the board from 2017-2021. She is an active mentor to law students and young attorneys through the MBA and as a Barrister with the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. Sarah served as the co-chair of the Young Lawyer’s Committee for Memphis Area Legal Service’s Campaign for Equal Justice from 2014 to 2016. She has been recognized on the Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star list every year since 2018 and recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: One to Watch for 2021. Sarah was selected as one of the Memphis Business Journal’s Best of the Bar: Ace Associate honorees in 2020.
Earlier in her career, Sarah worked with the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago, where she planned and executed events that raised money for cancer treatment and research.
Sarah earned her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt Law School, where she served as the Chief Justice of the Vanderbilt Moot Court Board. She worked as a judicial extern for Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla and Magistrate Judge Charmiane G. Claxton, both of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Sarah received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University, with a double major in psychology and communication studies.
EXPERIENCE
Sarah has assisted a trial team in obtaining a jury defense verdict for a nurse practitioner clinic in Tennessee state court. She obtained a complete dismissal with prejudice on procedural grounds in multiple cases in Tennessee state and federal court, including pharmaceutical liability actions, hospital and nursing liability actions, and premises liability actions.
Sarah has obtained summary judgment for a certified nurse anesthetist defendant in a health care liability lawsuit in Tennessee state court, and she obtained summary judgment in a premises liability lawsuit for a national pharmacy chain in Tennessee state court.
ADMITTED
- Tennessee, 2012
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2013
EDUCATION
- J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, 2012
- B.S., Northwestern University, 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
- President of the Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2020
- Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2018
- Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2017-2021
- Memphis Area Legal Services’ Campaign for Equal Justice, 2014-2016 (Chair of Young Lawyer Committee, 2016; Co-Chair of Young Lawyer Committee, 2014-2015)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- DRI
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch, 2021
- Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2018 – Present
- Best of the Bar: Ace Associate Honorees, Memphis Business Journal, 2020
- Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice, 2014-2015