Sarah Edwards
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Technology, business models, and regulation are changing so fast that it’s a constant obligation to keep up with the latest thought leadership in order to ensure that my advice and recommendations help my clients not just with the current state of their business, but with what’s coming next. And what’s coming after that.

Sarah Edwards is an Associate in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Compliance group and is based in the firm’s New Orleans office. Her work focuses on helping financial services clients comply with federal and state regulations, particularly with respect to offering new or updated products money transmission as well as in the brokering, lending, and servicing spaces.

Clients value Sarah’s ability to manage teams of lawyers and paralegals, and keep complex projects moving forward towards a productive outcome. This often requires a considerable degree of innovation—many laws applicable to financial services were not drafted with today’s modern technology in mind. Sarah excels at arriving at resolutions that simultaneously fulfill the intent of the original law while enabling reasonable application to new technologies and business models.

Whether handling a fifty state licensing project or drafting consumer-facing documents for a new product line, Sarah enjoys the challenge of novel and complex projects.

Acquisition or development of an innovative financial product requires a combination of technical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and management know-how to ensure successful resolution of the regulatory issues that inevitably arise. Sarah applies all three to make sure her clients’ projects reach a rapid and cost-effective conclusion.

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Education

  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2015)
    Loyola Law Review, Case Note and Comment Editor, Moot Court, Editing and Selection Committees; Student Bar Association, Entrepreneurial Business Law Society, Secretary and Treasurer, Intellectual Property Society, Secretary; Dean's Scholarship, Fanny Edith Wynn Scholarship, and Fred Gisevius Scholarship Recipient, Student Bar Association Mentor Program
  • Louisiana State University (B.A., English Literature, summa cum laude, 2011)
    Dean's List, Taylor Opportunity for Students Award, Fanny Edith Wynn Scholarship, Louisiana Freshman Award

Admissions

Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Honors

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (Banking, Bankruptcy: Business, and Business Litigation), 2019–2020
  • New Orleans CityBusiness "Ones to Watch" 2019

Affiliations

Professional

  • American Bar Association – Business Law Section; Consumer Financial Services Committee
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Member, Advisory Board, Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop (2019)
  • International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Louisiana Chapter – Board Member (2017)
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • Association for Women Attorneys

Outside the office

For fun, Sarah enjoys catching a local theater show with her husband—particularly at Le Petit Theatre—and lounging with her two mini goldendoodles, Mojo and Petrie.