Sarah Goldberg is an Assistant Solicitor General and the Section Director of the Civil Appeals Section. She represents state agencies and officers in appeals in state and federal courts.
Before joining the Office of the Utah Attorney General, Sarah worked at two large international law firms. While in private practice, Sarah specialized in litigation relating to bankruptcies and receiverships. She represented both trustees and private clients in multi-million-dollar cases brought by post-confirmation liquidating trustees against former officers and directors for claims of breach of fiduciary duty, securities fraud, and fraudulent transfer. Sarah also spent significant time representing industry clients against challenges to federal permitting and leasing decisions brought by environmental groups under the National Environmental Policy Act and related statutes.
Sarah earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a member of the varsity swim team. She graduated with highest honors from the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2010. After law school, Sarah clerked for Justice Nancy E. Rice on the Colorado Supreme Court and Judge Scott M. Matheson Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
