Sara L. Tait performs research and analysis for all members of the firm, focusing primarily on complex business, product liability, personal injury, and labor and employment law.
Sara also provides the firm with litigation technology services, including the development and management of a variety of litigation databases; data analysis; the preparation of demonstrative exhibits; video editing; and assistance with the appropriate use of trial technology. In addition, she manages the firm’s intranet; drafts articles, speaker presentations and CLE materials, including the firm’s Employment Roundtables; and assists with the management of Ater Wynne''s Northwest Business Litigation Blog.
Professional Experience
- Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon, 1990 to Present; Litigation and Research Specialist, 2007 to Present; Law Clerk, 1999 to 2007; Paralegal, Litigation Department, 1995 to 1999; Project Assistant/Paralegal, Bankruptcy and Collections Department, 1994 to 1995; Assistant Law Librarian, 1991 to 1994; Library Clerk, 1990-1991
- College of Legal Arts, Instructor, Spring 2002 (Computers II & III: Legal Research/Excel & Powerpoint for Litigation)
Education
- Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 2001
- Portland State University, B.A., with honors, 1995
Recent Presentations
- Advanced Civil Discovery for the Litigation Paralegal in Oregon, Co-Presenter, Institute for Paralegal Education 2001.
- Ensuring Professional Competence, Speaker, Oregon Law Institute, 1999.
- Advanced Civil Discovery for the Litigation Paralegal in Oregon, Speaker, Oregon Paralegal Association, 1998.
Representative Publications and/or Presentations
- Intelligent Investigations of Employee Misconduct, Co-Author, October 18, 2007.
- Oregon Supreme Court Lays Down the Law on the Product Liability Statute of Limitations, Co-Author, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, October 2002.
- Fee Agreement Compendium, Chapter 2 – Billing Costs, Co-Author, Oregon State Bar, Supplement 2000.
- Civil Litigation Manual, Chapter 6 – Case Investigation, Co-Author, Oregon CLE Supplement 1999.
- FMLA Update 1998: Invoking Your Statutory Rights as an Employer to Control the Use of Intermittent Leave, Co-author, Council on Education in Management seminar materials, May 1998.
- Invoking Your Statutory Rights as an Employer to Control the Use of Intermittent Leave, Co-author, Council on Education in Management seminar materials, Nov. 1997.
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