Sara focuses her practice on corporate litigation, lending disputes, and debt restructuring. Sara primarily advises and represents businesses and lenders facing financial and real property disputes. An extensive lending and restructuring background enables her to navigate a variety of complex issues concerning creditor, debtor, trustee, receiver, committee, real estate and corporate matters. She has experience representing lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, asset purchasers, trade vendors, farmers, and equity holders in various scenarios both inside and outside of the courtroom. Sara’s experience includes restructuring businesses, preserving and litigating creditor claims, avoidance actions, receiverships, foreclosures, bankruptcy, and asset purchases.
Credentials
Education
Auburn University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2011)
- Political Science & Psychology
Bar admissions
Court admissions
- Kentucky Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Affiliations and memberships
- Kentucky Bar Association, Elder Law Section Legislative Committee, chair
- Legislative and Policy Review Committee for the Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders, chair
- Legal Aide of the Bluegrass, volunteer
- Accredited with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- The Willows, Advisory Board member
- Kentucky Guardianship Association, board member
Distinctions
- Kentucky Rising Stars®
- For Bankruptcy: Business (2019-2024)
- Best Lawyers ®
- Litigation – Bankruptcy (2023-2024)
- Litigation – Banking and Finance (2024)
News
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Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 34 Dinsmore Attorneys on 2026 List
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260 Dinsmore Attorneys Listed as 2026 Best Lawyers®, Ones to Watch
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Kentucky Super Lawyers Recognizes 29 Dinsmore Attorneys on 2025 list
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250+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers ®, Ones to Watch
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Dinsmore Elevates 13 Attorneys to Partnership
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32 Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2024 Kentucky Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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California Bankruptcy Trustee Praises Dinsmore Team’s Counsel in Debt Firm Fraud Case
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200+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers®, “Ones to Watch”
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Kentucky Super Lawyers Honors 30 Dinsmore Attorneys; Three Partners Named in Top 25 Women List
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2023 Best Lawyers® List Recognizes 190 Dinsmore & Shohl Attorneys

