Sara Wilder Sherrill focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. Before joining the firm, she clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Swank in the Eastern District of North Carolina, where she assisted in drafting judicial opinions, conducted legal research for civil and criminal matters, and participated in court proceedings and settlement conferences.
Sara Wilder was also a legal extern during law school with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Office of the Capital Defenders. In this role, she conducted legal research, drafted memoranda, assisted in trial preparation, compiled and synthesized discovery, and observed pre-trial motion hearings and sentencing. She also worked at the FBI, where she processed and researched Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests.
Sara Wilder earned her J.D. from the Campbell University School of Law. During law school, she served on the Campbell University Law Review. She also worked as an Advanced Legal Writing Teaching Scholar and represented the school on the Client Counseling Team at regional competitions.