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Sarah E. Moffett

2318 Mill Road
Suite 1100
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone:  703.647.5930
Fax:  703.647.5980

Biography

Ms. Moffett is a partner on the firm’s Labor and Employment team and focuses her practice on providing outside general counsel to corporations and defending employment and business claims. Ms. Moffett has successfully represented employers in a wide variety of administrative and litigation proceedings, including discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, purported violations under the Family Medical Leave Act and Fair Labor Standards Act, and claims of sexual harassment, race, gender, or national origin discrimination arising under Title VII and Section 1981. Ms. Moffett also has experience in conducting internal investigations, defending wrongful discharge claims, addressing breach of employment contracts and restrictive covenants, and advocating for housing associations in actions arising under the Fair Housing Act. She regularly represents employers before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Virginia, D.C. and Maryland Offices of Human Rights, and in federal and state courts in Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland.

In addition, Ms. Moffett has represented businesses in the defense of business fraud, conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims and provided counseling regarding government contracts and whistleblower actions.

Prior to joining LeClairRyan, Ms. Moffett served as a law clerk to the Secretary of the Air Force General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility where she reviewed and analyzed commercial contracts and contractor compliance in accordance with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations and Federal Acquisition Regulations, coordinated investigations with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation and Defense Criminal Investigative Services, and prepared suspension and debarment memoranda on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force Deputy General Counsel for Contractor Responsibility and the Secretary of the Air Force Fraud Director.

Legal Experience

  • LeClairRyan, Alexandria, Virginia, 2006 – present
  • Law Clerk for the Secretary of the Air Force General Counsel Office for Contractor Responsibility, Arlington, Virginia, 2003 – 2006
  • Intern, The Honorable Stanley P. Klein, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Fairfax, Virginia

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Fairfax Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • District of Columbia Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Bar Association Public Law Division

Education

  • J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 2005
  • B.A., History, Eastern Mennonite University, 2002

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia