Sara Chamberlain
Associate
St. Louis
314 552 6112
direct
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PRACTICES
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Education
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William & Mary Law School,
J.D., 2010
Articles Editor, William & Mary Law Review
Gambrell Professionalism Award
Graduate Research Fellow
National Trial & Mock Court Teams
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Northwest Missouri State University,
B.A. Political Science, summa cum laude, 2007
Presidential Scholar
SGA Student Body President, 2006-2007
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Admissions
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Illinois
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Missouri
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Illinois USDC, Northern District
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Illinois USDC, Southern District
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Affiliations
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Missouri Bar Association
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Illinois Bar Association
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American Bar Association
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Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
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Employment
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Thompson Coburn LLP
Associate, 2012-Present
Summer Associate, 2009
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Law Offices of Kadie Campbell Johnson LLC
Associate, 2010-2011
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Community
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Junior League of St. Louis
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Sara defends clients in a variety of environmental litigation and regulatory enforcement matters. She has helped clients modify and transfer environmental permits, respond to regulatory enforcement actions and inquiries, and investigate environmental concerns tied to corporate transactions.
Sara's environmental practice focuses on litigation, regulatory and transactional matters arising under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, RCRA and their state law counterparts. She has also assisted clients in navigating a variety of wetlands related issues, including National Environment Policy Act compliance and Section 404 permitting.
Since joining Thompson Coburn, Sara has also successfully represented and defended clients in a wide variety of common law tort, products liability and general business litigation matters.
Sara graduated summa cum laude from Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in Political Science. She earned her law degree from William and Mary Law School where she served as an Articles Editor for the William & Mary Law Review and competed on the moot court and national trial teams.