WTO Elevates Sara Van Deusen to General Counsel

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell promoted Sara Van Deusen to the role of General Counsel. As the leader of the firm’s Office of the General Counsel, Sara serves as the top legal advisor to the firm’s lawyers and staff.

“WTO team members are immensely fortunate to have Sara. She is one of the firm’s most trusted advisors, and her sound guidance helps us all as lawyers and colleagues,” WTO President Carolyn Fairless said. “I am proud to call Sara the Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell GC.”

Sara focuses on loss prevention for the firm’s litigation practice and business operations. She leads the firm’s ethics and professional responsibility programs and manages compliance. She also provides advice on client relationships and various risk management issues related to firm operations. Additionally, she supervises WTO’s conflicts team.

Sara joined WTO more than six years ago. She began as Conflicts Counsel and rose to Deputy General Counsel before moving to General Counsel. Prior to joining WTO, Sara focused on legal ethics at the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, where she served as Assistant Regulation Counsel in the Trial Division. She also was a shareholder at a law firm where she represented lawyers in disciplinary and admissions matters.

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell lawyers have taken more than 1,100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award and 300 appeals to opinion all across the nation, with exceptional results for our clients. 
Established in 1998, WTO today numbers more than 110 trial lawyers and litigators. The firm represents sophisticated clients in high-stakes civil trials, appeals, and related litigation ranging from complex commercial to class actions to catastrophic torts.