Sarah Millin focuses her national practice on the litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation of complex claims in the areas of insurance recovery.

She represents and advises corporate and individual policyholders in policy analysis, claim development, charting, allocation, negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, coverage litigation and risk analysis.  She has worked with agribusiness, waste management, financial services, transportation and manufacturing companies, as well as with individual policyholders, in disputes in a wide range of claims.

Sarah has direct experience with:

  • Environmental pollution liability policies
  • Comprehensive general liability policies
  • D&O (directors and officers) policies
  • Property policies
  • Cyber, privacy and media risks policies
  • Professional liability policies
  • Commercial crime policies
  • Farm policies
  • LEL (law enforcement liability) policies
  • EPL (employment practices liability) policies
  • Commercial Auto Policies
  • Aviation Policies

Areas of Focus

Credentials

Education

  • University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2003)
  • Northwestern University (B.S., 2000)

Bar Admissions

  • Kansas
  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Recognitions

  • Ingram’s 40 Under 40 Recipient, 2017
  • Up and Coming Attorneys, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2015
  • Selected by peers for “Best of the Bar,” Kansas City Business Journal, 2013 and 2014
  • Member of the National Moot Court Team
  • Senior Representative to the American Bar Association
  • American College of Trial Lawyers Award for Outstanding Performance in Trial Advocacy
  • Payne & Jones Lawyering Program Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy

Presentations

  • Co-Presenter, Policyholder Recovery 101: Top 10 Mistakes Policymakers Make When Handling a Liability Claim, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association 30th Annual Corporate House Counsel Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2017
  • Speaker, Beyond the Basics of Claims-Made Coverage: Mistakes for Policyholders to Avoid When Negotiating the Coverage Teams and Asserting Claims, RIMS 2017 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2017
  • Speaker, Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid When a Liability Claim Comes In, Association of Corporate Counsel-MidAmerica Chapter, October 18, 2016
  • Speaker, Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid When a Liability Claim Comes In, RIMS 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, April 2014
  • Speaker, How to Get the Most Out of Your Liability Coverage After the Claim Comes In, Association of Corporate Counsel - St. Louis Chapter, June 2013
  • Speaker, How to Get the Most Out of Your Liability Coverage After the Claim Comes In, Risk Insurance Management Society - Ozarks Chapter, May 2013
  • Speaker, Insurance Recovery in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy, National Law Journal Crisis Litigation Forum, May 2013
  • Speaker, How to Get the Most Out of Your Liability Coverage After the Claim Comes In, Association of Corporate Counsel - MidAmerica Chapter, April 2013
  • Speaker, Lathrop Gage State of Litigation, June 2012
  • Speaker, New Legal Developments in Punitive Damages Coverage and Number of Occurrences, October 2009

Publications

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Association for Women Lawyers of Kansas City
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar

Community Involvement

  • Hope House, Board of Directors, 2012 – Present