Sarah L. Cronin
Partner
Sarah also represents and advises clients in insurance recovery matters, representing policyholders against their insurance providers to enforce their coverage rights, and recovering millions of dollars in unpaid claims and damages on behalf of policyholders. She is involved in the resolution of claims brought under CGL, media liability, E&O and D&O claims, and builder's risk claims, among others.
Prior to private practice, Sarah served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard A. Kramer, Judge of the California Superior Court, County of San Francisco, Complex Litigation Department. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Susan Y. Illston, Judge of the United States District Court, Northern District of California.
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
Entertainment Litigation
- Represented major film studio in successfully defeating all claims brought against billion dollar motion picture franchise
- Represented a cable network and two actors, among others; obtained a dismissal of a $200 million copyright infringement claim relating to a popular series
- Represented a television network in obtaining a ruling that anti-SLAPP statute applies to employment discrimination claims brought against a media defendant
- Represented a radio network through a bench trial, and obtained a dismissal of fraud and breach of contract claims; secured an award of more than $550,000 in attorneys' fees in the client's favor
- Represented a film production company in a financing dispute over a motion picture
- Served as a member of the team that successfully represented a cooperative association of 450 family-owned dairies, maker of the best-selling brand of butter in the Western U.S., in a class action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that the labeling of certain of their dairy products was false and misleading and in violation of the California Unfair Competition statutes, as well as the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. The judge dismissed the case with prejudice on federal preemption grounds
- Assisted in successfully retrieving numerous Internet domain names incorporating clients' trademarks from cybersquatters all over the world
Insurance Recovery
- Represented a production company in a coverage dispute over a claim for copyright infringement, securing coverage for attorneys' fees and settlement with the plaintiff
- Represented a production company in a coverage dispute over the collapse of a set during the filming of a motion picture, securing coverage for damages and extra expenses caused by the collapse
- Represented a studio in a coverage dispute over the injury of a stuntman, securing complete coverage for claims
- Represented one of the nation's top commercial construction companies in multi-million-dollar insurance coverage disputes nationwide
- Represented a general contractor in successfully obtaining insurance coverage for a multi-million-dollar construction defect claim
- Represented a manufacturing company in successfully obtaining insurance coverage for a pollution liability claim
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. University of California, Hastings College of the Law 2007
- Senior articles editor, Hastings Women's Law Journal
- B.A. St. Peter's University 2002
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Co-chair, California Chapter and Member of the Insurance Group of the Media Law Resource Center (MLRC)
- Past co-chair, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law's Media Advocacy Workshop
- Chair, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), Media, Privacy and Advertising Law Committee
- Board member, Independent Shakespeare Company
Recognition
Recognition
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40's, 2021
- Women's Leadership Awards Rising Star of the Year Nominee, 2020
- Women's Council and Awards Nominee, 2018 – 2019
- Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, Southern California, 2015 – 2017
Community
Community
Volunteerism
- Board of Directors, Independent Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles