Biography

Sarah Vonderbrink Geiger is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group where she has experience representing a wide variety of clients in litigation, including both public and private companies, small businesses, and individuals. 

Sarah’s practice is concentrated in the areas of significant personal injury/wrongful death litigation, trucking accident cases, FLSA collective litigation, and general business and commercial dispute litigation.  Sarah has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and wrongful death cases.  Sarah also has experience advising trustees of mass tort settlement trusts on issues relating to trust administration.

Sarah has experience in all aspects of litigation, including depositions, oral argument, motion practice, written discovery, trial preparation, trial, and appellate litigation. Sarah has litigated cases within federal and state courts, appellate courts, and in private mediation and arbitration in venues throughout the country.

Sarah earned her law degree in 2014 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a member of the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, and the Family Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic. Before graduating from law school, Sarah worked as a judicial intern for Judge Laurance B. VanMeter, then on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

Representative Work

Represents billion dollar regional trash and recycling company in a variety of complex litigation matters, including contract disputes and tort defense matters

Defeated FLSA collective certification of a group of employees alleging overtime from a steel processing company

Successfully obtained summary judgment for a defendant company in a wrongful death action.

Represented national logistics trucking company in defense of FLSA national class action overtime claim by employees

Represented regional trash and recycling company in defense of FLSA regional class action overtime claim by employees

Acted as lead counsel in representing mass tort settlement trust clients in hundreds of court-approved alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediations and arbitrations

Represented egg producers in antitrust national class action litigation

Coordinated team of 11 experts in developing expert theory and assisting with reports in multi-billion dollar opioid litigation

Professional and Community Involvement

Federal Bar Association, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair, 2022-present

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health, Board of Trustees, 2022-present

ALFA International, Women's Initiative Steering Committee, Future Leaders Forum Steering Committee, Transportation Group Steering Committee

Federal Bar Association, Gender Equity Committee, 2018-2021

Ohio State Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Cincinnati Bar Association

Northern Kentucky Bar Association

St. Aloysius, Board of Directors 2018-2022

Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) Program, KMK Co-Chair, 2017, 2018

Oyler School, A.P. Hampton Mentoring Program

Awards & Recognition

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2021-2024

PLEDGE (Promoting Lawyer Excellence & Driving Gender Equality) Award, John W. Peck Cincinnati-NKY Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 2021

Named to Ohio Rising Stars, 2021-2024

YWCA Greater Cincinnati Rising Star, 2017

  • Super Lawyers (Don't Delete)
  • 2024 Best Lawyers Ones to Watch

News & Resources

Speaking Engagements

Publications

Blogs

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What was your first job?
My first job was as a babysitter and I was hired the summer I turned 11 years old! I ended up babysitting for the same family until I left for college (and when I was home on breaks). I went on vacation with two families every summer and loved it; they became my second family.   

What is your favorite vacation spot? Why?
My favorite vacation spot is Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. I started going to HHI when I was 12. Though we didn’t know each other at the time, my husband started going to HHI as a teenager too. We both fell in love with the island so have continued the tradition with our own family. Every summer, we visit HHI with my husband’s family and I have loved getting to see my kids enjoy HHI with their cousins. We have dreams of owning a house there someday!

What is the simplest thing you never learned to do?
Cook. Almost anything. Aside from macaroni and cheese or things that go in the microwave, I do not cook anything. Takeout exists for people like me. 

Admissions

  • Ohio
  • Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2014

B.A., University of Richmond, 2010, cum laude

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