Business tort and employment law trial attorney

Sarah Belger is a trial lawyer who focuses on complex employment-related litigation and disputes involving restrictive covenants, business torts and trade secret litigation. Sarah represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving noncompete agreements, confidentiality agreements and trade secret theft. She has obtained injunctions in multiple cases that prohibited individuals from competing against firm clients and has successfully represented employers who have hired individuals with noncompete or confidentiality agreements. In addition to her litigation experience, she counsels employers on how to draft noncompete and secrecy agreements. Her work covers many industries, including:

• Government contractors
• Professional services
• Information technology
• Health care
• Hospitality
• Nonprofit organizations
• Utilities

Known for her pragmatic business communication and listening skills, clients praise Sarah’s extensive knowledge of their business, as well as her ability to provide common-sense advice and effective representation both in the court room and the board room. She finds creative solutions to business issues and, when necessary, aggressively represents her clients’ interests in court.

Sarah frequently speaks on employment law issues and has presented numerous continuing legal education topics to Virginia attorneys. She regularly provides training to private companies and government entities on topics such as ethics, protecting corporate assets, internal investigations, discipline and workplace accommodations.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• Virginia

Education

• George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2004)
  • High honors
  • Order of the Coif

• Washington and Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999)

• "A Timely Analysis of the Labor and Employment Law Cases Decided During the Supreme Court's 2015-2016 Term"
• "A Timely Analysis of the Labor and Employment Law Cases Decided During the Supreme Court's 2016-2017 Term"
• "A Timely Analysis of the Labor and Employment Law Cases Decided During the Supreme Court's 2017-2018 Term"
• "Accommodating Pregnancy and Religion in the Workplace"
• "An Analysis of the Employment Issues that the Supreme Court Will Decide Next Year"
• "Family and Medical Leave Act Update"
• An Overview of President Biden’s Executive Order on Non-Competes
• Biden Administration Updates Guidance and Extends Deadline for Vaccine Compliance for Government Contractors
• District of Columbia Expands D.C.’s FMLA and Unemployment Insurance Provisions
• Expect More Employment Discrimination Claims Under New Virginia Values Act
• Guidance for Federal Contractors Under President Biden’s COVID-19 Executive Order
• New Whistleblower Law Offers Sweeping Protections to Virginia Employees
• Virginia Leads the Way in COVID-19 Occupational Safety Requirements by Proposing Emergency Temporary Standards
• Virginia Passes Law Prohibiting Covenants Not to Compete for “Low-Wage” Employees

Seminar

• COVID-19 Employment Law Issues - Prepare for the Next Phase
• Employee Mobility and Competition in the Great Resignation
• Sea Change in Virginia Employment Laws: Be Ready for July 1