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Sarah Chicoine

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Sarah Chicoine
Sarah Chicoine
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About Sarah

Sarah Chicoine is an associate on the privacy & data security team and in the firm’s financial services department, with a focus on commercial lending and creditors’ rights.

In her financial services practice, Sarah delivers efficient solutions to complex financial challenges. Her work includes representing and counseling clients in collection actions, foreclosures, and enforcing and collecting on judgments.

In her privacy & data security practice, Sarah advises clients regarding U.S. and international data privacy law compliance issues, which includes drafting consumer-facing privacy policies and terms and responding to data security incidents. Sarah also advises clients on issues pertaining to consumer protection laws.

Sarah has a background in employee benefits which focused on individually designed plan documents, summary plan descriptions (SPDs), and participant notices for all types of deferred compensation and health and welfare plans. She also advised public and private employers on benefit plan issues, such as ERISA compliance and plan administration.

During law school, Sarah worked with private and public groups within the healthcare industry, including the healthcare team at the University of Washington division of the Washington State Attorney General's Office and the Washington State Hospital Association. Prior to law school, Sarah worked as an analyst and project manager in the technology industry.


Services

Education

  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law, with honors, 2021
    • Articles Editor, Washington Law Review
  • B.A., University of Washington, accounting and marketing, 2013
    • Dean’s List

Bar Admissions

  • Oregon, 2022
  • Washington, 2021

Activities

Professional Plus
  • Western Pension & Benefits Conference, Seattle Chapter, member
  • Legal extern, the Honorable Anne Cruser, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division Two, 2021
  • Legal extern, Washington State Hospital Association, 2019 - 2020
  • Law clerk, Washington State Attorney General's Office, University of Washington division, 2019
Civic Plus
  • Seattle Humane Society, past volunteer

Insights from Sarah

  • “Chapter 16: PERS, OPSRP, and Related Programs,” Oregon State Bar, BarBooks™, Labor and Employment Law in Oregon: Public Sector (Feb. 2025)
  • “FTC’s Most Recent Order Cracks Down on Sharing and Selling Users’ Location Data,” Miller Nash, IP & Technology Law Trends (Jan. 2024)
  • “SECURE 2.0 Act Impacts Employer Retirement Plans,” Miller Nash, Employment Law in Motion (Mar. 2022)

Collaborations

Outside the Office

Sarah enjoys spending time outside, often running with her dog or working on her golf game with her husband. Sarah is also a proud roommate to two cats, who prefer when she spends time inside.

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