Sara Alexandre is an attorney and works as a Senior Litigation Attorney with the Melman Law Group. Sara has successfully represented clients in civil and commercial litigation, including appellate advocacy, construction and environmental law, as well as contracts — drafting, negotiations, and disputes, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, automobile and trucking litigation, and general liability. Sara also has experience handling healthcare law litigation and ERISA matters. In addition, she provides continuing legal education and training courses on a wide range of issues relating to the legal industry.
Sara also serves as Acting Chair & Director of Yale Club of Georgia's Admissions School Committee. She is active in numerous non-profit and community service organizations, including children’s literacy programs.
Additionally, Sara is an author and has written two children's books, When I Give, I Am Happy and When I Read Books, as well as several legal-industry-based articles that have been featured in the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, Today’s General Counsel, and ACC Docket.
During law school, Sara was a judicial intern with the Honorable Shlomo Hagler of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and was an intern with the Supreme Court Library of the State of New York.
BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS, & ARTICLES
When I Give, I Am Happy – October 21, 2023
When I Read Books – October 3, 2023
Exploring Life & Business with Sara Alexandre of Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers – April 20, 2022
O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, Hatcher, Carmichael and HB 961: The Life, Death and Revival of Single-Defendant Nonparty Apportionment in Georgia
Mental Health Treatment for Lawyers: Confidentiality & Privileges Considerations
“5 Litigators Throughout History and What We Can Learn from Them” – July 13, 2020
“Cross-Border Discovery and Witness Considerations in Germany and Japan” – March 27, 2020
NEWS
VoyageATL Magazine Interview: Exploring Life & Business with Sara Alexandre of Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
PRESS RELEASES
Swift Currie Attorneys Sara Alexandre and Marvis Jenkins Honored by The National Black Lawyers – January 9, 2022
43 Swift Currie Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Rankings; Mark Dietrichs Earns Lawyer of the Year – August 19, 2021
Swift Currie Attorneys Sara Alexandre and Gerond Lawrence Named to The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – October 27, 2020
42 Swift Currie Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Rankings; Robert Potter Earns Lawyer of the Year – August 20, 2020
Swift Currie Attorneys Sara Alexandre and Avery Carter Named to The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – October 15, 2019
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 – 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 (Georgia)
Best Lawyers in America – “One to Watch” – 2022, 2021
MEMBERSHIPS
Atlanta Bar Association, Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, State Bar of Georgia, Gate City Bar Association
BAR ADMITTANCES
Georgia
EDUCATION
Yale University (B.A. in English)
New York Law School (J.D.)
New York Law School (Tax LL.M.)
