Kansas City
7500 College Boulevard, Suite 1400
Overland Park,
KS
66210-4041
T: 913.253.2149
Kansas City
7500 College Boulevard, Suite 1400
Overland Park,
KS
66210-4041
T: 913.253.2149
Sara O’Keefe is an employment and labor attorney with Foulston’s litigation and employment practice group in the firm’s Kansas City office. Sara takes a practical, business-first approach to working with clients, helping them find a way to reach their goals through all aspects of the employment relationship. In addition to providing day-to-day advice and counseling to executive leaders and HR professionals, she has extensive experience as an employment and labor specialist on corporate transactions, performing due diligence to identify potential liability, as well as negotiating employment-related terms in purchase agreements, deal-related executive employment and separation agreements, retention agreements, and transition services agreements.
While Sara seeks to help employers avoid litigation whenever possible, she also represents clients in all phases of employment litigation, including defense of discrimination and harassment claims, wrongful termination, and retaliation in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings. She is an experienced litigator skilled in arbitration, mediation, and negotiation, and she works with a wide range of clients across multiple industries, including Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities, private equity firms, and nonprofits.
Sara has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in the area of Litigation - Labor & Employment for 2023-2025.
Sara and her husband, Michael, can often be found around town cheering on their three daughters in various artistic and sports endeavors. In her free time, she enjoys baking, listening to podcasts, and pampering her two very cute mini doodles.
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