Atty. Sarah E. Ernst
Sarah Ernst is chair of Alston & Bird’s Health Care Group, an interdisciplinary team of health care corporate, FDA, health policy, and health care compliance lawyers. Sarah focuses her practice on corporate transactions, and she represents public and private companies and private equity clients in complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, securities offerings, restructurings, joint ventures, and spinoffs, with an emphasis in the health care industry.
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Sarah E. Ernst is a health care attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia, practicing at Alston & Bird LLP. Educated at University of Oklahoma (J.D., 2004) and Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 2001). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Health Care Law (2026). Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Sarah Ernst is chair of Alston & Bird’s Health Care Group, an interdisciplinary team of health care corporate, FDA, health policy, and health care compliance lawyers
- Sarah focuses her practice on corporate transactions, and she represents public and private companies and private equity clients in complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, securities offerings, restructurings, joint ventures, and spinoffs, with an emphasis in the health care industry
- Sarah also counsels companies on corporate governance matters and ongoing SEC compliance and reporting obligations
- Sarah received her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was managing editor of the Oklahoma Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif
- Sarah received her B.S.F.S., cum laude, from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
- She also attended the U.S
- Naval Academy from 1997 until 1999
- Sarah is ranked in Band 4 by Chambers USA in Healthcare law
- She has been named one of Law360’s “Rising Stars,” recognized by the Daily Report as one of 25 “On the Rise” attorneys, and named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers
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Health care attorneys for HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, and medical licensing matters.
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Practicing law in Georgia. Legal matters in Georgia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Atlanta are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Georgia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Georgia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Georgia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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