Sara M. Nielson

Sara M. Nielson is a Shareholder with the Firm’s Litigation Section.

Ms. Nielson specializes in assisting clients in complex business and commercial litigation matters. She has experience representing clients in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including contract, construction, regulatory compliance, trade secrets, legal malpractice, and other general business disputes. Ms. Nielson has particular expertise in construction litigation and has experience representing both companies and individuals in state and federal courts and before mediators.

Ms. Nielson received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude and Order of the Coif in 2011 from the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School where she was Editor of the BYU Law Review, Executive Editor of the BYU Journal of Public Law and Senior Editor of the BYU International Law and Management Review. Prior to joining Parr Brown, Ms. Nielson served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Associate Chief Justice Thomas R. Lee of the Utah Supreme Court. She also worked in 2009-2011 as a summer associate with Parr Brown.

Ms. Nielson was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Mountain States Super Lawyers in 2017-2019.

• Commercial Litigation Services
• Construction Litigation
• Contract Dispute Attorneys

Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School

J.D. (2011)

2011

Honors: magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

Brigham Young University

B.A. | English

2002

Honors: cum laude

Utah State Bar  # 13824

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