Sarah H. Negus

Sarah Negus is a labor and employment member with experience counseling employers on policies and procedures, personnel decisions, and other workplace challenges. She also litigates employment disputes in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies.

Sarah concentrates her practice in all areas of employment law. She has broad experience in discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as state and federal wage and hour matters. Sarah regularly defends employers before federal and state administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the North Carolina and U.S. Departments of Labor. She also has extensive experience in trade secret litigation, including seeking injunctive and equitable relief related to restrictive covenants, tortious interference, and misappropriation of trade secrets claims.

Sarah also regularly counsels clients on a full range of labor and employment issues, including employee discipline, leave issues, termination, harassment and discrimination investigations, handbook development and revisions, employment agreements, and restrictive covenants.