Sarah Tishler

Sarah Tishler is Senior Counsel at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a nationally-recognized boutique litigation firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Sarah’s practice is concentrated on trade secret and restrictive covenant advising and litigation, employee mobility, and commercial litigation. Sarah has won successful outcomes for clients on both sides of these disputes in all stages of litigation, including the preliminary injunction stage, jury trials, and mediation. Sarah has also counseled clients on the identification and protection of trade secrets, and the enforceability of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants. Sarah was named by the Legal 500 as a Rising Star for 2023 in the area of Trade Secrets.

Sarah is the author of several articles that discuss the interaction between contractual and statutory choice of law and forum selection clauses, in the context of restrictive covenant agreements and legislation. Sarah also co-published an article titled "The Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act: How UREAA Offered an Alternative to Recent State and Federal Regulation of Restrictive Covenants, and Where to Go From Here," in the Spring 2024 edition of the University of Florida's Journal of Law & Public Policy. Sarah was also awarded the Pro Bono Star Award in 2022 by Human Rights First, for her work in successfully obtaining permanent residency and temporary protected status for a Haitian asylum-seeker and her parents, respectively.

Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. Sarah published an article titled A New Approach to Shareholder Standing Before the European Court of Human Rights, in the journal. Sarah also holds a law degree from Sciences Po (Paris) and graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Psychology, a B.A. in International Affairs, and a B.A. in French.