Davis, Floyd Don

Sarah Prescott's practice concentrates on employment law, and in particular civil rights violations both in and out of the workplace. She has successfully tried and settled suits for Michigan workers who have been harassed or faced workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, race, disability, pregnancy, and age. Sarah has also represented many government employees who have blown the whistle on public corruption and average citizens whose civil rights have been denied by courts, cities, townships, schools and other state and local entities. Her cases have been covered in the Detroit Free Press, National Law Journal, Wall Street Journal (online), ABC News, MSNBC, and local papers and outlets.

Sarah joined Deborah Gordon PLC in 2006, having previously served as a clerk in the Federal Courts and having practiced law in Washington, D.C., where she handled employee benefits matters on behalf of large corporations. These experiences provide Sarah with insight into how Big Business and the Courts are likely to react to her clients' positions, helping her thrive in the type of work she loves: working for individuals whose rights have been violated. Sarah represents "the little guy" exclusively, the employee, the average citizen, the bystander who happens to face a legal conundrum and who needs sophisticated legal guidance.

Sarah works for individual rights outside the courtroom as well. In 2009, Sarah was appointed to the Advisory Board for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. She has been asked to testify a number of times for worker-friendly changes to Michigan law in Lansing, and in late 2009 she helped write and lobby for the first amendment to Michigan's anti-discrimination law in over 20 years. Finally, as a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, she has worked pro bono to assist clients challenging discrimination.

Sarah's hard work on behalf of Michigan's citizens caused her to be named among the Up & Coming Lawyers in Michigan Lawyer's Weekly in November 2010. 

Sarah earned a BA from Northwestern University and a JD from Harvard Law School, where she graduated with honors and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She is a member of the bars of California, Washington D.C., and Michigan, and is an officer of Michigan's Employment Lawyers Association. Sarah is married to JJ Prescott, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, and is the proud mama of Annelise and Alexander Prescott.