Sarah Thompson Schick is an associate in the Austin office of DLA Piper LLP, a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. She focuses her practice on providing clients with strategic counsel on FDA regulatory and compliance matters as they intersect with litigation and corporate decision making. She has experience advising on clinical trial issues, contractual matters, regulatory issues related to corporate due diligence, health care compliance programming, and risk management.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Sarah served as in-house counsel for a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company and also gained experience working in the legal department for a large hospital system in Texas. Before her legal career, she was involved in clinical trial project management, health outcomes research, and healthcare diplomacy. Sarah has a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and received both a B.S. and M.S. from George Mason University.