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Sarah Harrington

Sarah Harrington

USA 2026

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Sarah Harrington co-chairs Covington’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Group. She most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division’s Appellate Staff and has argued 23 cases before the United States Supreme Court, involving a wide range of civil and criminal issues.

At the Justice Department, Sarah oversaw nationwide appellate litigation and supervised a 60-lawyer team that represents the U.S. and its federal agencies in a wide range of civil appeals. Sarah regularly worked with the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Solicitor General, the White House Counsel’s Office, and the General Counsels of various federal agencies. She also previously served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, representing the federal government in the United States Supreme Court, and as an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division, where she argued dozens of cases in the federal courts of appeals.

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Sarah Harrington of Covington & Burling is a deeply experienced appellate lawyer with an excellent pedigree in civil and criminal appeals, including before SCOTUS. She co-chairs the firm's appellate practice group.

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