Sarah Payne Bryan

Associate

123 South Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19109
P: 215-772-7290
F: 215-772-7620
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Services:

Labor & Employment

State Admissions:

Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Languages:

French, Russian

Office:

Philadelphia, PA

Law School:

University of Virginia School of Law

Undergraduate School:

Swarthmore College

Professional Experience:

Sarah P. Bryan is an associate in Montgomery McCracken's Labor & Employment Department.

Before joining Montgomery McCracken, Ms. Bryan worked as a research assistant at the University of Virginia School at Law. Previously, she served as a paralegal in the Labor/ Employment and Litigation practice groups of Winston & Strawn LLP. She also interned in the Political and Economic Department with the United States Consulate in Toronto, Canada.

Ms. Bryan is conversant in French and Russian.

Publications and Presentations:

  • "Bill for Downsizing: The Do's and Don'ts of Reductions in Force," panelist, Burlington County Bar Association, February 2010;
  • "Anti-Doping Regulation in Professional and Olympic Sports," Labor and Employment Law, Winter 2010, Vol. 38, no. 2;
  • "Workplace Violence: A Primer," ABA Young Lawyers Division 101 Practice Series (2009);
  • "Beware Those Bearing Gifts: Physicians' Fiduciary Duty to Avoid Pharmaceutical Marketing," University of Kansas Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 3 (2009) (with Thomas Hafmeister); reprinted in the Defense Law Journal, February 2010; and
  • "Eliminate Micro-abuses to Retain Women and Minorities," Labor and Employment Law, Fall 2008, Vol. 37, No. 1.

Ms. Bryan has also written for The Young Lawyer, the quarterly newsletter of the ABA's Young Lawyers Division and The Student Lawyer, the monthly magazine for law student members of the ABA.

Professional Associations:

Ms. Bryan is a vice-chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division Labor and Employment Law Committee.  Additionally, she is a member of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law's marketing committee.  Ms. Bryan is also active in the Section's Employment Rights and Responsibilities Sub-Committee.  Previously, she served as the Law Student Division Liaison to the Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law and on the Law Student Outreach Committee. 

Admitted to Practice:

Ms. Bryan is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Education:

Ms. Bryan received a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2009. She served as president of the Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association and editorial board member of the Virginia Tax Review. She is a Hunton & Williams Pro Bono Asylum Fellow.

Ms. Bryan graduated from Swarthmore College with a B.A. degree in History, with minors in Political Science and Dance.