Sarah Hennessy is an experienced trial attorney who has dedicated her career to seeking justice for her clients.  Her litigation experience includes consumer protection, mass torts, defective product, construction defect, personal injury, insurance bad faith and criminal.

Prior to founding Fernandez Hennessy LLP, Ms. Hennessy spent more than five years as a litigator at a prominent complex civil litigation firm in Santa Monica, California.  Ms. Hennessy represented thousands of homeowners in construction defect cases through settlement or trial resulting in more than 28 million dollars in settlement. 

Ms. Hennessy also represented consumers against unlawful or fraudulent business practices, false and deceptive advertising and product liability.  These cases arose in both state and federal courts alleging violations of California's consumer protection statutes - the Unfair Competition Law, the False Advertising Act, and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.  Ms. Hennessy understands the importance of representing consumers against corporate misdeeds, and she will fight until they are held accountable for their actions.

Ms. Hennessy began her career as a Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney where she helped protect vulnerable communities while honing her extensive trial skills.  She then joined one of California's top trial firms in Los Angeles, California where she learned the art of using cognitive science to persuade jurors.  Ms. Hennessy is at home in the courtroom and she understands that taking a case to trial may be the only way to achieve results for her clients.

In her free time, Ms. Hennessy enjoys concerts, travel and spending time with family.  She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two children.

Education:
Ms. Hennessy attended Pepperdine University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts double majoring in Political Science and Spanish.  She went on to Pepperdine University School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctor degree and dispute resolution certificate from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Externship:
Ms. Hennessy served as a judicial extern for Justice David G. Sills, presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal, the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three.

Court Admissions:
- All California State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth District
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Professional Affiliations:
- American Association for Justice
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- California Bar Association
- Los Angeles Bar Association
- Women's Construction Litigation Alliance
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance

Bar Admissions
- California
- Washington D.C.