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Sarah Paxson is an intellectual property and tax attorney with decades of experience in both the private and public sectors. Building on her years of litigation practice, most recently Sarah served as a team leader for the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Appeals mediating disputes between the IRS examination function and taxpayers and proposing settlements to taxpayers based on her analysis of their likely success in litigation. Prior to that role, Sarah litigated cases on behalf of the IRS as senior counsel in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel and advised on audits focusing on Fortune 500 companies and high wealth individuals. Sarah joined the IRS from a major accounting firm where she was a member of the Washington National Tax Office focusing on technical international tax matters.

Sarah began her legal career practicing complex commercial litigation and intellectual property law in Dallas with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Sarah specialized in patent litigation for a decade representing plaintiffs and defending clients in cases covering a wide variety of technologies in federal courts across the country. Prior to transitioning from a patent practice to tax, Sarah was a partner in multiple law firms including Thompson & Knight LLP (now Holland & Knight) and Gardere, Wynne, Sewell LLP (now Foley & Lardner). Sarah graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in chemistry, from the University of Tennessee with a Master of Accounting with a focus on taxation, and from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Sarah previously clerked for the Honorable Judge Jane Boyle of the Northern District of Texas.