Sarah Heba-Escobar is Counsel in the Firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. She started her career with Riker Danzig in 2016.
Sarah focuses her practice in commercial litigation with an emphasis on complex contractual claims, business torts, corporate and partnership disputes, corporate governance and noncompetition issues. Sarah has comprehensive experience in all aspects of the litigation process, and has handled all facets of case development, including complex motion practice, depositions, expert witness testimony, trial preparation and trial.
In addition to her litigation practice, Sarah has handled pro bono matters through the Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project, assisting victims of domestic violence in securing crucial final restraining orders by advocating for them in court hearings and during trial.
Sarah is also deeply involved in Riker Danzig’s charitable efforts, including an award-winning endeavor she spearheaded in 2023 and continued in 2024. Sarah coordinated a special Ramadan fundraiser, partnering with Nourish.NJ, which provides food, housing and other services to those in need. In addition to the monetary donations raised, she and other Riker Danzig employees and family members volunteered at Nourish.NJ’s Free Farmers Market to serve food items to adults and children. CIANJ recognized Riker Danzig with a “Companies That Care” award in 2024, a result of Sarah’s leadership of the impactful Nourish.NJ initiative.
Prior to joining Riker Danzig, Sarah was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Travis L. Francis, A.J.S.C., of the Superior Court of New Jersey. During her time as a clerk, she was responsible for drafting opinions and bench memoranda for various cases of general and complex commercial litigation, including insurance coverage disputes, complex construction claims, corporate disputes, fraud claims, and breach of contract claims.
Sarah earned her law degree from Hofstra University’s Maurice Deane School of Law in 2015. There, Sarah served as a student attorney for the Health Law and Policy Clinic. She received her B.A. in English, with a minor in sociology, from Rutgers University in 2011.
Sarah is a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee. Sarah was installed as the Northern Regional Trustee for the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association in 2023 and is a founding member of the National Arab American Bar Association.
