Sara C. Valentine

Sara Valentine has close to 20 years of experience in both private practice and as in-house counsel, representing corporate clients across a wide range of commercial litigation matters, including environmental, oil and gas, energy, insurance, employee benefits, and indemnity and contract disputes. Sara also has extensive experience handling appellate matters in both state and federal courts.

This is Sara’s second stint at Adams & Reese as she currently serves as Counsel in the firm’s New Orleans office and as a member of the Litigation Practice Group. Before rejoining Adams & Reese, Sara was an attorney and corporate counsel for PBF Energy. She served as the primary onsite attorney for PBF Energy’s Chalmette Refinery, where she advised on business issues, legal risks and risk mitigation strategies associated with a broad range of health, safety and environmental, labor and employment, procurement, and litigation matters.

Admitted to practice before several judicial jurisdictions, including the U.S. Supreme Court, Sara holds bar admissions in both Missouri and Louisiana. She also represents clients at the appellate level, in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and all Louisiana appellate courts.