Professional Profile

Sarah G. Thompson

Associate Attorney

Sarah joined Hobbs Straus as an associate in July 2024. She was born and raised in the ancestral homelands of the Ramaytush Ohlone, in what is currently known as San Francisco, California. She considers it a privilege to serve the firm’s clients and to advocate for the protection and promotion of tribal sovereignty day to day.

Before joining Hobbs Straus, Sarah worked for another law firm dedicated to serving tribes and tribal organizations. Prior to that, she clerked for two years for Judge Jeffrey L. Viken of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in Rapid City.

Sarah received her JD from the UCLA School of Law and earned an MA in American Indian Studies from UCLA in 2020. While at UCLA, Sarah served as a Senior Editor for the UCLA Law Review. She was also a student clerk for the Hualapai Court of Appeals and Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court in UCLA’s Tribal Appellate Court Clinic.

Sarah is a proud Tar Heel and graduate of the University of North Carolina, where she earned a BA in philosophy and American Studies, concentrating in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and lettered four years on the UNC women’s soccer team. She spent her final undergraduate summer as an intern at the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, an experience that solidified her intent to pursue a legal career. Sarah credits her time in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program at UNC and the guidance she received from Drs. Malinda Maynor Lowery, Keith Richotte, and Dan Cobb as formative to her professional path.

Outside of the office, Sarah enjoys biking and exploring the outdoors, gardening, watching sports, and listening to live music.

Education

UCLA School of Law, JD 2020
University of California, Los Angeles, MA 2020
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA 2015

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Oregon
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Selected Publications

Angela R. Riley & Sarah Glenn Thompson, Mapping Dual Sovereignty and Double Jeopardy in Indian Country Crimes, 122 Colum. L. Rev. 1899 (2022).