LAW OFFICE OF
SARA AZARI
Criminal Trial Attorney. Advocate at the Intersection of Law & Reputation.
ABOUT
SARA
Sara Azari is a bi-coastal trial attorney with more than two decades of experience defending clients in the most consequential criminal and civil matters of their lives. With offices in Los Angeles and New York, she represents individuals and companies in high-stakes federal and state cases from coast to coast — cases where liberty, livelihood, and reputation are at stake.
A recognized leader in the defense bar, Sara has been named a California Super Lawyer consecutively since 2008, an honor reserved for the top five percent of attorneys in the state. Her practice is selective by design: she takes on matters that demand nuanced strategy, aggressive advocacy, and the judgment to navigate parallel criminal, civil, regulatory, and reputational exposure.
Beyond the courtroom, Sara is one of the nation's most visible legal voices. She serves as the resident legal analyst for NewsNation has long been a trusted contributor to CNN, ABC, NBC, and other major networks.
AREAS
OF FOCUS
High-Profile Sexual Misconduct & #metoo Defense
Sara is frequently retained by prominent individuals — executives, entertainers, athletes, and public figures — confronting allegations of sexual misconduct in a post-#MeToo landscape. These matters move quickly and rarely stay contained to a single forum: criminal investigations, civil lawsuits, workplace and Title IX proceedings, internal inquiries, and media exposure often unfold at the same time. Sara leads the defense across every front — protecting her client's rights, reputation, and record with the same rigor she brings to trial.
Complex Criminal &
Trial Matters
In addition to her signature areas of focus, Sara Azari defends clients facing serious felony allegations, including violent offenses and other high-stakes state and federal prosecutions.
White Collar & Federal
Criminal Defense
Sara has built a national reputation defending sophisticated white-collar matters, including cryptocurrency-related fraud; IEEPA violations; sanctions and embargo violations enforced by OFAC; tax, wire, bank, mail, and securities fraud; healthcare fraud; embezzlement; and RICO prosecutions. She represents clients from the earliest stages of government inquiry through indictment, trial, and appeal in federal district and circuit courts across the country — and knows how to intervene before charges are ever filed.
MEDIA & COMMENTARY
Sara Azari's on-camera work spans more than a decade of national and cable news and prestige programming, including CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, Investigation Discovery, and CUOMO on NewsNation, where she currently serves as resident legal analyst. She is known for her unfiltered and clear-eyed legal analysis — informed by decades of experience and by what she sees inside courtrooms every day.
CONTACT
Law Office of Sara Azari
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