Sara E. Bloch is an associate in Pettit Kohn’s San Diego office whose practice focuses on professional liability and business litigation. She represents a wide range of clients through all phases of litigation. Sara also advises real estate brokers and salespersons and other licensed professionals on risk management and liability issues. She also provides consulting support to clients on claims handling and litigation exposure. She has second-chaired multiple trials resulting in successful defense verdicts and prides herself on a collaborative, team-oriented approach to case strategy and client service.

Sara earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from California Western School of Law in 2021. During law school, she distinguished herself through extensive advocacy experience. After competing in a campus-wide advocacy program, Sara was awarded the Distinguished Advocate Award in recognition of her outstanding advocacy skills, which led to her selection to California Western’s National Trial Team. She also served as an Honors Teaching Fellow, mentoring first-year students and leading weekly large-group tutoring sessions focused on Civil Procedure. Upon graduation, Sara received multiple honors, including the CWSL Faculty Award, the Gordon & Holmes Advocacy Award, the Dean’s Diversity Award, and several Academic Merit Scholarships.

Prior to joining Pettit Kohn, Sara served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, where she worked on a broad range of matters involving business disputes and personal injury litigation. She also served as a Certified Legal Intern with the California Attorney General’s Office, where she drafted appellate briefs and successfully argued before the California Court of Appeal. In addition, Sara interned with both the United States Attorney’s Office, working on Project Safe Childhood matters, and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, where she advanced to the semi-final round of the office’s annual advocacy competition.