Sarah E. Iiams is Senior Counsel at Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner and Richeson, L.L.C. Ms. Iiams graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. In 1993, she received her law degree, cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ms. Iiams graduated in the top three percent of her law school class. At Loyola, she was a member of the Loyola Law Review and Moot Court Staff. She was an Intramural Semi-Finalist in the Loyola Moot Court Competition, and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations.
Ms. Iiams is admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana, and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. She is also admitted to practice in Mississippi state and federal courts, the State of Texas, and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Ms. Iiams is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Throughout her career, Ms. Iiams has managed complex civil litigation dockets in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. She concentrates in the areas of Toxic Tort, Products Liability and General Civil Litigation. She has also practiced in the areas of Admiralty/Maritime Personal Injury and Railroad Defense Litigation. Her trial work includes cases involving premises and product liability for chemical and particulate exposures. She has participated in trials in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi and has also been admitted on a pro hac vice basis for purposes of trials in other states.
She is currently a member of the Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi Bar Associations, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit and Phi Kappa Phi. She has been a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers as well as the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and was appointed to its “Women in the Courtroom Committee.” Ms. Iiams is also “AV” peer review rated by Martindale Hubbell.
Ms. Iiams has had public speaking engagements on behalf of Fortune 100 clients and the Defense Research Institute. She was also featured in “LCJ- How Strong Advocacy Makes Good Things Happen,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Magazine, November 2008.
Ms. Iiams is a native of the New Orleans area. She enjoys running, biking, drawing and painting.
Published Decisions
- Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, 585 F.3d 855 (5th Cir. 2009), reh’g en banc granted, 598 F.3d 208 (5th Cir. 2010), appeal dismissed, 607 F.3d 1049 (5th Cir. 2010).
- Jefferson County Sch. Dist. V. Lead Indus. Ass’n, Inc., 223 F.Supp.2d 771 (S.D. Miss. 2002).
- Hollaway v. Gaylord Chem. Corp., 98-0828 (La. App. 1 Cir. 142/28/98), 730 S.2d 952.
- In re Union Carbide Corp., 145 S.W.3d (805) (Tex. App. —Houston 2004).
- Warren v. Sabine Towing and Transp. Co., Inc., 01-0573 (La. App. 3 Cir. 10/30/02), 831 So.2d 517.
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