Sara Helms specializes in environmental law, land use and planning, water law, initiatives and referenda, and administrative law generally.
Ms. Helms attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law on a full merit-based scholarship. She earned her Juris Doctorate with concentrations in Water and Environmental Law as well as Capital Lawyering.
As a law student, Ms. Helms was a member of McGeorge’s Moot Court Honors Board and a Staff Writer for the University of the Pacific Law Review, Greensheets Volume. During law school, she interned with the California Air Resources Board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the State Water Resources Control Board.
In her free time, Ms. Helms enjoys hiking, traveling, cooking, spending time with her family and friends, and playing with her dog, Gunther, and cat, Doodle.