Nathanson, Neil M.

Sarah E. Murray is an associate at Broder & Orland LLC.  She has practiced in the area of family and matrimonial litigation since 2008.  Her work has included legal research, trial and appellate matters.  Her professional achievements include being selected as a New England Super Lawyers ® Rising Star for the last two years.

Sarah is a graduate of University of Connecticut School of Law, where she received the CALI Excellence for the Future awards in Juvenile Law, Higher Education Law, and Law and Literature of Crime.  While in law school, she was the recipient of the Public Interest Law Group Summer Fellowship in two consecutive years, as well as the Helen Z. Pearl Feminist Law Prize.  In addition, she was an Associate Editor of the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal from 2006 to 2007 and an Executive Editor from 2007 to 2008.  Sarah is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of the College of the Holy Cross.  She was selected as a valedictorian nominee at Holy Cross based on her top academic performance.

Since 2011, Sarah has served as a member of the Board of Editors of the Connecticut Bar Journal.  She is a member of the American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and Fairfield County Bar Association, as well as the Family Law Sections of these bar associations.  Currently, she is a member of the Amicus and By-Laws Committees of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Family Law Section.

Sarah is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York.  In May 2011, she attended the American Bar Association/National Institute of Trial Advocacy Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.  In the spring of 2011, she completed the Connecticut Judicial Branch Attorney for the Minor Child/Guardian Ad Litem Training.

Sarah is a co-author of Electronically Stored Information: What Matrimonial Lawyers and Computer Forensics Need to Know, 23 J. Am. Acad. Matr. Law 1 (2010) and is the author of Electronically Stored Information: How E-Mail, Texting, and Your Facebook Friends Can Affect Your Divorce, 34 Fam. Advocate No. 1, pg. 26 (Summer 2011).

A native of Westchester County, New York, Sarah currently resides with her husband and son in New Canaan, Connecticut.   She is a member of the Westport Playhouse Young Professionals Networking Committee and Sphere of Westport.  She volunteers as an alumni interviewer for the College of Holy Cross and as a “Mentor-on-Call” through Statewide Legal Services.  Attorney Murray also does volunteer work at the Manna House kitchen and pantry at the Open Door Shelter in Norwalk through the Young Lawyers Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.