Sarah K. Dunkley

OVERVIEW

Sarah K. Dunkley is an Australian litigation attorney based in Chicago. With extensive experience practicing in federal and state courts in both Australia and the United States, she has represented clients in a wide range of areas, including:

• Employment/restrictive covenant litigation
• Intellectual Property litigation
• Regulatory disputes
• Product liability
• Class actions (BIPA, professional liability, consumer fraud)
• Bankruptcy
• Complex commercial and contract disputes
• Business TROs and preliminary injunctions

Clients regularly turn to Sarah for her innovative and effective skills in handling matters of commercial litigation and domestic and international commercial arbitration. She is active in several practice groups and associations in both the United States and Australia.

Prior to joining GCT, Sarah was a litigation partner at Hahn Loeser & Parks and a senior associate at the Patterson Law Firm. Before relocating to the Midwest, she worked as a lawyer in Western Australia, spending three years as an associate with Squire Patton Boggs and two years as a litigation associate with Ashurst LLP. Sarah began her legal career as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Justice Michael Murray at the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

EDUCATION

Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, L.L.M. in International and Comparative Law, 2014

• Dean’s List
• Research Assistant

Murdoch University, L.L.B. (Bachelor of Laws) and B.A. in Psychology, 2009

• Editor, Murdoch Student Law Journal
• Moot Court Bench
• Student Council Member

COURT ADMISSIONS

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• Northern District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court, 7th Court of Appeals
• Central District of Illinois Bankruptcy Court
• High Court of Australia
• Federal Courts of Australia
• Supreme Court of Western Australia

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Illinois, 2018

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Lawyers Assistance Program, volunteer
• American Bar Association, member
• Illinois State Bar Association, member
• American-Indianapolis Inn of Court Alumni, group member
• Robert H. McKinney School of Law Alumni Group, member
• Illinois Search & Staffing Association, partner

HONORS & AWARDS

• Law Bulletin 40 Under 40 Recipient, 2024
• Super Lawyers, 2026