Sara Aguiñiga

Sara Aguiñiga is a trial lawyer focused on mass torts, civil rights, and public entity litigation. With a steadfast dedication to achieving justice for her clients, Sara has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of plaintiffs.

Prior to joining DiCello Levitt, Sara worked for two prominent national plaintiffs’ firms, where she assumed leadership roles of teams litigating product liability cases involving pharmaceutical and agricultural products, led discovery in data privacy and other matters, and was the first point of contact for public clients. She also served as second chair in a major opioids trial against three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the United States.

Sara earned her law degree from the American University Washington College of Law, where she was a member and managing director of the Mock Trial Honor Society and a Dean’s Fellow on the Trial Advocacy Program. She has been recognized as one of the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40,” on Lawdragon’s 500 X list of leading next-generation lawyers, and by Best Lawyers in America among “Ones to Watch” in mass tort and class action litigation.

Sara is a single mother to two young children. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, competed on the Mexican national figure skating team, and serves as a mentor to law students through the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia. She also has provided pro bono representation to unaccompanied minors immigrating to the United States from Central America.