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Sarah Odia is a litigator and business advisor focused on helping her clients identify and develop creative legal solutions.
She has a reputation of being an efficient, ethical, and effective advocate for her clients. She serves as Managing Partner of the firm’s Las Vegas office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Insurance Litigation Group.
Sarah has successfully litigated a broad range of high-exposure legal disputes for many diverse business clients, including insurance breach of contract and bad faith disputes, product liability claims, and construction defect claims. She employs strategic thinking to obtain positive outcomes for her clients.
She represents several national corporations in complex insurance coverage disputes and is often able to recover 100 percent of the insurance proceeds owed to her clients during pre-litigation settlement negotiations or early in litigation. She has litigated and won many insurance coverage disputes of first impression in Nevada courts. The diverse range of businesses Sarah works for regularly look to her for her ability to quickly identify the strengths and weaknesses of a case and efficiently deliver a positive outcome.
Sarah has appellate experience in the Nevada Supreme Court as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also serves as the Director of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Background
Sarah is very involved in non-profit work and is active in the Las Vegas community. She has served multiple terms on the Board of Directors of the Junior League of Las Vegas, an organization of women promoting volunteerism and developing the potential of women in the community. She is also on the Board of Directors for Nevada Housing And Neighborhood Development (Nevada HAND), an organization that improves the lives of low-income individuals by providing affordable housing solutions and supportive services. She also volunteers her time serving as a pro bono attorney for the Legal Aid of Southern Nevada’s Children’s Attorney Project (CAP), providing counsel, advice, and legal representation to abused and neglected children who are in foster care placement.
Representative Matters
- Secured $1.9 million in defense fees and costs for a national homebuilder client in summary judgment win against its insurance company in Pulte Home Company, LLC v. HDI Global Specialty SE, et al., U.S. District Court, Central Dist. of California Case No. CV 24-2171-JFW (PDx).
- Won motion for partial summary judgment in a published decision in PN II, Inc. v. National Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 722 F. Supp.3d 1127 (D. Nev. 2024) on behalf of developer client against insurance carrier for breach of the duty to defend. The Court held that the insurer’s breach was the proximate cause of a judgment in excess of $20 million against the insured.
- Recovered several seven-figure settlements and all of developer client’s defense costs from its subcontractors’ liability insurers in numerous construction defect matters in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and California.
- Secured seven-figure settlement payout from a title company’s insurer, who initially denied the claim, without litigation.
- Procured insurance coverage for an environmental engineer client over four years after litigation commenced and secured full funding of an eight-figure settlement from its pollution liability insurer.
- Won motion for partial summary judgment for developer client in Centex Homes, et al. v. NGM Ins. Co., 2021 WL 2895292 (D. Ariz. 2021). The Court held that the client’s additional insured liability carrier had a duty to fully defend the client against a construction defect claim.
- Convinced developer client’s general liability insurer to reverse its denial of coverage for a high-exposure wrongful death claim against client arising out of an electrical fire. The liability insurer fully funded a settlement on behalf of the client.
- Procured additional insured coverage for developer client from its subcontractors’ insurers for a personal injury claim alleging that the developer negligently maintained a construction site. The subcontractors’ liability insurers fully funded the developer client’s defense and settlement of the claim.