Christina Guerola Sarchio focuses her practice on general commercial litigation, class actions and white collar defense, with significant experience in the consumer products, financial, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, sports and transportation industries. A former prosecutor and an experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Sarchio has successfully tried several jury trials before federal and state courts. She also regularly appears before a number of agencies and regulators, including the DOJ, FDA, SEC and various U.S. Attorney offices.
Ms. Sarchio has been recognized as a leading lawyer for her work in general commercial disputes in The Legal 500 U.S. 2017. She was also recently selected as a 2017 Rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) and named among the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the U.S. for 2017 by Benchmark Litigation, where she is also listed as a D.C. litigation star.
Ms. Sarchio serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School.
Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Sarchio served as a partner at another international law firm where she acted as chair of the class action strike team as well as a member of the board of directors. Her previous experience includes serving as prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
