Sarah K. Eddy is a partner in the Litigation Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Her practice focuses on representing organizations and directors in civil litigation, regulatory and white-collar criminal matters, internal investigations, and appeals.
Public matters include securing a remedial constructive trust on behalf of Encompass Health Corporation and Enhabit Home Health & Hospice after trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery, representing Coinbase in its landmark litigation against the Securities and Exchange Commission, litigation that held Elon Musk to the original terms of his $44 billion agreement to purchase the company formerly known as Twitter, and reversal of the largest class action damages award in Delaware history on behalf of Boardwalk Pipeline and Loews Corporation.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | Litigation |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | Securities, Class Action, White Collar |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors | 2025 | AI Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2025 | Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Securities, Class Action, White Collar |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors | 2024 | AI Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2024 | Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | Securities, Class Action, White Collar |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2023 | Litigation |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2022 | Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | Securities, Class Action, White Collar |
| The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2021 | Litigation |
Before joining the firm, Eddy was Chief of Appeals for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she began her tenure in November 2009. Before becoming Chief of Appeals, Eddy was Co-Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit, and served as a trial attorney in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit and the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. She conducted some of the Office’s most significant investigations of corporate misconduct, tried 11 cases to verdict, and argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Eddy received a B.A. in History from Queens University in Ontario. She read law as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, earning a B.A. in Law (First Class) and a B.C.L. (Distinction). She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating first in her class.
Early in her career, Eddy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Honorable John M. Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court. Eddy is recognized by Lawdragon as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the United States. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of the Appellate Defender.