Sarah Davis

Sarah is the Director of the Children and Families Division at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. She is the former Executive Director of the Legal Rights Center, a nonprofit community law firm in Minneapolis. Sarah became Legal Rights Center’s sixth Executive Director in 2020 and is the first woman and member of the LGBTQIA+ community to serve in this role. She is a deeply experienced and innovative leader and advocate, driven by an unrelenting commitment to racial equity and community-led transformational change in our justice system

Sarah has worked as a criminal defense attorney with youth and adults facing justice system involvement since 2007, beginning her career as a public defender in Massachusetts and joining the Legal Rights Center in Minnesota in 2012. She is also a deeply experienced and committed restorative practitioner. Much of her work focuses on advancing community-driven systems change that is both transformational and sustainable.