Sarah Gad
Sarah Gad is a founding partner of Gad & Gad Law Offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which specializes in criminal defense, wrongful convictions, and immigration advocacy. Sarah is known nationally for her commitment to fighting for justice — and seeing justice prevail in courtrooms across the country.
Before relocating to her home state of Minnesota, Sarah worked for celebrity attorney Kathleen Zellner in Chicago. She played a pivotal role in several high-profile cases, including Mario Casciaro's exoneration and Steven Avery's appeal from the Netflix series Making a Murderer. In 2019. Sarah also represented Lil Durk's brother in a drug-related matter and single handedly got the entire case dismissed on 4th Amendment grounds. In 2019, Sarah received the University of Chicago Humanitarian Award for her work as a law student in uncovering dozens of fake stash houses that exonerated 13 men in Chicago's South Side of Chicago.
That' not all: after being injured in a car crash in 2011, Sarah herself became addicted to the pain medication that she was prescribed. After being criminalized for her addiction, thrown in jail for it, and stigmatized with a "criminal" record, she decided she had no choice but to fight back. She attended the University of Chicago Law School—one of the top law schools int he country—and she now fights for her clients in the exact same courtrooms that she was handcuffed and shackled in years ago—and most importantly, she often prevails.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
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Free Consultation
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Credit Cards Accepted
We accept all major credit cards, including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. We also accept Apple Pay. -
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Our firm has a fixed fee for different types of services. We also offer an a sliding scale payment system for low-income clients.
- Minnesota
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- ID Number: 0403328
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- Arabic: Spoken, Written
- English: Spoken, Written
- Founding Partner
- Gad & Gad Law Offices
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- Assistant Attorney
- KNN Law Offices
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- Forensics Director; Associate
- Law Offices of Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates
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- University of Chicago
- J.D. (2020) | Doctor of Law
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- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- B.S. (2009) | Chemistry, Microbiology
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- Honors: Summa Cum Laude Highest Distinction
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- University of Chicago Humanitarian Award
- University of Chicago Law School
- Recipient of the 2019 University of Chicago Humanitarian Award for pro bono legal work.
- State Bar of Minnesota # 0403328
- Member
- Current
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- Prisoners are Patients: The Unconstitutionality of Depriving Inmates With Opioid Use Disorder Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment
- Prison Legal News
- Addicts Are Dying in Jail. They don't have to.
- Marie Claire Magazine
- First, Do No Harm? Opioids as an Iatrongenic Epidemic, Tulane Medicine Grand Rounds, New Orleans, LA
- Tulane University Medical Center
- Countering the Global Narcotics Epidemic: The U.S. Counternacotics Strategy, Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Washington, DC
- Prisoners Eligibility for Pell Grants, Congressional Black Caucus Briefing, Washington, DC
- Prisoners Are Patients: The Unconstitutionality of Criminalizing the Disease of Addiction, Medical Grand Rounds
- Virginia Hospital System
- Keynote Speaker, National Muslim Law Students Association, Chicago, IL
- Top Ten Under 40 Defense Attorney
- National Academy of Defense Lawyers
- Criminal Law Specialist
- Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice
- Website
- Gad & Gad Law Offices
- Q. New aiding and abetting laws in Mn
- A: You are correct that there is a new aiding and abetting law in the context of felony murder in Minnesota, but whether the new law is applicable to your fiancé's situation requires additional information. With that said, the new law dictates that a person cannot be charged under the state's aiding and abetting felony murder doctrine if the person neither caused or intended to cause death or acted as a major participant in the underlying felony offense. This new law is also retroactive, meaning that those already sentenced may apply to have their conviction vacated. You should consult with an experienced criminal defense attorney to determine whether your fiancé's conviction may ... Read More
- Q. I live in MN and I was detained by the city police for assault in the third degree presumable evidence of injury..
- A: In Minnesota, they do not actually have to charge you to arrest and hold you in jail. If the police officer believes they have probable cause to make an arrest (probable cause is a very low standard), they can hold you in jail for up to 48 hours without charging you. If they do not charge you within 48 hours after the arrest, they release you pending charges and can decide to charge weeks (or even months) later. If you are released pending charges and the prosecutor decides to charge you at a later point, they will issue a summons to you in the mail, or if they do not know where you live, they might issue a warrant for your arrest. More often than not, you will be charged, arraigned, and a bond ... Read More
- Q. I don't think my court appointed attorney is defending me as well as he could/should be. How do I ask for a new one?
- A: I am sorry to hear that your public defender is not responsive to you. The Sixth Amendment guarantees every person charged with a crime competent legal counsel, so if your lawyer is not answering your questions or providing you with information about your case, then they might be violating your rights.
In order to remedy this situation, you should write to the judge who is presiding over your case and ask for a new public defender. Explain to the judge what concerns you have about the lawyer that has been assigned to your case. The judge will look at the concerns that you have raised and make a determination about whether your lawyer is violating your right to effective assistance of counsel. ... Read More
