Tishler, Sarah

Sarah Tishler is a partner at Beck Reed Riden LLP, a nationally-recognized boutique litigation firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Sarah’s practice is concentrated on trade secret and restrictive covenant advising and litigation, employee mobility, and commercial litigation. Sarah has won successful outcomes for clients on both sides of these disputes in all stages of litigation, including the preliminary injunction stage, jury trials, and mediation. Sarah has also counseled clients on the identification and protection of trade secrets, and the enforceability of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants. Sarah was named by the Legal 500 in 2023 and 2024 in the area of Trade Secrets, and by Best Lawyers in 2026 as Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation.

Sarah is the author of numerous articles that discuss trade secret law in the era of artificial intelligence, and speaks frequently on this issue at conferences and CLE programs. Sarah is regularly invited to comment on high-profile cases and developments in trade secrets law and AI, including in Bloomberg Law and Ars Technica. Sarah is also the author of several articles that discuss the interaction between contractual and statutory choice of law and forum selection clauses, in the context of restrictive covenant agreements and legislation. Sarah is also a co-author of the New York chapter of the treatise, Noncompete Agreements and Related Restrictive Covenants, published in 2026. Sarah was also awarded the Pro Bono Star Award in 2022 by Human Rights First, for her work in successfully obtaining permanent residency and temporary protected status for a Haitian asylum-seeker and her parents, respectively.

Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. Sarah published an article titled A New Approach to Shareholder Standing Before the European Court of Human Rights, in the journal. Sarah also holds a law degree from Sciences Po (Paris) and graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Psychology, a B.A. in International Affairs, and a B.A. in French.