Olivia Sacks plays a pivotal role in high-stakes, centralized pharmaceutical and products liability litigation and has established herself as a driven and skilled advocate through extensive motions work and litigation support.
Olivia plays a central role in motions briefing and has authored a wide range of dispositive and procedural motions across all phases of litigation, including at the appellate level. She successfully argued a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in federal court, resulting in the dismissal of one of twelve bellwether cases in a multidistrict litigation. She also drafted motions to dismiss design defect and fraudulent misrepresentation claims, leading to the dismissal of those claims.
Olivia also has experience preparing for and defending corporate witness depositions, conducting fact witness depositions, managing expert discovery (including preparing defense experts, defending against plaintiff experts, and preparing for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to FRE 702), and overseeing individual case development and case management.
Olivia plays an active role in attorney and firm development activities. She mentors summer associates, participates in attorney recruitment, and is a member of the Women Attorneys of Hollingsworth. She led the firm’s partnership with The George Washington University Law School to sponsor the Hollingsworth LLP First-Year Mock Trial Competition.
Olivia earned her J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif, from The George Washington University Law School, graduating in the top 3% of her class. She received the Dean’s Certificate in Pro Bono Service for completing over 470 hours of pro bono work. While in law school, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Federal Circuit Bar Journal, a Dean’s Fellow, a Writing Fellow, and a teaching and research assistant in Civil Procedure. She also interned with judges in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the district of Maryland.
Olivia holds a B.A. in anthropology with minors in English and international relations and completion of a pre-medical cognate from the University of Miami, where she was a Foote Fellow and recipient of the prestigious Singer Scholarship.
Olivia is named by Super Lawyers as a 2025 Rising Star for Personal Injury Products Defense.
