Sarah Kettenmann
Associate
Sarah is a member of Shipman’s Environmental Practice Group where she assists clients by creating technical and legal solutions to complex regulatory challenges. Sarah maintains a robust regulatory practice, and helps corporate clients navigate enforcement actions brought under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Sarah also helps clients comply with federal and state environmental, health, and safety (EHS) protocols, including regulatory compliance, auditing, and due diligence. She has assisted pesticide clients obtain favorable settlements for data compensation disputes under FIFRA arbitration regulations.
Sarah advises clients on international, federal and state requirements relating to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). She is well versed in and aptly guides clients through compliance, transactions, remediation and supply chain contracting matters and assists in the development and implementation of risk management strategies associated with the dynamic landscape of PFAS laws and regulations. Sarah is also experienced in the development and implementation of environmental compliance programs. She is familiar with international guidelines and policies used to develop strong systems for corporate sustainability, including providing advice and guidance to effectively adapt environmental management systems at manufacturing sites across the globe.
Before joining Shipman, Sarah was an environmental attorney at a national firm. Prior to that she clerked for the Hon. Chase T. Rogers, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and served as a judicial extern for Judge Laura Taylor Swain in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.). She interned in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, S.D.N.Y., where she assisted with settlements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Sarah wrote her master’s project at Yale University on international legal frameworks for recovering electronic waste. Prior to law school, Sarah participated in the first federally funded research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Sarah is a member of the Fairfield County Bar Association, where she chairs the Environmental Committee.
Credentials
Education
- Pace University, J.D., 2014, cum laude, Certificate in Environmental Law, Certificate in International Law
- Yale University, M.E.M., 2014
- Carleton College, B.A., 2007, magna cum laude, Political Science, Minor in Chinese; Certificate of Advanced Study in Mandarin Chinese
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 2015
- New Jersey, 2014
- New York, 2015
Distinctions
- Listed in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch®: Environmental Law (2024), Commercial Litigation (2024)
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer Rising Star®: Environmental (2023)
- Listed as a New York Super Lawyer Rising Star® (2017-2022)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee Member
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association, Chair of Environmental Committee
- New York State Bar Association