Sarah Klein

Sarah Klein is a trial lawyer at Manly, Stewart & Finaldi in Irvine, California, where she represents survivors of child sexual abuse in civil cases nationwide. A former competitive gymnast and the first known victim of former Olympic women’s gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, Klein has become one of the country’s most recognized voices in survivor advocacy, institutional accountability, and statute of limitations reform.

Her path into survivor advocacy is rooted in her own experience. As a former competitive gymnast who began intensive training as a child in Lansing, Michigan, Klein was sexually abused by Larry Nassar, then a young athletic trainer, beginning in the late 1980s. She would later become known publicly as “Victim 125.” In July 2018, at the ESPY Awards, Klein accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of herself and the hundreds of other survivors who spoke out and testified against Nassar. She was an instrumental survivor voice in the historic resolutions that followed, including a $500 million settlement with Michigan State University and a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics.

Klein practices exclusively in child sexual abuse civil litigation as a trial lawyer at Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, and she also serves Of Counsel at Dalton & Associates, P.A. in Wilmington, Delaware. Her work has produced significant resolutions for survivors across the country, including her role in the $490 million settlement between the University of Michigan and attorneys representing more than 1,000 survivors of sports team doctor Robert Anderson. She has secured confidential settlements under New York’s Child Victims Act, including matters against the South Orangetown Central School District involving multiple victims of a Tappan Zee High School track and field coach, and against the YMCA in New York on behalf of victims of a youth services counselor.

Klein serves as a board member of CHILD USAdvocacy, Sports Equity Lab, and the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project. She is admitted to practice in Arizona, Minnesota, and Montana, with admission to the New York State Bar pending. The mother of two daughters, Klein has framed her work as the honor of her lifetime.