Proficient and Caring Legal Support

Attorney Sarah Schnaithman is a Mississippi-licensed, bilingual attorney, and is the founder of Law Firm | Bufete Legal. Sarah is an active member of the LGBTQ+ community, to which she volunteers her time to educate and raise awareness. She also has a strong devotion to the LatinX community, and takes pride in advocating for her Spanish-speaking clients.

Sarah uses her background in education to explain the law to her clients in a manner that is easy for them to understand, so they can make well-informed decisions. She started her solo practice in Amory, Mississippi, with the goal of providing accessible and affordable legal services to her community and throughout the State of Mississippi. Law Firm | Bufete Legal is a client-centered practice that advocates for a broad range of legal matters including, but not limited to, family and criminal law, real estate and personal injury cases, as well as LGBTQ+ and civil rights matters.

“After what felt like ages of trying to parse the process of changing my legal name and gender marker in Mississippi with minimal information to be found online, I was put in touch with Sarah Schnaithman.

Sarah was immensely helpful with guiding in what actions to take, walking me through it step by step with professionalism and providing me with more than sufficient assistance, documentation, and knowledge on what would otherwise be a very confusing court situation. Her emails and responses to my questions were consistently punctual and thorough, offering surefire speedy solutions to any problems or obstacles that may have arisen.

I plan on contacting her for any more legal assistance I have in the future, and I recommend anyone else do the same!”

—  Maxwell R., Pascagoula, MS.

Outside The Courtroom

When Sarah isn’t winning cases in court, she enjoys putting her culinary background to use by cooking for her spouse and their spoiled dog, Mama. She also appreciates quiet days out in the country tending to her garden.

Educational Background

Juris Doctor,  2022 - University of Mississippi School of Law

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude

  • Received the Dean’s Distinguished Service Award 

  • Received the Bobby Wood Clinical Programs Award

  • Interprofessional Education Board (IPE)

  • 2020 winning counsel for Plaintiff; 2021 winning counsel for Defense & “Best of Law”

  • Trial Advocacy Board – Competed in various competitions, civil/criminal, as Plaintiff / Defense

  • Elected as Honor Council Representative for Class of 2022

Legal Experience

University of Mississippi School of Law (Oxford, MS) – Adjunct Instructor

Burchfield Law Firm (Eupora, Mississippi) – Law Clerk 

Circuit Courts of Illinois - Spanish / English Translator

Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois - Spanish / English Translator 

Lowndes County District Attorney’s Office - Limited Practice Attorney

MacArthur Justice Center - Limited Practice Attorney 

ACLU of Georgia, in Atlanta - 1L Summer Legal Intern 

Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, UB Law - Student Research Assistant 

Student-Wide Judiciary, UB Law - Hearing Representative

JD (1L Year), 2019/2020 - University at Buffalo School of Law

MA in General Linguistics, 2017 - University at Buffalo

BS in Education, 2006 -  Baylor University

Legal Affiliations

LGBTQ Justice Project of the ACLU of Mississippi – Member, Board of Advisors 

MS Access to Justice Commission Pro Bono Initiative - Volunteer Attorney

Elder Law Project of North MS Rural Legal Services - Law Student Volunteer

Publications

An unfair law compounding the trifecta of incongruence of transgender identity (2021),

https://mississippilawjournal.org/banished-to-the-bleachers-on-the-basis-of-sex-how-the-mississippi-fairness-act-is-anything-but-fair/  (last visited Sep 10, 2021).

“Developing & analyzing form & function of L2 integrated performance assessments for diverse learners: Questioning the Questions,” in edited volume, "Engaging Teacher Candidates and Language Learners with Authentic Practice" (June 2019)