Sarah Schumacher

Attorney

Sarah Schumacher has been a criminal defense attorney for the past 11 years. She served as a public defender in Kern, Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties before joining the Law Offices of William V. Pernik. Over the course of her career, Sarah has handled a wide variety of felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile cases, including murder cases, serious and violent felonies, domestic violence cases, gang cases, sex offenses, theft offenses, firearms offenses, drug offenses, and DUIs. Additionally, she has experience in mitigation and post-conviction work, including youthful offender sentencings, murder and attempted murder resentencings, DA-initiated resentencings, and resentencings on remittitur. In her public defender career, Sarah tried more than thirty cases to a jury, obtaining a number of high profile acquittals in full or in part, resulting in her clients achieving verdicts of not guilty that have saved her clients from serious consequences such as mandatory sex offender registration and life sentences in prison. In particular, Sarah enjoys working with clients who are overcoming challenges such as mental illness and addiction. Sarah balances compassion outside the courtroom with zealous advocacy inside the courtroom. Sarah graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2011. Sarah lives in Gilroy with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a chinchilla.