Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum
Founding Partner
Office: 310.853.6020
Direct: 310.853.6123
Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum founded Grove to build the law firm she wished existed: a legal services platform rooted in authentic lawyering, designed for collaboration, and built to elevate both clients and lawyers through trust, strategic insight, and compassion.
A nationally recognized litigator and strategic advisor, Sarah is known for leading large, cross-functional legal teams through complex disputes, regulatory challenges, and high-stakes business decisions. Her work is grounded in a systems-level approach that aligns litigation, compliance, and organizational strategy with long-term integrity and sustainable outcomes.
Sarah has defended dozens of complex class, collective, and representative actions and is a trusted advisor to executive teams navigating legal risk in rapidly evolving industries. She is particularly recognized for her work in the staffing industry, where she counsels clients at the intersection of workforce strategy, regulation, operational change, and innovation.
Central to Sarah’s work is her evolving framework around integrity as a decision discipline rather than simply a value. Drawing on systems thinking and the structural principles underlying the rule of law, she helps clients navigate complexity with greater coherence, clarity, and accountability. She is widely respected for her ability to translate difficult legal and operational challenges into actionable strategies that strengthen both institutions and relationships over time.
Sarah received the 2025 Legacy Award from the National Association of Travel Healthcare Organizations (NATHO) and is consistently named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of Top Litigators. She is a frequent speaker for national organizations including the American Staffing Association, Staffing Industry Analysts, and NATHO, where she speaks on litigation strategy, workforce transformation, artificial intelligence, compliance, and integrity-centered leadership.
Grounded in a deep respect for the rule of law and a belief that rigorous analysis and imagination are not opposites, Sarah approaches legal practice as both strategic problem-solving and human stewardship. She is known for clarifying complexity, fostering authentic partnership, and helping clients make decisions that are not only defensible, but durable.
Beyond her legal work, Sarah is actively involved in her community. She serves as a parent leader at the Wildwood School and as a member of IKAR. She is also a proud mother of two and brings the same presence, creativity, and grounded care to parenting that she brings to her practice, believing that integrity, authenticity, and mutuality are at the heart of all thriving systems, whether at home, in the practice of law, or in the world at large.
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J.D., New York Law School, 2005
B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, 2001
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Law Clerk to the Honorable Christopher F. Droney for the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Member, Federal Bar Foundation
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BAR:
California
New York
COURTS:
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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National Association of Travel Healthcare Organizations (NATHO), 2025, Legacy Award
Los Angeles Business Journal, 2024, 2023, 2021, Recognized Among the “Leaders of Influence - Litigators & Trial Attorneys”
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Los Angeles Lawyer, Author, "Closing Argument: The Democratic Work of Lawyering," September 3, 2026
The Definers Podcast, Speaker, “Legal Strategy, Litigation Risk & Business Decision-Making in a High Stakes Environment,” August 12, 2026
Grove Insights, Author, “A Crowd Worthy of a Perfect Game,” July 23, 2026
E2E Podcast, Speaker, “Looking Toward the Staffing Law and Compliance Conference 2026,” May 5, 2026
2026 ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, Speaker, "Saying ‘Yes’ to Innovation: The AI Tools You Need for Compliance and Growth," May 7, 2026
2026 ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, Speaker, "Margins, Legal Risk, and Workforce Supply: The Business Model Under Pressure,” May 6, 2026
ASA Staffing Law, Author, "A New Framework for Legal Compliance in the Staffing Industry," March 31, 2026
Staffing Industry Analysts Executive Forum North America, Speaker, “A New Paradigm for High-Stakes Decision Making,” March 25, 2026
Lawyers Who Care Podcast, Speaker, “Class Action Law,” March 11, 2026
Staffing Industry Analysts, Author, “What the Eightfold lawsuit signals for AI in recruiting,” February 19, 2026
Staffing Industry Analysts, Author, “Approaching AI risk as the staffing industry evolves,” January 7, 2026
APSCo United Kingdom, Speaker, “Future of Healthcare Staffing Series,” December 3, 2025
Staffing Industry Analysts Healthcare Staffing Summit, Speaker, “The Legal Landscape: Essential Regulatory Insights for Healthcare Staffing Leaders,” November 6, 2025
Barnard Magazine, Author, “Alumnae Build a Firm of Their Own,” October 22, 2025
ASA Staffing Success, Author, “Navigating California Summer Litigation Traffic,” August 1, 2025
2025 ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, Speaker, “Asking for a Friend…Answers for Everything and Everyone,” May 8, 2025
Staffing Industry Analysts, Author, “Five essential questions for global staffing companies wishing to operate in the United States,” December 4, 2024
Staffing Industry Analysts Healthcare Staffing Summit, Speaker, “Navigating State Regulations and Compliance Challenges,” November 7, 2024
2024 National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO) Fall Fly In, Speaker, “Locum Tenens State Update: Navigating the Evolving Landscape,” September 25, 2024
Daily Journal, Co-Author, “New Legislation Limits the Scope of PAGA Claims and Caps Penalties, but May Result in Increased Litigation,” June 28, 2024
Staffing Industry Review, Co-Author, “How to Mitigate 3 Common Litigation Risks,” May 29, 2024
American Staffing Association (ASA) 2024 Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, Speaker, “Avoiding the Courthouse: Strategies and Alternatives,” May 16, 2024
National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO) 2024 Annual Convention, Speaker, “State Health Care Staffing Laws and Their Application to Locum Tenens Organizations,” March 7, 2024
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), Healthcare Staffing Summit, Speaker, “Navigating Legal and Compliance Challenges in Healthcare Staffing,” November 2, 2023
Staffing World 2023, Panel Facilitator, “Considerations in Managing Litigation Risk in the Staffing Setting,” October 4, 2023
Law360, Co-Author, “Staffing Company Considerations Amid PAGA Uncertainty,” May 4, 2023
ASA Staffing Today, Author, “The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Viking River Ruling on California PAGA Claims,” July 7, 2022
American Staffing Association (ASA), Speaker, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling in Viking River and What It Means for Staffing Firms,” June 24, 2022