Friday\, October 16\, 2026\, from 12:00 p. m.- 2:00 p.m. ET
The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Sandra Grannum J.D. '86 during their vi rtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.
Sandra Dawn Grannum is a skilled first-chair trial attorney who is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. She is a former in-house Wall Street counsel who concentrates on securities law and the securities i ndustry. Clients turn to Sandy for complex securities litigation\, includin g securities class actions and derivative suits\, shareholder clawback adve rsarial proceedings\, and takeover and business judgment rule litigations. Additionally\, she has a robust single-plaintiff employment defense practic e. She tries cases before state and federal courts\, the EEOC\, State Divis ions of Human Resource ALJs\, arbitration forums\, including FINRA\, AAA an d JAMS\, and mediates in these forums. She also argues at the appellate lev els\, including before FINRA’s NAC.
Sandy is a former member of the f irm’s governing board\, currently co-chairs the nationwide securities and f inancial services litigation practice group\, and is the leader of the firm ’s Florham Park\, New Jersey office. Sandy has been honored for her efforts to promote diversity in the profession and to advance the professional dev elopment of diverse and female lawyers.
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