Dawn Sweatt is in the business litigation group at Berliner Cohen. As a litigation attorney, she has had several jury and bench trial successes involving complex business transactions, trade secrets, real estate, and related matters. Prior to joining Berliner Cohen, she worked as a litigation associate for law firms in the Silicon Valley and Sacramento. During law school Dawn was a law clerk in the Sacramento and Placer Counties District Attorney’s Offices, the California Attorney General’s Office and a legal intern in the California Governor’s Office of Legal Affairs.
Outside the legal arena, Dawn was a software and management consultant for Entergi and business development manager for Regus in Sacramento, California, and a software consultant for Bi-Tech Software, Inc. in Chico, California.
From 2011 through 2015, Dawn was recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Business Litigation. She was spotlighted by Super Lawyers in their “Top Women Attorneys in Northern California" in the December 2014 issue of San Francisco magazine. As well, Dawn was listed in Silicon Valley Business Journal's 100 Women of Influence in 2015.