Sarah Altschuller

Sarah Altschuller serves as Business & Human Rights Counsel in Verizon’s Business & Human Rights Program. In this role, Sarah supports Verizon’s commitment to integrating attention to human rights impacts into its legal and business operations.  She also seeks to identify and respond to technological trends that may create human rights risks. Prior to joining Verizon in 2018, Sarah was Counsel in Foley Hoag LLP’s Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, where she advised corporate clients on how best to assess and address the human rights impacts of their operations and to respond to emerging legal and regulatory requirements specific to human rights. In 2018 and 2017, she was recognized by Chambers Global as among the top lawyers in the field of business & human rights. Sarah co-teaches a seminar on business & human rights law at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to law school, Sarah was a research analyst with the socially responsible investment firm, KLD Research & Analytics. Sarah received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A., magna cum laude, in Political Science from Williams College.