Sarah Dobecki

Assistant Attorney General

Bio

  • After a short term in private practice Sarah began her career with the State of Missouri in 1996. She worked for the Missouri Department of Revenue in the General Counsel’s office from 1996 until 2006. In April 2006 she joined the Missouri Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General in the Financial Services Division. She currently serves as a Unit Leader for the Financial Services Recovery Unit supervising attorneys in the St. Louis and Cape Girardeau field offices. The Recovery Unit specializes in MO HealthNet (Medicaid) estate recovery, general state debt collection, state subrogation interests, and defense of the Missouri Department of Social services in petitions for judicial review relating to public assistance benefits.

 

Practice Areas

  • Medicaid Estate Recovery
  • Debt Collection and Subrogation Interests
  • Appellate Practice

 

Admitted to Practice

  • State of Missouri 1994
  • State of Illinois 1995

 

Education

  • University of Illinois, Champaign – Urbana, B.A. Political Science, 1991
  • St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1994

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Environmental Law Institute
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Illinois Bar Association

 

Honors & Awards

  • Missouri Attorney General’s Best Brief Award – 2017
  • Missouri Attorney General’s Client Services Award – 2009