Prior to joining M&K, Mr. Sawyer worked as a Dean's Fellow at the Equal Employment Opportunity Center in its New York City offices. Mr. Sawyer also worked in Ghana as a law clerk with the Supreme Court of Ghana, and a law clerk with the Legal Aid Society of Ghana.

While in law school, Mr. Sawyer worked for more than a year at a small employer sided Labor and Employment firm, and gained valuable civil litigation experience.

Mr. Sawyer received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Temple University in 2008, and completed his Juris Doctor at Fordham University School of Law in 2011. While at Fordham, Mr. Sawyer was an associate editor on the Moot Court Board, an Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award Recipient, an Edmund P. Hennelly Scholarship Recipient as well as a member of the Leitner Center Fundraising Committee for Legal Aid Ghana.