OVERVIEW

Sam is an associate in Hausfeld’s San Francisco office. His practice focuses on complex federal antitrust matters. Sam has been involved in litigating cases alleging anticompetitive monopolization, conspiracies to restrain trade and monopolize, and tying and exclusive dealing arrangements. His focus in redressing anticompetitive conduct has led him to represent clients in the health care, technology, rental housing, and sports industries. His experience at Hausfeld spans every stage of trial litigation, including discovery and depositions, class certification, summary judgment, and trial. Outside of case-related work, Sam is an active member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee as well as the Summer Associate Hiring Committee.

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Sam was an associate at a defense firm where he represented attorneys and doctors. His experience comprised all stages of trial litigation and has helped him understand the mindset on both sides of a dispute.

During law school, Sam externed for the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, for the U.S. House of Representatives in the office of Congresswoman Katie Porter, and for the Superior Court of Santa Barbara with the Honorable Brian Hill.

Clients

Sam’s clients include classes of individual consumers and renters, bars, restaurants, gas stations, hospitals, and surgery centers.

EDUCATION

University of California, Irvine School of Law, J.D., 2020

University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Economics, High Honors, 2015

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association - Antitrust Section, Member

California Lawyers Association - Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, Member

EXPERIENCE

Antitrust/Competition

In re NFL’s Sunday Ticket Antitrust Litigation – Sam was part of a trial team representing residential and commercial subscriber plaintiffs alleging that the National Football League (“NFL”) and its teams violated the antitrust laws through media-rights agreements that suppressed the output of, and raised the price for, out-of-market game telecasts. At the conclusion of a four-week trial, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs and awarded $4.7 billion in damages.
In re Da Vinci Surgical Robot Antitrust Litigation – proposed class action alleging that Intuitive Surgical engages in an anticompetitive scheme pursuant to which it ties the purchase or lease of its da Vinci surgical robot to the additional purchase of da Vinci maintenance and repair services, including the repair and replacement of the surgical system’s EndoWrists.
In Re: RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation – Hausfeld serves as co-lead counsel in the federal antitrust class action against RealPage, Inc. and several of their property management clients, alleging that the Defendants, some of the largest owners and managers of rental real estate in the United States, conspired to use RealPage’s so-called “revenue management” service to set rental prices and restrict the supply of available rental units in major metropolitan areas across the United States.

Technology & Data Breach

In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation – proposed class of financial institutions alleging the convenience-store chain’s negligence resulted in a massive data breach, compromising more than 30 million payment cards used at up to 850 store locations on the East Coast.