Sam represents companies, financial institutions, and individuals in complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal matters. He has experience in both state and federal proceedings and has advised clients in mass arbitration proceedings.

Sam also works at the intersection of cybersecurity and emerging technologies. He was named a New York University School of Law Cyber Scholar and his cybersecurity writing has been published in LawFare and the Compliance and Enforcement Blog of the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement of the New York University School of Law.

Prior to joining Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, Sam served as a law clerk to the Honorable Reena Raggi in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was previously an associate at Skadden.

He also maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented individuals in federal civil rights actions and New York housing court.

Sam has represented

  • A union defrauded of retirement funds in a successful mandamus action to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
  • An fragrance company in an international, cross-border antitrust investigation.
  • A major video game developer in a mass arbitration action before the AAA.
  • A cryptocurrency exchange in a mass arbitration action and successful mediation.
  • A cybersecurity company in a successful motion to dismiss a securities fraud action.
  • A New York bank in state and federal securities fraud actions.
  • Sam Bieler and Randy Milch, A New Decade and New Cybersecurity Orders at the FTC, Lawfare. Jan. 29, 2020.
  • Sam Bieler and Randy Milch, Cybersecurity in One Voice: Leveraging CISA Programming to Improve FTC Cybersecurity Enforcement, Lawfare. Dec. 7, 2019.
  • Sam Bieler, Uncertain Regulatory Theory and Law Hampers Consumer IoT Cybersecurity. Compliance & Enforcement. Mar. 19, 2019.
  • Sam Bieler, Market Dynamics Encourage Weak Security in Consumer IoT. Compliance & Enforcement. Mar. 5, 2019.

CREDENTIALS

  • New York University School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
  • University of Pennsylvania, M.S., 2012
  • University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, B.A., 2012
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Reena Raggi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2024-2025
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Vernon S. Broderick, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2022-2023
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Sarah Netburn, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2021-2022

ADMISSIONS

  • State Bar of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York