Samantha R. Bennett

Samantha has represented:

• Private equity firm Lovell Minnick in a lawsuit presenting significant questions about the liability of private equity firms for acquisitions by their portfolio companies.
• Individual directors in a high-profile mass tort litigation.
• A major pharmaceutical company in two large antitrust patent lawsuits.
• Several private equity firms in SEC investigations.
• Underwriters to a pharmaceutical company in a complex securities fraud action.
• Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc., a global asset manager, against an Ad Hoc Group, an appliance-parts maker, and its private equity sponsor in a six-day trial in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court in a liability management dispute involving breaches of the relevant credit agreements and rightful control of the appliance-parts maker.
• A pro bono client seeking asylum in the United States after facing physical violence and threats on his life due to his sexuality and gender presentation in his home country.

• Sanctuary for Families, Pro Bono Advocacy Award, 2025 (see here).

• What Happens Behind Bars Should Not Stay Behind Bars: The Case for an Exhaustion Exception to the Prison Litigation Reform Act for Juveniles, 86 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 587 (2018).