Sam is an associate in the Litigation Department where he focuses on sensitive national security litigation and investigations. In this capacity, he represents clients in high-stakes regulatory matters before various federal agencies. One of Sam’s specialties is crafting arguments challenging the validity of agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution.

Sam’s national security focus builds on his experience serving as a Trial Attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he defended high-profile administrative and constitutional law challenges to U.S. government policies. Previously, he advised multinational clients and investors on the political economics of the states of the former Soviet Union at the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy. He also worked for former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, researching U.S.-Russia relations at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Sam’s writing has been featured in publications such as Lawfare, the Hoover Digest and Georgetown Law’s Journal of National Security Law & Policy. While at law school, he was an editor-in-chief of the Harvard National Security Journal.