Samantha L.Brooks
Associate
Labor & Employment
sbrooks@seyfarth.com
Samantha is a litigator with a broad base of experience who brings tremendous value to her labor and employment clients.
More About Samantha
Samantha focuses her practice on defending management in single-plaintiff employment litigation. She defends employers against claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, breach of contract, employment-related torts, and other related matters in administrative, state, and federal court proceedings and arbitration. After starting her career in general commercial and insurance defense litigation, she brings a range of litigation experience that provides her with a fulsome understanding of litigation, and shapes her approach to defending her clients.
Samantha enjoys an active pro bono practice with the support of the firm. She is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Washington, DC, office and works with the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, volunteering at legal clinics for low-income DC residents. She also regularly assists nonprofit organizations with labor and employment matters.
While in law school, she served as an intern to Judge Leon J. Lombardi (Ret.) of the Massachusetts Land Court and as the business managing editor of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law.
Samantha enjoys an active pro bono practice with the support of the firm. She is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Washington, DC, office and works with the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, volunteering at legal clinics for low-income DC residents. She also regularly assists nonprofit organizations with labor and employment matters.
While in law school, she served as an intern to Judge Leon J. Lombardi (Ret.) of the Massachusetts Land Court and as the business managing editor of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law.
- JD, New England Law Boston
Cum laude
New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, business managing editor
Honors judicial internship - BA, Indiana University
With distinction
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Virginia
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
- US District Court, District of Colorado
- US District Court, District of Columbia
- US District Court, District of Maryland
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- US District Court, Western District of Virginia
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- Co-Author, "Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part XIV: Our Top Five Takeaways from the DOL’s Most Recent FFCRA Q&As as the Summer Unofficially Begins and Businesses Continue to Reopen," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 4, 2020)
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- Co-Author, "Maryland State Government Employee’s Job Duties Reinstated after Demotion Following Facebook Post," Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 3, 2019)
- Author, "Eighth Circuit: Employer May “Elaborate” on Explanation for Termination During Litigation," Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 20, 2018)
- Author, "No Religious Bias Against Hospital Employee Who Refused to Get Flu Shot" Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 4, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, "COVID-19 Legal Update: Federal and Local Compliance," 2022 Virtual Legal Academy, NOVA SHRM (March 23, 2022)
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- DC Bar Pro Bono Center (Immigration Legal Advice & Referral Clinic; Civil Legal Advice Clinic)
Samantha is a litigator with a broad base of experience who brings tremendous value to her labor and employment clients.
More About Samantha
Samantha focuses her practice on defending management in single-plaintiff employment litigation. She defends employers against claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, breach of contract, employment-related torts, and other related matters in administrative, state, and federal court proceedings and arbitration. After starting her career in general commercial and insurance defense litigation, she brings a range of litigation experience that provides her with a fulsome understanding of litigation, and shapes her approach to defending her clients.
Samantha enjoys an active pro bono practice with the support of the firm. She is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Washington, DC, office and works with the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, volunteering at legal clinics for low-income DC residents. She also regularly assists nonprofit organizations with labor and employment matters.
While in law school, she served as an intern to Judge Leon J. Lombardi (Ret.) of the Massachusetts Land Court and as the business managing editor of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law.
Samantha enjoys an active pro bono practice with the support of the firm. She is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Washington, DC, office and works with the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, volunteering at legal clinics for low-income DC residents. She also regularly assists nonprofit organizations with labor and employment matters.
While in law school, she served as an intern to Judge Leon J. Lombardi (Ret.) of the Massachusetts Land Court and as the business managing editor of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law.
- JD, New England Law Boston
Cum laude
New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, business managing editor
Honors judicial internship - BA, Indiana University
With distinction
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Virginia
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
- US District Court, District of Colorado
- US District Court, District of Columbia
- US District Court, District of Maryland
- US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- US District Court, Western District of Virginia
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Firm News
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220 Seyfarth Attorneys Chosen as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2025
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Litigation - Labor and Employment (2025)
- Virginia State Bar, Pro Bono Hero (2022, 2023)
- Listed in Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters) (New York, 2015; Washington, DC, 2018-2020)
- Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, high honors (2017-2018, 2020, 2022), honors (2023)
- Co-Author, “EEOC Case Filings Plummet: A Look at the EEOC’s Surprisingly Sluggish FY 2024 ,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 30, 2024)
- Co-Author, "7th Circ. Rulings Offer Employee Vaccine Exemption Guidance," Law360 (September 9, 2024)
- Co-Author, "Seventh Circuit: Religious Discrimination Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss Even if Request For Religious Exemption to COVID-19 Vaccine Includes Non-Religious Reasoning," Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 28, 2024)
- Co-Author, “EEOC Argues Vendors Using Artificial Intelligence Tools Are Subject to Title VII, the ADA and ADEA Under Novel Theories in Workday Litigation,” Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 29, 2024)
- Co-Author, "In Policy Pivot, EEOC Revises Pandemic Guidance To Move Away From A “Direct Threat” Analysis and Focus on “Business Necessity” As Employers Return Employees To The Workplace," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 18, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Fourth Circuit Reaffirms That Consistently Implementing Lawful Business Practices and Policies is Not Discrimination," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 9, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Washington, DC Employment Laws: A Reference Guide for Employers," Publication, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 19, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Planning and Preparing for Employee Skills Gap in the Post-COVID Future of Work," Future Employer Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 29, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Disability Suit Where No Evidence that Disability Was 'But For' Cause of Position Elimination," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 28, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Paid Leave and Coronavirus—Part XIV: Our Top Five Takeaways from the DOL’s Most Recent FFCRA Q&As as the Summer Unofficially Begins and Businesses Continue to Reopen," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 4, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Where the President and Democratic Candidates Stand on Preparing for the Future of Work," FutureEnterprise Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 2, 2020); Reposted in Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 2, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Where the President and Democratic Candidates Stand on Minimum Wage and its Impact on the Future of Work," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 18, 2020)
- Co-Author, "Where the President and Democratic Candidates Stand on Collective Bargaining Rights of Gig Workers," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 10, 2020); FutureEnterprise Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 6, 2020)
- Co-Author, "The Future of Work: An Update on Happenings on The Hill," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 28, 2020); FutureEnterprise Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 28, 2020)
- Co-Author, "BREAKING NEWS: District Court Orders Employers to File EEO-1 Component 2 Data by September 30, 2019," Management Alert, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 25, 2019)
- Co-Author, "Maryland State Government Employee’s Job Duties Reinstated after Demotion Following Facebook Post," Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 3, 2019)
- Author, "Eighth Circuit: Employer May “Elaborate” on Explanation for Termination During Litigation," Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 20, 2018)
- Author, "No Religious Bias Against Hospital Employee Who Refused to Get Flu Shot" Employment Law Lookout, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 4, 2018)
- Co-Presenter, "COVID-19 Legal Update: Federal and Local Compliance," 2022 Virtual Legal Academy, NOVA SHRM (March 23, 2022)
- Presenter, "COVID-19 Legislative Updates & Returning to Business," Northern Virginia Society for Human Resource Management’s Virtual Mid-Year Legal Academy (June 8, 2021)
- Co-Presenter, "Salary History Bans and Hiring: Best Practices and Pitfalls," Northern Virginia Society for Human Resource Management (March 21, 2019)
- DC Bar Pro Bono Center (Immigration Legal Advice & Referral Clinic; Civil Legal Advice Clinic)