Samantha L.Brooks

Associate

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.

  • 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