Samantha’s practice focuses on corporate and private equity transactional matters, representing independent sponsors, emerging managers and private equity funds.

Samantha earned her undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. During law school, she served as the publications editor for the Houston Journal of International Law and gained hands-on experience as a student attorney in the Juvenile Representation Clinic, where she advocated for juveniles navigating the justice system and worked to seal their records. Samantha is also passionate about community service, having volunteered with Street Law, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching high school students in underserved communities the fundamentals of law.

  • Recipient of the James W. Skelton Jr. Award: Outstanding Comment in International Human Rights Law, Houston Journal of International Law, 2023