Sam primarily helps tech companies navigate class action lawsuits in California for privacy claims (CIPA, CDAFA, Invasion of Privacy, CCPA) and marketing claims (TCPA, Do Not Call, and CAN-SPAM).  Sam has also advised Fortune 100 companies on their terms of service, consent disclosures, and website and marketing practices.  Beyond that, Sam has broad experience in complex commercial matters, including partnership and breach of contract disputes, trial, and arbitration.  Clients especially value Sam's attentiveness and dedication to their unique goals, as he does not rely on a one-size-fits-all strategy.

His notable matters include:

• The Daily Journal recognized Sam for a "Top Defense Verdict" in securing dismissal of a putative class action raising TCPA claims against his tech client.
• First-of-its-kind summary judgment order in California dismissing a potential multi-billion dollar class action under the California Invasion of Privacy Act for alleged wiretapping in relation to a website chat function.
• Voluntary dismissal of all claims by a plaintiff and competitor after demonstrating through motion practice that it had overstated its case and damages against Sam's tech industry client.
• Advised a tech company on its marketing practices, and several years later, that same company received a demand letter that would have exposed them to potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of damages had the client not previously implemented his advice.
• Tens of millions of dollars enforced in arbitration awards, including international arbitration awards.

Sam is also a member of the Mexican Bar Association, and he dedicates a large part of his practice to pro bono work, through which he has obtained an injunction to improve the conditions of detention in Border Patrol facilities in Arizona and won asylum for an indigent youth from Mexico.  He has received the Pro Bono Service Award every year he's been at King & Spalding.

Sam graduated from Harvard Law School in 2015, where he was a research assistant for Professor Laurence Tribe and Co-President of the Harvard Mediation Program.  He clerked for a federal district court and a federal circuit court before joining King & Spalding.  When not practicing law, Sam spends time with his rescue dog, Alvin, and surfs and hikes in Southern California.

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