Samantha M. Pedersen

Samantha represents individuals and corporations in high-stakes, complex commercial contract and business disputes in both state and federal court. Prior to joining the firm, Samantha practiced at a Magic Circle multinational law firm in New York and represented clients on a range of complex commercial, white collar, and investigative matters.

During law school, Samantha served as a legal fellow to the United Nations and interned at its headquarters in New York City, where she specialized in women’s human rights. While in law school, Samantha also received a Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Samantha's experience includes:

• Representing sexual assault victim against one of the 10 largest school districts in the country
• Representing public corporation in merger and acquisition dispute in Delaware Chancery Court
• Representing decedent’s estate in a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency claim
• Representing national franchisor in an antitrust dispute concerning noncompete agreements
• Representing class plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation against automobile and airbag manufacturers
• Representing a group of physicians in a first impression federal antitrust dispute concerning noncompete agreements
• Representing public corporation in defense against negligence and product liability claims
• Representing major real estate development company in a lease dispute with a large public company
• Representing major law firm in malpractice dispute
• Defending multimillion-dollar products liability suits against Philip Morris USA
• Representing high-net-worth individual against major international financial institution and other private individuals alleging claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty
• Defending the nation’s largest cruise line in the first litigation brought under the Helms Burton Act regarding travel to Cuba

Using United Nations Resolution 1325 to Reimagine the Commercial Surrogacy Ban in India, Penn Law Seminar on International Women's Human Rights (2017)