Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Sam is a seasoned trial lawyer in the firm’s Boston office who handles patent litigation and a wide variety of complex commercial disputes.  Sam represents clients in patent cases before the International Trade Commission, U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, concerning technologies ranging from high tech and software, to consumer products and medical devices.  Sam also has more than twenty five years of experience representing clients in sophisticated commercial litigation before state and federal courts and arbitration panels across the country.  In particular, Sam specializes in representing life sciences companies in litigation over licensing, royalties, research, development, and commercialization, and counseling their senior executives and boards about how to pursue development/commercialization strategies in ways that will preserve their company’s rights and minimize the risk of litigation.  Sam also regularly represents companies in the clean technology, IT, real estate, and waste industries in disputes over strategic alliances, joint ventures, profit sharing agreements, licensing agreements, financings, and vendor agreements.

Earlier in his career, Sam served as a special assistant district attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted over 100 criminal matters and tried more than a dozen cases. While in law school, Sam served as a legal intern for the Honorable William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.