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Samuel W Cooper

Samuel W Cooper

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Sam is Energy and Infrastructure Sector Lead and focuses on the representation of multinational companies, boards of directors, and individuals in complex commercial disputes, including corporate governance and transaction litigation, securities and shareholder litigation, commercial arbitration, antitrust matters, and enforcement and internal investigations.

Sam has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in trials before juries, arbitrators and judges in state courts, international arbitral tribunals and three-judge federal panels. He represents clients across a wide array of industries, with a particular focus on energy, oil and gas, petrochemical, and private equity related disputes.

Prior to joining private practice, Sam was a law clerk for the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: Securities - Texas

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Individual Editorial
Samuel Cooper has a wide-ranging disputes practice, which encompasses securities litigation and enforcement actions as well as commercial and antitrust litigation.

Strengths

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  • Samuel is excellent. He is practical and a brilliant attorney.

    Litigation: SecuritiesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Samuel has good judgment and is a strong commercial litigator and adviser.

    Litigation: SecuritiesChambers Guide to the USA

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California

California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou

District of Columbia

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