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Samantha C. Pauley

Associate She / Her / Hers
Minneapolis

Sam Pauley is a litigation associate who focuses her practice on commercial litigation and dispute resolution matters. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, she worked in the New York office of an international law firm, where she represented a wide range of clients in complex commercial litigation, government and internal investigations, and regulatory matters.

In this position, Sam worked with private equity firms, public companies, boards of directors, and executives to resolve matters including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions and examinations, U.S. Department of Justice investigations, and non-party subpoenas.

Sam gained additional experience as a legislative assistant at a Minnesota government affairs law firm and as a student attorney at the Child Advocacy Clinic at St. John’s University School of Law.

Professional Highlights

Judicial Internships

Hon. Debra Freeman, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019

Publications

"Children's Rights to Feel Safe at Home and at Home in Their Bodies: A Proposal to Protect Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Children's Right to Access Gender Affirming Health Care," ABA Family Law Section Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest, First Place Winner, 2021

"Giving the Equal Rights Amendment Teeth: A Proposal for Gender Equality Legislation Modeled After the Civil Rights Act of 1964," 94 St. John's Law Review 1013, 2020

Credentials 

Education

St.  John's University School of Law (J.D. 2021)
Symposium Editor, St. John's Law Review
Vice President, Women's Law Society

Loyola University Chicago (B.A. 2016)

Admissions

Minnesota

New York