SamuelG.
Brooks

Special Counsel
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Samuel Brooks

Overview

Samuel Brooks is special counsel in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office. 

Sam is a litigator with experience in a wide variety of business disputes, ranging from copyrights, trademarks, unfair competition, and trade secrets, to contracts, employment, consumer class actions, and more. Sam regularly represents both defendants and plaintiffs in both trial and appellate courts. He also represents clients in arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Prior to joining Sheppard, Sam was a shareholder at a premier litigation boutique located in Newport Beach, California.

Credentials
Clerkships

Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

J.D., Brigham Young University, 2010, summa cum laudeOrder of the Coif, Lead Articles Editor, BYU Law Review

B.A., University of California, Davis, 2007, with honors 

Admissions

California 

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States

Honors

Southern California Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2025