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Sam McHale

McHale_Sam

Sam McHale

Senior Associate

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6346

Sam McHale is a litigator who represents clients facing complex commercial litigation and government regulatory litigation. His practice focuses on class actions and False Claims Act actions in both federal and state court. 

In the past year, Mr. McHale has represented a major financial institution in a number of state false claims act litigations around the country. He has also represented clients in consumer class actions and antitrust actions pending in federal court. Mr. McHale has argued dispositive motions and discovery motions in federal court, has taken multiple depositions and has written dispositive motions and appellate briefs.

Mr. McHale maintains an active pro bono practice focusing on reproductive rights, immigration and the welfare of children. 

Mr. McHale previously clerked for the Honorable Catherine C. Blake of the US District Court for the District of Maryland. Prior to his legal career, Mr. McHale taught history at a public high school and was awarded a Fulbright Grant to travel to Košice, Slovakia, where he taught US History and English at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University. 

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2020

      magna cum laude

    • MA, Teaching, History, Fitchburg State University, 2014

    • BA, American Studies, Skidmore College, 2007

      Fulbright Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa 

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • New York

    • US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

    • US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

    • US District Court for the District of Maryland

    • US District Court for the District of Columbia

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Catherine C. Blake, US District Court for the District of Maryland, 2020 - 2021

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