Samuel Song is a litigator with a broad range of experience at the trial and appellate levels. Prior to joining Gaw | Poe LLP, Mr. Song worked for almost eight years in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he successfully represented clients in appellate litigation, securities fraud class actions, breach of fiduciary duty suits, commercial litigation, and criminal matters.
Mr. Song graduated with distinction from UC Hastings College of the Law, where he was a Senior Articles Editor on the Hastings Law Journal, elected to the Thurston Society, and earned Witkin awards in four subjects. While in law school, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Mr. Song received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy.
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Representative engagements include:
- Trendsettah USA v. Swisher International (C.D. Cal.). Counsel in Sherman Act Section 2 jury trial against world’s largest cigar manufacturer. Unanimous jury awarded our client $44.4 million in trebled antitrust damages.
- Won appeal vacating a judgment and jury verdict in a section 1983 civil rights action in a published Ninth Circuit opinion,Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 2014).
- Successfully defended Yahoo! Inc. and its officers and directors in securities fraud class actions and related breach of fiduciary action that were dismissed with prejudice.
- Represented the California Citizens Redistricting Commission in the successful defense of all challenges to the Commission’s congressional district maps in expedited proceedings before the California Supreme Court.
- Represented a Hmong individual charged with conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos in a federal criminal prosecution in which all charges were dismissed.
- Represented the former chairperson of Hewlett-Packard’s Board of Directors in the successful defense of a state criminal prosecution in which all charges were dismissed.
UC Hastings College of the Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006
Senior Articles Editor, Hastings Law Review
Thurston Society
Columbia University, B.A., 1999
Professional Activities
Admitted, California; US District Court, Northern and Central; US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit