Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that Samson Spiegelman has joined the law firm, effective August 27, 2020. Samson joins the firm fresh off of a stint at one of the Nation’s premier management-side labor and employment law firms — Paul Hastings LLP.
Samson is a graduate of UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies program, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Tulane University in both Political Science and Gender and Sexuality Studies. As a law student, Samson was Chief Articles Editor for the Dukeminier Journal of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law. Samson also served as a law clerk for the Transgender Law Center and the ACLU of Southern California, and worked at UCLA’s HIV Law and Policy Project clinic providing direct services.
Samson is admitted to practice in California state and federal courts and is an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the California Lawyers Association Labor and Employment Section. Samson volunteers with the National Lawyers Guild and serves on the LACBA President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession.