O’Melveny Worldwide

Sam Donohue

Counsel

Century City Office
He/Him/His
Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
Business & Commercial Litigation
Litigation & Investigations
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Sam Donohue is a litigation counsel in O’Melveny’s Century City office. Sam represents clients facing civil litigation in state and federal court. He is experienced in litigating complex business disputes, copyright cases, anti-SLAPP motions, consumer class actions, First Amendment issues, and defamation claims.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, Sam gained considerable experience as an associate at a New York law firm. He also completed judicial clerkships for the Honorable Salvador Mendoza, Jr. at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Honorable R. Gary Klausner at the US District Court for the Central District of California, and the Honorable A. Joe Fish at the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Sam has also maintained an active pro bono practice, with a focus on asylum matters.

Languages

  • Spanish

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • Loyola Marymount University, J.D.: magna cum laude; Sayre MacNeil Scholar; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
  • Seattle University, B.A., Political Science and Spanish: summa cum laude

Professional Activities

Judicial Clerkships

  • The Honorable Salvador Mendoza, Jr., US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • The Honorable R. Gary Klausner, US District Court, Central District of California
  • The Honorable A. Joe Fish, US District Court, Northern District of Texas

Judicial Externships

  • The Honorable Harry Pregerson, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • The Honorable Christina A. Snyder, US District Court, Central District of California
Related Practices
Litigation & Investigations
Business & Commercial Litigation