Sam Bhat is an associate in the litigation department. He is a member of the firm’s Private Investment Litigation, Enforcement & Government Investigations, and Healthcare groups. Sam's practice focuses on complex business litigation, government and internal corporate investigations, and healthcare litigation. His clients are in industries such as private investment, life sciences, consulting, real estate, software, technology, and financial services. Sam maintains an active pro bono practice.
Professional Experience
Sam’s recent work includes:
- Representing a pro bono client in a successful appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
- Representing multiple former employees in DOJ and FTC investigations concerning a telehealth company’s prescribing and marketing practices related to controlled substances.
- Representing a global consulting firm in multidistrict litigation concerning its clients’ alleged conduct.
- Representing a financial services company in an SEC investigation that concluded with the SEC declining to bring charges.
- Representing a physician who served as a consultant to a medical device manufacturer in a DOJ investigation involving the Anti-Kickback Statute.
- Representing former executives of a technology company in an SEC investigation and related securities class action.
- Representing a global cybersecurity company in an employment dispute involving TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings that threatened emerging business interests, ultimately achieving a favorable settlement.
- Representing a private investment firm in a breach of contract dispute, securing a favorable settlement.
- Representing a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in a breach of contract dispute with a medical provider.
- Representing a financial services company in an internal investigation and subsequent litigation concerning alleged embezzlement and misappropriation.
- Representing the CEO of a retail company in litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
- Representing executives of a healthcare software company in a breach of contract and tortious interference action.
- Representing an investment firm in commercial litigation involving alleged lien-based fraud in connection with a New York real estate development project.
- Representing an asset management company in a breach of contract and tortious interference action that resulted in a significant arbitration award.
Professional Activities
Credentials
Education
JD
Brooklyn Law School
BS
Arizona State University
Admissions
Bars
- New York
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Publications
Author, “Tailspin: Examining the Distortive Effects of the Airbus–Boeing Duopoly on Trade Dispute Resolution Between the United States and European Union,” Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 2022