Samuel Ruddy

Additionally, Sam maintains an active pro bono practice. His pro bono work has included briefing and arguing a Seventh Circuit appeal concerning a state attorney general’s subpoena to a health care research nonprofit, representing voters challenging election officials’ refusal to certify election results, and coauthoring amicus briefs in appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit. 

Sam has held multiple leadership roles in the American Bar Association Health Law Section, including as vice chair of the Section’s Litigation & Risk Management Interest Group, vice chair of the ABA’s Washington Health Policy Summit, and editorial board member for The Health Lawyer and the ABA Health eSource. He has been elected as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary society for lawyers “who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the profession and service to society.” 

During law school, Sam was editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review and a member of the Appellate Litigation Clinic. He also interned for the Honorable Patty Shwartz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  

Prior to law school, Sam served in the Obama Administration, first as an associate in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and then as a special assistant in the Enforcement & Compliance Division of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration.