ABOUT
Samantha C. Grant is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s Century City office.
Areas of Practice
Samantha represents employers in administrative, arbitration and trial proceedings in labor and employment matters, including single-plaintiff, class and collective actions. She has extensive experience litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, breach of contract, fraud, defamation, trade secret, covenants not to compete, and unfair competition cases, among others. She also advises clients on litigation avoidance strategies and local, state and federal compliance matters, as well as conducts management and workforce training. The insight and experience she gained while on a two-year secondment, as in-house employment counsel for a Fortune 50 company, was invaluable in her becoming a particularly pragmatic outside counsel.
Honors
Employment Law Trailblazer, National Law Journal, 2021
Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2020-2022
Top 100 Lawyers in California, Daily Journal, 2020
Top Women Attorneys in LA, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2020
Labor and Employment Star – California, Benchmark Litigation, 2020-2022
Pro Bono Award, UCLA School of Law, 2019
Thought Leader, Labour & Employment, Who’s Who Legal, 2018-2019
Who’s Who Legal: Labour & Employment, Who’s Who Legal, 2013-2018
Labor and Employment, Legal 500, 2018
Most Influential Minority Lawyers, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2016
Diversity Leader Award, Profiles in Diversity Journal, 2016
Most Powerful and Influential Women of California, California Diversity Council, 2012
Presidential Award, National Bar Association, 2012
“Attorney Spotlight” Profile, California Minority Counsel Program E-Newsletter, January/February 2011
Top Labor & Employment Lawyers in California, Daily Journal, 2011
Southern California Rising Stars, Super Lawyers, 2005-2010
California’s Top Women Litigators, Daily Journal, 2007
“10 Up and Coming African American Lawyers to Watch,” Diversity & the Bar by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, 2007
Rising Legal Star, LA Focus, 2007
Black Law Students Association Alumni Achievement Award, UCLA School of Law, 2007
“One to Watch” in the labor and employment field, Daily Journal, 2006
Memberships
Chair, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
Vice Chair, Advisory Board, Minority Corporate Counsel Association
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Member, United States District Court Central District of California’s Merit Selection Panel
Board Member, Constitutional Rights Foundation
Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Sustaining Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Member, American Employment Law Council
Elections Committee, National Bar Association, 2017-2019
Commissioner, Commission on Women in the Profession, American Bar Association, 2015-2018
Board Member, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association, 2015-2018
Co-Chair, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, American Bar Association, 2016-2018
Council Member, Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, American Bar Association, 2014-2015
Nominations Committee, National Bar Association, 2012-2014
Board of Governors, National Bar Association, 2012-2013
President, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc., 2011-2012
Attorney Admission Fund Board, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2009-2012
Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2010-2012
Co-Chair, Central District Delegation of Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit, 2008-2009
Lawyer Representative, Central District Delegation of Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit, 2006-2009
