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Samuel A. Turner

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T 213.655.9676 Los Angeles
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Sam Turner is an associate in Davis Wright Tremaine's media and entertainment practice group, where his practice focuses on content litigation and counseling on matters related to copyright, right of publicity, defamation, trademark, and the First Amendment.

Before joining DWT, Sam served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Laurel Beeler of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, and the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2021
  • Arizona, 2021
  • U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2025
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2024
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2025

Education

  • J.D., Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, 2020
    • Certificate in Intellectual Property
    • Pedrick Scholar
    • High Pro Bono Distinction
    • Articles Editor, Law Journal for Social Justice, 2018–2020
  • B.S., Business Management, University of Arizona, 2016

Memberships & Affiliations

    • ABA Forum on Communications Law
    • Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Bar Association, San Diego

Background

    • Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Hon. Consuelo Marshall, Los Angeles, 2021-2022
    • Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Hon. Laurel Beeler, San Francisco, 2020-2021
    • Semi-Finalist, ABA Forum on Communications First Amendment Moot Court Competition, Phoenix, 2020
    • Summer Associate/Law Clerk, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, San Diego, 2019
    • Judicial Extern, U.S. District Court, Hon. John J. Tuchi, Phoenix, 2018
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