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Samantha G. Zimmer

Samantha is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation Department who is based in the greater Harrisburg area. She focuses her practice on appellate matters, state government litigation, and political disputes. She regularly counsels clients through all stages of litigation, from inception through appeals.

Samantha’s extensive appellate practice includes challenges to pending or enacted legislation, administrative law, and constitutional issues. Samantha has argued before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and filed appellate briefs in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, and Supreme Court, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Samantha also represents clients in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s original jurisdiction, where her knowledge of the Court and its procedures informs her strategy for client success. Her experience in the Commonwealth Court’s original jurisdiction ranges from high profile political disputes—involving ballot access issues, congressional redistricting, and election-related challenges—to declaratory judgment actions brought by charter schools and insurers.

In addition to her appellate work, Samantha has broad experience in commercial litigation, with matters involving defamation, breaches of contract, and insurance coverage. Samantha’s litigation experience includes preparing preliminary objections, developing discovery strategies, taking and defending depositions, and drafting dispositive motions.

Prior to joining Kleinbard, Samantha served as a clerk for President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and as a judicial intern for Justice Wecht on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.