Snell & Wilmer’s Washington, D.C. Office Welcomes New Associate, Samantha Hollinshead

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Samantha Hollinshead. has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as an associate in the Special Litigation and Compliance Practice Group. Her background spans government, judicial, and international legal settings, with experience in regulatory analysis, government policy, and cross-border legal matters. She also has experience in public international law and both civil and common law systems.

Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Hollinshead served as a judicial clerk and Dean Acheson Legal Scholar in the chambers of Judge Kecsmár at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, where she worked on competition law and the regulation of major technology companies. She also served in the U.S. Senate, where she addressed legislative and policy issues involving economic sanctions, digital assets, and national security. In addition, she worked with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs on cross-border criminal matters.

Her international experience spans EU regulatory law, U.S. national security policy, and international criminal law, with professional experience in Luxembourg and Malta, as well as academic study in Milan. This breadth of experience gives her a distinctive perspective on complex legal issues that cross regulatory, institutional, and national boundaries.

Hollinshead earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where she was an International Rule of Law and Security Fellow and served as Executive Editor of Jurimetrics, The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. She earned undergraduate degrees in sustainability and justice studies, both summa cum laude, from Arizona State University.