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Samantha Corson

Executive Director of Operations, Development and Alumni Relations

Samantha Corson L ’95 G ’95 is the Executive Director of Operations for the Development and Alumni Relations Department at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Sam received her BA in Philosophy cum laude from Hamilton College in 1990, and her JD and MA in Philosophy from Penn Law in 1995. She previously worked in the Center for Professionalism and the Office of Career Planning and Professionalism at the Law School.

Before returning to the Law School, Samantha served as a clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and worked in private practice in Philadelphia, most recently as a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP. She focused her practice on the evaluation and management of environmental risks in connection with the acquisition, development, financing and sale of environmentally impacted real estate. She advised developers and corporations on complex redevelopment projects, environmental liability transfers, and the management and mitigation of environmental risk through the use of unique contractual mechanisms and specialized environmental insurance products.