Samara Taper

Associate Dallas

T +1 214.651.5112

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Biography

Samara Taper is an associate in the White Collar and Investigations Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas office.

Her practice focuses on matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, and other federal and state agencies. Samara represents individuals and corporations in criminal and civil enforcement actions, government investigations, internal investigations, healthcare fraud investigations, qui tam actions and False Claims Act cases , and regulatory compliance matters.

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: Conducted comprehensive evaluation of anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance program for publicly traded company

Successfully helped lead a medical facility through the criminal investigation, prosecution, and trial of an anesthesiologist who was tainting IV bags at an ambulatory surgery center in Dallas, Texas, resulting in his conviction and imposition of a 190-year sentence

Ongoing defense of the Chief Executive Officer of a medical equipment company facing allegations of healthcare fraud

Represented biotech investment firm in a complex parallel DOJ/SEC investigation with allegations of improper short selling and insider trading, resulting in a full declination by both DOJ and SEC

Represented for-profit provider of stock trading and real estate investment seminars in SEC investigation resulting in formal termination letter closing the investigation without recommending any enforcement action

Represented various medical facilities in False Claims Act qui tam actions alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute

Ongoing defense of a company and its principals in a money laundering investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Department of Justice Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (“MLARs”) relating to the airline industry
: Honored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas as one of their 2024 Outstanding Young Attorneys.
: “The False Claims Act Year in Review – Part II,” co-author, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, May 2025.

"Congress Passes the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act, a Potent New Tool in the Fight Against International Corruption," co-author, Haynes Boone client alert, January 31, 2024.

“More Money, More Problems: Legal Risks Faced by Private Equity Investors in the Healthcare Industry,” co-author, The Health Lawyer, Volume 36, No. 4, April 2024.
: Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2023, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Hatton W. Sumners Scholar; SMU Science and Technology Law Review
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020, with honors
Clerkships
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2022
Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas