Samara Taper
Samara Taper is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Dallas office.
Her practice focuses on government investigations and white-collar defense.
- Honored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas as one of their 2024 Outstanding Young Attorneys.
- "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
Haynes and Boone, LLP Lawyers Bill Morrison, Taryn McDonald, Neil Issar and Samara Taper authored an article for the American Bar Association's April 2024 edition of The Health Lawyer discussing legal risks faced by private equity investors in the healthcare industry as several recent government enforcement actions demonstrate that investors are at risk under certain healthcare laws and regulation [...]
