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Samantha Anne Caesar
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Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
1101 15th St NW STE 700
Washington DC 20005
United States
Samantha is a Senior Associate and trial and enforcement defense attorney with the Government Strategies and Compliance Group at Fragomen. Based in the firm’s Washington, DC office, she represents companies and individuals in high-stakes immigration, employment and government enforcement matters, including investigations, litigation, internal reviews and complex agency-facing strategy.
Samantha advises clients on sensitive matters involving significant business risk, government scrutiny and workforce disruption. Her practice focuses on immigration-related enforcement defense, internal investigations and compliance matters at the intersection of immigration and employment law. She has represented employers in nationally significant matters including government investigations and litigation involving complex factual records, evolving regulatory frameworks and reputational risk. Her work includes evaluating civil and criminal exposure, conducting internal investigations, advising on remediation and compliance, and developing strategic responses to government inquiries and enforcement actions.
Samantha is trusted by leading global companies facing urgent immigration, workforce and compliance challenges. She works closely with clients to understand how their operations function in practice, identify legal and operational risk and develop practical strategies that protect business continuity while addressing government concerns.
Samantha also represents individuals in complex immigration matters, including asylum, agency appeals and cases affected by shifting adjudication trends and agency policy.
Before joining Fragomen, Samantha practiced employment litigation at a New York-based firm. She also served as a Notes Editor on the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law.
Education
- Duke University School of Law, J.D./LL.M., 2017
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., cum laude, 2014
More from Samantha
Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York, Washington, D.C.
Court Admissions: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Experience
Represented a global technology company in a multi-day trial before the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer involving allegations of citizenship status discrimination under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Represented companies in government investigations and enforcement matters, including United States Department of Justice investigations involving alleged violations of the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act; United States Department of Homeland Security investigations involving the employment of unauthorized workers and related allegations of corporate criminality; and internal investigations involving alleged immigration fraud, smuggling and harboring.
Represented companies and senior executives in complex immigration litigation, investigations and enforcement matters involving government scrutiny, workforce disruption and sensitive reputational issues.
Samantha’s insights
September 1, 2021 | Fragomen news
