Sam Hsieh, Esq.

Deputy Program Director; Coordinating Legal Liaison

Sam Hsieh is the Deputy Program Director for CAIR Coalition’s Immigration Impact Lab. She leads the Lab's litigation efforts and has litigated numerous impact cases on behalf of detained immigrant adults and children in immigration proceedings and federal courts, including Arita-Deras v. Wilkinson, 990 F.3d 350 (4th Cir. 2021); Songlin v. Crawford, No. 3:19-cv-895, 2020 WL 5240580 (E.D. Va. Sept. 2, 2020); J.N.C.G. v. Warden, Stewart Detention Ctr., No. 4:20-cv-62, 2020 WL 5046870 (M.D. Ga. Aug. 26, 2020); J.S.G. v. Stirrup, No. 1:20-cv-1026, 2020 WL 1985041 (D. Md. April 26, 2020); and Nunez-Vasquez v. Barr, 965 F.3d 272 (4th Cir. 2020) (as amicus). Sam is also an adjunct professor at Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

Prior to joining CAIR Coalition, Sam was a staff attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She previously worked at a private immigration firm in Washington, D.C. Sam graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School, where she received a merit scholarship.

Sam received her Bachelor of Sciences with Honors in political science and economics from the University of Michigan. She is admitted to practice law in Virginia; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits; and the District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

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