Sarah A. Samuel brings a wealth of experience to Hirsch & Westheimer’s business and financial litigation practice. Success-driven and resilient, she represents financial institutions, businesses, and individuals in civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, and other disputes throughout Texas.
Sarah currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Southwest Association of Bank Counsel. She represents state and regional banks along with federal credit unions throughout Texas, and regularly handles cases involving check fraud, wire transfer fraud, account fraud, ACH and NACHA disputes, commercial and consumer account disputes, interpleaders, special assets and loan collections, foreclosures and deficiency suits, construction loan and lien disputes, turnover receivership disputes, and record request disputes.
Sarah has helped clients achieve superior results through all stages and types of litigation, including jury trials, bench trials, mediations, and arbitrations. Her other areas of practice include DTPA actions, fraudulent transfers, residential construction defects, non-competition and employment agreements, misappropriation of trade secrets, receiverships, sworn accounts and collection matters, and municipal / governmental disputes.
Sarah is admitted to practice in all Texas state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and, she has been recognized as a Houston “Top Lawyer” in the areas of civil law litigation by Houstonia Magazine.
Sarah completed her bachelor’s degree at The University of Texas at Austin graduating with honors, and graduated in the top quarter of her class from the University of Houston Law Center. While at UHLC, Sarah served as the Head Articles Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law, worked as a research scholar for the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center, competed as a brief writer and oralist with the UHLC Blakely Advocacy Institute’s moot court team, and published a research paper with the American Bar Association.
When not fighting on behalf of her clients, Sarah cultivates her pollinator-friendly garden and certified wildlife habitat. She also enjoys visiting botanical gardens, dancing, traveling, and finding new local music & art.
- Defended global oil and gas storage corporation against a wrongful termination of EPC contract.
- Prosecuted billion-dollar national chain for racial discrimination.
- Represented Texas medical garment supplier in suit against former employees and out-of-state entities for theft of trade secrets, fraud, and conspiracy.
- Prosecuted judgment debtor in multimillion dollar fraudulent transfer suit, securing favorable verdict along with malice finding.
- Negotiated several six-figure settlements
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Southwest Association of Bank Counsel, Member & Director (Current)
- University of Houston Law Center, Professional Mentoring Program (Mentor, 2024-2025)
- Marian Trails MUD 3 Board of Directors (Past)
- Texas Master Gardener Association, Member
- Civic Association, Volunteer