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Samantha Marchand

Associate
Chicago
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312.212.4938
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Samantha focuses her practice on litigation, with an emphasis on trade secrets. She is committed to helping businesses protect their proprietary information and maintain a competitive advantage by carefully handling complex trade secret issues. Her experience includes conducting legal research and drafting a variety of memoranda, briefs and discovery.

Before joining Benesch, Samantha served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Chief Judge Sara Darrow in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. In law school, she was the Executive Editor of Research and Marketing for the Loyola Law Journal and a student attorney with Loyola’s Health Justice Project. This medical-legal partnership addresses systemic barriers impacting vulnerable communities.

  • Litigation
  • Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants & Unfair Competition
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2024
    • cum laude
    • Loyola Law Journal Executive Editor, Research and Marketing (vol.55), Junior Staff Member (vol. 54)
    • CALI Award, Legal Writing III
    • Women’s Law Society, Director of Communications (2022-2023), IL Section Rep (2021-2022)
  • Spring Arbor University, 2019, B.A., Communications
    • Minor in Psychology
    • summa cum laude  

  • Illinois
Articles and Presentations
March 17, 2025
Insulet Corp. May Have to Choose Between $452 Million Jury Award or Permanently Blocking Competitor From Utilizing Its Trade Secrets
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December 9, 2024
Samantha Marchand and Michael O'Donnell Mentioned in Crain's Chicago People on the Move
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