Overview

Samantha E. Holbrook, a partner at Shub Johns & Holbrook LLP, has extensive experience in consumer protection class action litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Holbrook practiced at two different national class action law firms where she represented consumers and investors in nationwide class actions. Ms. Holbrook has experience handling and litigating all aspects of the prosecution of national class action litigation asserting claims under state and federal law challenging predatory lending practices, product defects, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust claims, consumer fraud and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in federal courts throughout the country.

Samantha Holbrook was also appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in a consumer class action medical data breach litigation pending in Tennessee, Krenk v. Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. D/B/A Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & Surgicenter, Case No. 75CC1-2023-CV-81005 (Rutherford Cir. Ct.). Ms. Holbrook was additionally provisionally appointed as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in this medical data breach litigation pending in Pennsylvania, Doe v. Highmark, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00250 (W.D. Pa.).

Ms. Holbrook has also obtained favorable recoveries on behalf of multiple nationwide classes of borrowers whose insurance was force-placed by their mortgage services.

Leadership Roles & Case Achievements

• In re HealthEquity,Inc. Data Security Incident Litigation, No. 2:2024-cv-00528 (D. Ut) (appointed to serve Plaintiff’s Executive Committee in a consuer class action medical data breach litigation pending in Utah);
• Reichbart v. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc., No. 24-cv-1876 (E.D. Pa.) (ECF No. 23) (appointing Ms. Holbrook as Liaison Counsel in data breach class action)
• In re F21 OPCO LLC Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:2023-cv-07390 (C.D. Ca.) (appointed as Plaintiffs’ Co-lead Counsel in a consumer class action data breach litigation pending in California);
• Krenk v. Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. D/B/A Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & Surgicenter, Case No. 75CC1-2023-CV-81005 (Rutherford Cir. Ct.) (appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in a consumer class action medical data breach litigation pending in Tennessee);
• Doe v. Highmark, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00250 (W.D. Pa.) (provisionally appointed as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in this medical data breach litigation pending in Pennsylvania);
• Suarez v. Nissan North America, No. 3:21-cv-00393 (M.D. Tenn.) (appointed lead class counsel in a consumer class action alleging defective headlamps in Nissan Altima vehicles which reached a settlement valued at over $50 million that provides reimbursements, free repairs, and an extended warranty);
• Suarez v. Nissan North America, No. 3:21-cv-00393 (M.D. Tenn.) (appointed lead class counsel in a consumer class action alleging defective headlamps in Nissan Altima vehicles which reached a settlement valued at over $50 million that provides reimbursements, free repairs, and an extended warranty);
• Kostka v. Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-03424-K (N.D. Tex.) (appointed as additional interim class counsel on behalf of consumers whose sensitive payment card information was exposed in a data breach at Dickey’s restaurant chains);
• In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litig., No. 2:19-cv-06019-GEKP (E.D. Pa.) (achieved $12 million settlement on behalf of consumers whose sensitive payment card information was exposed to criminals as part of a highly-publicized data breach);
• Lacher et al v. Aramark Corp., 2:19-cv-00687 (E.D. Pa. 2019) (represented a class of Aramark’s current and former managers alleging that Aramark breached its employment contracts by failing to pay bonuses and restricted stock unit compensation to managers nationwide);
• Turner v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, No. 4:21-cv-02454-DMR (N.D. Cal.) (class action lawsuit alleging that Sony’s PlayStation 5 DualSense Controller suffers from a “drift defect” that results in character or gameplay moving on the screen without user command or manual operation of the controller thereby compromising its core functionality);
• Board of Trustees of the AFTRA Retirement Fund, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,09-CV-686 (SAS), 2012 WL 2064907 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2012) (approving $150 million settlement); and
• In re 2008 Fannie Mae ERISA Litigation, Case No. 09-cv-1350 (S.D.N.Y.) ($9 million settlement on behalf of participants in the Federal National Mortgage Association Employee Stock Ownership Plan).

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• Eastern District of Wisconsin
• District of New Jersey
• Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Western District of Pennsylvania
• Eastern District of Michigan
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships and Associations

• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2020-2023
• Top Young Rising Attorney in Pennsylvania: 2020
• Pennsylvania & Delaware Top Attorneys Rising Stars: 2021

Education

• Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D. – President, Moot Court Honor Society; President, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund; Member, Nationally Recognized Trial Team
• Adjunct Professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law Trial Team Coach (2013–2018)
• Pennsylvania State University – B.A. in Political Science and Spanish
• Study Abroad Program, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (semester abroad)
• Proficient in Spanish
• Board President, Citizens for a No-Kill Philadelphia
• Board of Directors, City of Elderly Love (senior-focused animal rescue organization)