Sam Lioi's practice focuses on appellate advocacy and civil litigation.
Sam has experience in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels and on a range of substantive areas, including constitutional and administrative law, complex commercial and health care disputes, public nuisance, and other business torts. He has drafted briefs on various topics, including discovery, class certification, and pretrial issues, as well as merits, post-judgment, and appellate matters.
In addition, Sam maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2022, he served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton and Judge Eric Murphy at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The Ohio State University (J.D. summa cum laude 2020; Order of the Coif; Executive Articles Editor, Ohio State Law Journal); Mercyhurst University (Double B.A. in Business Competitive Intelligence and Political Science summa cum laude 2017; Carpe Diem Award)
- Ohio; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits
- Intern, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Appeals Section (Spring 2020)
- Law Clerk to Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2021-2022) and Judge Eric E. Murphy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2020-2021); Intern to Judge Deborah L. Cook, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Summer 2020) and Judge Michael H. Watson, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (Fall 2019)