Samantha K. Rhodes

Samantha K. Rhodes is an associate in Partridge Snow & Hahn’s Litigation & Disputes Practice Group and is based in Providence. She works with clients and colleagues on complex commercial disputes, assisting with legal research and analysis, discovery, motion practice, and case preparation. She first joined the firm as a Summer Associate in 2024, where she gained exposure to business and commercial litigation matters before returning as an associate after completing a judicial clerkship.

Rhodes earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from Roger Williams University School of Law and a B.A. in History and Political Science, with a minor in English Literature, from Assumption University. In law school, she served on the Roger Williams University Law Review and received CALI Awards in Legal Practice I, Legal Practice II, and Property. She also held teaching and research positions focused on legal research and writing.

Rhodes served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Sarah Taft-Carter of the Rhode Island Superior Court, researching substantive and procedural issues, preparing bench memoranda, and assisting with bench and written decisions involving the Court’s Civil Motion and Dispositive Motion Calendars. She previously externed for Judge Lara E. Montecalvo of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, where she conducted legal research and prepared bench memoranda for oral arguments.

Samantha K. Rhodes is admitted in Rhode Island and the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Her litigation background combines commercial-dispute experience at the firm with state trial-court clerkship work and federal appellate externship experience. She brings strong research, writing, discovery, and motion-practice training to business litigation matters, helping the litigation team analyze legal issues, prepare filings, organize case records, and develop matters for resolution or further proceedings.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Partridge Snow & Hahn
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association

Licensed State

• Rhode Island

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Magna Cum Laude)
• Assumption University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Political Science, minor in English Literature

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