Sam Hofmeier assists clients through all phases of litigation, with an emphasis on legal strategy, motion practice, trial preparation, and appeals.  He has represented clients in state and federal courts across the country, including in multidistrict litigation.  Though he focuses his trial and appellate practice on product-liability, mass-tort, and class-action defense, he has handled appeals in a variety of other contexts—including breach of contract, civil procedure, tax, constitutional law, international law, regulatory and administrative law, environmental law, and banking law.

Sam is particularly adept at providing legal and strategic advice before, during, and after trial.  He has led briefing and appellate-preservation teams in high-value cases in jurisdictions across the country.  He has a proven track record of success—helping clients defeat multi-million-dollar claims in some of the toughest venues in America.  Sam also has helped clients eliminate billions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages after trial.

Sam’s extensive appellate practice includes appeals in numerous federal and state appellate courts, including in Kansas, Missouri, California, New York, Illinois, and multiple United States Courts of Appeals.  He has personally argued appeals in both state and federal courts.

Sam also has an active pro bono practice.  In particular, he has helped veterans in Kansas City navigate the complex legal system, and he led a BCLP team that reunited a German mother with her child who had been wrongfully retained in the United States for more than a year.

Prior to joining BCLP, Sam attended the University of Kansas and the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.  Sam graduated first in his class in law school and was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers.  He then clerked for the Honorable Michael S. Kanne of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.