Attorney Profile
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Attorney Profile
Meet Our Legal Specialists
Joshua Samra
Attorney
Joshua Samra is an associate at Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, where his practice focuses on the litigation of antitrust, consumer protection and securities matters.
Prior to joining Stranch, Jennings & Garvey, Mr. Samra served as an associate at a national litigation firm. He was a significant member of the legal team that litigated In re: Facebook, Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, which resulted in the largest privacy class action settlement in history at $725 million.
He also serves as an attorney for Plaintiffs’ Counsel in In: re Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation team, in which a groundbreaking settlement was recently noticed after four years of hard-fought litigation; and in In: re Wells Fargo & Co. Consolidated Derivative Shareholder Litigation, a derivative shareholder action, which recently achieved preliminary approval of a settlement valued at $110 million.
Mr. Samra also previously served as a deputy district attorney in California’s Contra Costa County where he oversaw all phases of criminal prosecutions, such as arguing pre-trial motions, litigating post-trial appeals and prosecuting 10 jury trials to verdict.
Practice Areas
- AI Copyright Litigation
- Antitrust
- Civil Litigation
- Class Action
- Complex Litigation
- Consumer Protection
- Corporate Governance
- Privacy & Cybersecurity
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 2016)
- Associate editor, UCLA Law Review
- University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science, 2013)
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court – Central District of California
- U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Michigan
Experience
- Calhoun et al. v. Google LLC Consumer
- In re: Facebook, Inc., Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation
- In re: Allstate & Arity Consumer Privacy Litigation
- In re: Bank of America Unauthorized Account Opening Litigation
- In re: Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation
- In re: Google RTB Consumer Privacy Litigation
- In re: Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation
- In re: Wells Fargo & Co. Consolidated Derivative Shareholder Litigation
- Sydney Ji, et al. v. Naver Corp. et al. Consumer
Professional Honors and Activities
Awards
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (2026)
- Super Lawyers – Northern California Rising Star (2023-2025)
Memberships
- The Sedona Conference
- Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production
- Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure
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J. Gerard Stranch IV
James G. Stranch III
R. Jan Jennings
Hon. John (Jack) Garvey
