Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP announced today that Charles W. Pugh from its Cleveland office, and Samuel C. Sneed from San Diego – have been elected to the firm’s partnership.
Pugh helps clients navigate through a wide range of complex corporate litigation matters, including contractual disputes, business torts, consumer class actions and employment matters. He is fully involved in all aspects of case development and trial preparation, arguing motions, engaging in arbitration and taking and defending depositions in state and federal proceedings. Pugh has been named a Rising Star in Ohio Super Lawyers® from 2017-2019. He received his law degree from New York University School of Law in 2004, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board of Governors. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Kenyon College in 2001.
Sneed represents clients in commercial litigation, business torts, labor and employment disputes, real estate litigation, class-action defense and alternative dispute resolution matters. In addition to his considerable litigation and trial experience, Sneed regularly advises individuals, businesses, officers, directors, agents, independent contractors and employees in employment matters, contractual controversies and pre-litigation dispute resolution. Sneed received his law degree from Wake Forest University in 2008 where he served on the National Moot Court Team and was the Senior Editor of the Wake Forest Intellectual Property Journal. Sneed received his B.A., magna cum laude, from California State University of Sacramento in 2004, where he was Male Student Athlete of the Year.