Samantha Anderson is an Art Law Practice Attorney in the firm's Art and Museum Law practice.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Anderson served as in-house counsel to an international Art Advisory, and Sotheby’s auction house where she was Vice President in their Fiduciary Client Group. Ms. Anderson advises clients on a broad range of issues in the Art industry including transactional matters such as private sales and consignments, as well as commissions of art, artist representation, and various estate, planning and philanthropic matters surrounding complex collections, including valuation issues. Ms. Anderson is a frequent speaker on Art Law topics and holds various leadership and board positions.

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2016)
  • Managing and Business Editor, Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
• University of St. Andrews (M.A., with honors, 2013)
  • History of Art
  • Social Anthropology
• University of St. Andrews (B.A.)

• Legal internship in Christie's Legal and Restitution departments
• Legal internship in Art Law Group at Herrick Feinstein, LLP
• Archives Assistant at Metropolitan Museum of Art 
• Certified in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Art Law, Cardozo FAME (Fashion, Art, Media and Entertainment) Law Advisory Board
• Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law, New York State Bar Association
• Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association; Boston Estate Planning Council
• UJA Trusts & Estates Committee
• RPTE (Real Property, Trusts & Estates) Committee, American Bar Association
• Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee, International Bar Association
• Mentor, WomenPlusGirls

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Moderator, "Resale Restrictions in the Art Market," Cardozo Art Law Society (March 6, 2024)
• Panelist, "Intergenerational Wealth Transfer and Implications for the Art Market," PAIAM US Board (September 21, 2023)
• Moderator, "Art Financing: From Beginning to Enforcement," New York City Bar Association (May 25, 2023)
• Guest, "Shipwrecked," (April 21, 2023) [podcast]
• "Luxury vs Art: Inside the Secondary Marketplace," Luxury Law Summit (November 2, 2022)
• Moderator, "The Parthenon Marbles Case and the Universal Museum Myth: Policies and Politics," The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (April 28, 2022)
• Moderator, "Trophies for the Empire: The Epic Dispute Between Greece and England Over the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum," The Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (March 1, 2021)
• Frequent Lecturer, Art Law and Art Business, Sotheby's Institute of Art

• Note, Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Inconsistencies in International Cultural Property Repatriation, 24 CARDOZO J. INT’L & COMP. L. 315