Sami Marouf Cleland

Sami Marouf Cleland is a corporate associate in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.

Mr. Cleland represents entertainment, media, and technology clients in transactions that involve the acquisition, financing, production, exploitation, and licensing of intellectual property and media-related assets. Mr. Cleland currently serves on the firm’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group. 

Mr. Cleland received his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Cleland was also a student attorney in the Conflict Mediation Clinic. 

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Mr. Cleland was a summer associate in the Century City office. He previously clerked for Judge Christina A. Snyder in the US District Court for the Central District of California.