Samuel is the Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulations for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) , Office of General Counsel (OGC) and has worked at HUD for 7 years. Recently, Samuel was selected as a fellow for the President’s Management Council Interagency Rotation Program meant to identify emerging leaders and expand their leadership competencies. As part of that program, Samuel served for 6-months as a Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ OGC. Samuel is also the Vice President of HUD’s LGBT Affinity Group, HUD FedQ. Prior to his work in the Federal Government, Samuel attended American University Washington College of Law (WCL) where he graduated cum laude and was a member of the Society of Dispute Resolution, an editor for the American University International Law Review, the president of the Lambda Law Society, and the Diversity Chair for the Student Bar Association. Prior to law school, Samuel worked for the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest and graduated with a BA in Political Science from Augsburg College, in Minneapolis, MD. Samuel also served eight years in the United States Army Reserves, including a deployment to Iraq in 2003.