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. She was recognized by Super Lawyers as a 2025 New York Rising Star. Ms. Anderson is a frequent speaker on Art Law topics and holds various leadership and board positions. She is currently a professor of Art Law at Cardozo School of Law.

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.)

Professional Activities and Experience
MEMBERSHIPS:

- Bar Admission: State of New York

- Board Member, Cardozo FAME (Fashion, Art, Media, and Entertainment Law)

- Chair of Art Funds and Financing Subcommittee, Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association

- Vice Chair of Art & Collectibles, Real Property, Trusts & Estates Committee, American Bar Association

- Member: New York State Bar Association (Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law)

- Member: International Bar Association (Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

- Moderator, "Brush Strokes and Bequests: Estate Planning for Artists and Collectors," Cardozo Art Law Society Panel (April 16, 2026)

- Speaker, "Negotiating Consignment Agreements for Estates," ABA Art & Collectibles Webinar

- "Art and Collectibles: Risk, Value, and Responsibility," The Mack Family Office Podcast (January 27, 2026)

- "Care and Maintenance of Art: Best Practices and Updates for Lawyers," New York City Bar Association's Art Law Committee (October 14, 2025)

- "Ethics CLE/Agents and Lawyers," American Bar Association's 2025 ESI Spring and CLE Conference (April 24, 2025)

- "From Purchase to Patronage - Stewarding Your Growing Collection," ArtTable Panel at 2024 Untitled Art Miami Beach (December 4, 2024)

- Panelist, "Artful Assets: Financial Considerations for Art Collectors, Fiduciaries, and Estates," UJA-Federation of New York's Trusts & Estates CLE (October 15, 2024)

- Guest, "Estate Planning for Fine Art and Collectibles," Newton Knowledge Podcast (May 16, 2024)

- Moderator and Presenter, "Planning and Disposing of Difficult and Dangerous Tangibles," ABA National CLE Conference (May 10, 2024)

- 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

OTHER ACTIVITIES

- Adjunct Professor, "Law and the Arts," Columbia University (2024)

- Adjunct Professor, Visual and Performing Arts Law, Cardozo School of Law (2025-present)

- Co-Author, "Planning for and Disposing of Difficult and Dangerous Tangibles," WealthCounsel Quarterly Vol. 19, No. 2 (April 2025)

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

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