David Samson (lawyer)
David Samson (born August 14, 1939) is an American lawyer who served as New Jersey Attorney General under Democratic Governor Jim McGreevey from 2002 to 2003. He served as the Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) from 2011 until his resignation on March 28, 2014 in the aftermath of the Fort Lee lane closure scandal. Samson is a partner and founding member of the law firm Wolff & Samson from which he resigned in April 2015, and had been an ally of Governor Chris Christie.
David Samson | |
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| 53rd Attorney General of New Jersey | |
| In office January 15, 2002 – February 15, 2003 | |
| Governor | Jim McGreevey |
| Preceded by | John Farmer |
| Succeeded by | Peter Harvey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 14, 1939 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University, New Brunswick University of Pennsylvania |
On July 14, 2016, Samson pleaded guilty to a felony for conspiring to impede an airport project to coerce United Airlines to reinstate a discontinued flight to an airport in South Carolina, near a home that he owned. Samson was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and sentenced to a year of home confinement at the South Carolina vacation house that was subject of the crime.