Samantha Sanders

Samantha Sanders is a character role-played by WildflowerWonder.

General Description
Samantha Sanders, Esq. is an Attorney for the Department of Justice, primarily working as an Assistant State Attorney for the State Attorney's Office.

Despite her relatively recent arrival in Los Santos, Samantha is well known by officers, criminals, and civilians alike throughout the city. She is hardworking and driven when it comes to her work, but she is also deeply emotional, choosing to believe the best in people, regardless of what their past actions say. Samantha initially aspired to become a Prosecutor for the Unified Police Department, particularly the Street Crimes Unit due to her relationship with Nathaniel Greyson and Sr. Detective Demi Black, however after she was charged as an accomplice to her client's Attempted Murder of Det. Black, she became disillusioned with the SCU, seeing their aspirations for convictions rather than justice, and distanced herself from the unit as much as she could, encouraging others to do the same.

Over time, with generous amounts of support from loved ones, Samantha worked past her deep-seeded levels of resentment and pursued her dreams to work as a State Prosecutor. She now works as an Assistant State Attorney, finally earning the trust of some law enforcement officers such as Trooper Jack Ripley, Officer Eryn Carter, and Ranger Sergent Jeffrey Bundy. She does everything in her power to keep her work to be an Assistant State Attorney and help guide officers to proper articulation and application of laws and charges when the officers are not confident to do so on their own.

Outside of her work, Samantha is greatly involved in Esports gaming. Having founded, managed, and moderated several online gaming communities over the past 9 years, Samantha is what most in Los Santos would call "a total nerd." She also maintains relationships with friends from all walks of life, including her previous criminal clients, fellow attorneys and judges within the Department of Justice, news reporters, EMS personnel, ghost-busters, and more!

Background Information
Samantha was born in Chicago, Illinois, where she was raised as a part of a long-standing prestigious family, particularly due to their business and legal prominence. The family's main businesses involved meat packing plants and various other entrepreneurial ventures in and around Chicago. The Sanders family, however, lost most of their prestige in 1871, when the Great Chicago Fire tore most of the family's businesses venues and surrounding structures. It was commonly believed that the fire itself was the cause of the family's sudden financial troubles and ruin, however in truth the Sanders family was involved in under-the-table debts, which had to be repaid once the fires struck.

Only in the last decade has the Sanders family returned to their former prestige, mostly due to the efforts of the family matriarch, Samantha's grandmother. It was also due to her that Samantha was inspired to attend law school, to help the family and their fishing business around Chicago. Sam first studied in Los Santos, attending the University of San Andreas, Los Santos and earning a Bachelor's Degree in Business in 2013 at age 19. After her grandmother's pressures, she went on to study at the Columbia Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctorate three years later. Despite her success at such a young age, Samantha struggled with refinement in law; her trainings and apprenticeships with various law firms often ended in abject failure, and while she had the drive to succeed, her skills needed honing.

Samantha found a life in Liberty City during her law school years, where she joined the Legal4U, LLP as an internship in the summer of 2018. She worked as a law clerk, and was responsible for managing and preparing documents and case files, research, and background analysis for more than ten cases at a time. After this internship concluded, Samantha joined Northram and Goldberg, LLP, as an Associate specializing in Insurance Defense. Increasing her workload to more than 40 cases at a time, Samantha worked there for three years, before she fell out of favor with the company after failing numerous large cases. In an attempt to hide her shame, and move forward without her past looming over her, Samantha moved to Los Santos to start anew.

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Trivia

 * Earned her State Bar License on December 28th, 2022.
 * Her favourite colour is Purple.
 * First day in the city was December 15th.
 * Knows ASL.