Mr. Reese is married to Pat Dorenkamp-Reese, R.N., B.S.N., M.S., an instructor at the Lancaster General Hospital and certified nurse practitioner, and has three children, Jason, Christopher and Sara.

He formally served as President of both the Lancaster Chapter of American Business Club and the Lancaster Mediation Center as well as serving on the Boards of the Penn State Club of Lancaster County and the Manheim Township Park and Rec. Board. He was one of the original six attorneys selected by the Court to act as a Child Custody Conference Officer, a position he held for several years. Mr. Reese received the Lancaster Bar Association "Access to Justice" Award in the year 2000 for Pro Bono Services to the indigent.

His interests include coaching youth sports, Penn State football and photography. He was President of the Manheim Township's Corner Kick Club in 1999, The Booster Club for Township's Boys' Soccer and was instrumental in establishing the Journey Schuss Cup, a Traveling Trophy awarded each soccer season to the overall winner of the Township/Hempfield regular season soccer contests.

He feels it is most important that we take pride and honor in serving our clients by balancing their needs, resources and objectives to always reach results in the client’s best interests.

Born and raised in Lancaster County, Mr. Samley graduated from Millersville University with honors in Business Administration and a minor in Mathematics.  He received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1992. He is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Samley is an adjunct instructor for Penn State York where he teaches courses in Debtor/Creditor Law, Commercial Law, Corporations and Partnerships, and Understanding and Writing Legal Documents for the Business Professional. He is a member of the Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Estate Planning Council of Lancaster County, the Commercial Industrial Real Estate Council of Lancaster, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, and the Lancaster Lions Club.

He is a staff officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and an instructor for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission where he teaches courses in safe boating. An avid boater and outdoorsman, Mr. Samley enjoys spending summer weekends at his family cottage in Maryland. An avid clarinetist, he is a principal for the Lititz Community Band and plays with the Ephrata Concert and Millersville University Summer Concert Bands.

Born in Scranton Pennsylvania but a resident of Lancaster County since infancy, Sam is a graduate of Manheim Township High School in 1966, where he was a member of the County championship tennis team for two years, a member of the National Honor Society, and the Candlelight Singers (a cappella group).

He has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He is active on the Boards of several community organizations including the James Buchanan Foundation (President, Board of Trustees, 2004-2006), Grave Concern, Inc (Vice President), and the Open Arms Christian Child Care Center. He received the Access to Justice Award in 2002 from the Lancaster Bar Association, and was elected President of the LBA in 2006. Sam is an elder in his church, a former Sunday School teacher, and a tenor in the church choir.

Sam's interests include traveling, hiking, friendly poker games, bocce (he is Secretary of the Lancaster Bocce League), fishing, trivia tournaments, history, blues and rock and roll music, fantasy baseball, real baseball, and getting together with family, which includes Wife Debbie, and grown sons Alex and Travis.