Sam Hellfeld, Sleep Number® setting 35, serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Risk Officer and Secretary for Sleep Number. He leads the Company’s legal, risk management and safety and security teams. He previously served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel from 2015 to 2018 and joined Sleep Number in 2013 as Director, Intellectual Property Counsel.
Prior to joining Sleep Number, Hellfeld was a Partner in the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP practicing in the areas of intellectual property and litigation. He also served as an associate at several national law firms and served as law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court, Southern District of California.
Hellfeld holds a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law and an undergraduate degree in political science and history from the University of San Diego.