Susan Hintze, co-managing partner, and Mike Hintze, partner, have been recognized for their privacy and data security law expertise for seven years by Chambers & Partners. This is the first year Sam Castic, partner, and Mason Fitch, senior associate, have been ranked by Chambers & Partners.
Sam Castic is a partner with Hintze Law, chair of the firm’s Retail Group, and co-chair of the Cybersecurity and Breach Response Group and FinTech + Financial Services Group. As a former chief privacy officer, he helps companies build, scale, and right-size privacy programs and strategies. In Chambers’ review, clients are quoted, praising Sam’s “technical levels of expertise that impress the engineers as well as being hyper-focused on all applicable legislation.” Sam is known amongst clients for being “practical, knowledgeable and easy to work with,” and his “dead on and practical” advice that “provides exactly the right amount of awareness you need.” Clients also commended Sam’s “great expertise in the financial privacy space.”
Mason Fitch is a senior associate and a member of the firm’s Health & Biotech Team. Mason’s significant in-house experience allows him to provide clients with practical, actionable advice. This is his first year being recognized by Chambers & Partners as an Associate to Watch in the 2025 USA Guide—Healthcare: Texas. Mason’s clients praise his “excellent knowledge of the industry and where the industry is going,” and for “provid[ing] practical advice.” Clients also told Chambers & Partners that “Mason is great to work with and fully delivers what we need him to.”
