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| | Location | | 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. | | Washington, District of Columbia 20005-5901 | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 202-434-5000 | | Fax: 202-434-5029 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wc.com | | |
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| Williams & Connolly LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Antitrust, Appellate, Arbitration, Business, Transactions and Tax, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, Strategic Alliances and LLCs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Representation of Authors, Representation of Former Government Officials, Representation of Television Correspondents, Anchors and Producers, Criminal Defense, Employment and Labor, Federal Programs and National Defense, First Amendment and Media, General Civil Litigation, Health Care and Medical Products, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets, Trademark, False Advertising and Unfair Competition, International Disputes, International Arbitration, International Civil and Criminal Litigation, Plaintiffs' Litigation, Product Liability, Torts and Medicine, Professional Liability Defense, Real Estate, Securities and Financial Services Litigation, Sports, Trusts and Estates, Pro Bono Practice. | | Year Established: 1967 | Firm Profile:
Williams & Connolly LLP is widely regarded as one of the premier litigation firms in the country. Founded by legendary trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams, the firm today boasts a cadre of over 200 lawyers imbued with the commitment to excellence that is his primary legacy. Williams & Connolly LLP is an unusual law firm. Operating out of a single office in Washington, D.C., its lawyers take on "bet-the-company" negotiations and civil suits and highly visible criminal cases throughout the country. They have brought their skills of advocacy into courtrooms in virtually every jurisdiction, into the halls of the executive branch, and onto the Senate floor. | | Firm Size: 193 | | PARTNERS | | Edward Bennett Williams (1920-1988). | | Paul R. Connolly (1922-1978). | | John W. Vardaman (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, April 22, 1940; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia. Education: Washington & Lee University (A.B., 1962); Harvard University (LL.B., 1965). Law Clerk to Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-1966. Member: D.C. Circuit Advisory Committee on Procedures, 1990-1992; District of Columbia Bar Task Force on Civility in the Profession; ABA Long Range Planning Group on Civil Justice System Improvements, 1993-1994. General Counsel, United States Golf Association, 1999-2002. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability Defense. Email: John W. Vardaman | | Paul Martin Wolff (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, July 22, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1963); Harvard University (LL.B., 1966). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Demonstrative Evidence," Forensic Sciences, 1982. Lecturer, Catholic University Law School, 1970-1973. Law Clerk to Judge James R. Durfee, U.S. Court of Claims, 1966-1967. Member, Executive Committee, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1980-1990. Member, Board of Directors, The Stuart Stiller Foundation, 1980-1997. Member, Board of Directors, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, 1988-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Opportunities for Older Americans Foundation, 1988-1993. Member: Board of Directors, Emeritus Foundation, 1993-1999; Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Washington Performing Arts Society, 1990-2002, Honorary Director, 2002—; District of Columbia Sports Commission, 1995-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Economic Club of Washington, 1996—. Trustee, Federal City Council (Executive Committee, 1994—). Member, Board of Visitors, Kogod College of Business, American University, 1993—. Member, Board of Trustees, American University, 1995—. Member: Board of Directors, Committee on Public Education, 1996-1999; Board of Overseers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996—; Vice Chairman, District of Columbia Public Charter School Resource Center, 1999-2003. Recipient, 2004 Learned Hand Award. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; Washington Council of Lawyers (Co-Founder, Board of Directors, 1971-1974). Fellow: American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Banking Litigation; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Civil Practice; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Complex Litigation; Construction Litigation; Contract Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Libel Defense; Media and First Amendment; Mediation; Real Estate Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Paul Martin Wolff | | J. Alan Galbraith (Partner) born Washington, D.C., July 3, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Massachusetts; 1967, California; 1969, District of Columbia; 1982, Maryland. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1963); University of Michigan (J.D., 1966). Order of the Coif. Author: "Linkletter, Shott, and the Retroactivity Problem in Escobedo," 64 Michigan Law Review 832, 1966. Associate-in-Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 1966-1967. Staff Attorney for Hon. Stanley Mosk, California Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California; Maryland State, Massachusetts and American (Member, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State and Federal Complex Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Patent Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: J. Alan Galbraith | | John G. Kester (Partner) born Oshkosh, Wisconsin, June 18, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1965, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fifth Circuits; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1959); Université d'Aix-Marseille, France (Fulbright Scholar); Harvard University (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1963). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1961-1963 and President, 1962-1963, Harvard Law Review. Author: "Soldiers Who Insult the President," Harvard Law Review, June 1968; "Constitutional Restrictions on Political Parties," Virginia Law Review, May, 1974; "The Law Clerk Explosion," Litigation, Spring, 1983; "The Future of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," AEI Foreign Policy and Defense Review, March 1980; "Do We Need the Service Secretary?" Washington Quarterly, Winter, 1981; "Designing a U.S. Defense General Staff," Strategic Review, Summer, 1981; "Some Myths of U.S. Extradition Law," Georgetown Law Journal, April 1988; "State Governors and the Federal National Guard," Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, winter 1988. Visiting Lecturer in Law, Duke University, 1968; Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan, 1968-1969. Law Clerk to Mr. Justice Black, U.S. Supreme Court, 1963-1965. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, 1969-1972. The Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1977-1978. Awarded Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, Department of the Army, 1971; Department of Defense Medal For Distinguished Public Service, 1979. Member: Board of Visitors, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1979-1981; Chemical Warfare Review Commission, 1985; Academic Advisory Board, U.S. Naval Academy, 1978-1982; Board of Zoning Appeals, Alexandria, Virginia, 1975-1977; Regional Selection Panel for White House Fellows, 1985-1990; Advisory Committee of Nancy Reagan Drug Abuse Fund, 1986-1990; Program Committee, Supreme Court Historical Society, 1988-1991; Board of Directors, Historical Society of The District of Columbia Circuit, 1990-2004. Vice Chairman, Defense Science Board Task Force on MX Missile Environmental Impact, 1980-1982. Contributing Editor, Washingtonian Magazine, 1980—; Military Logistics Forum, 1984-1988. Member: Army Science Board, 1995-1998; Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 2004—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Legal Ethics Committee, 1982-1988); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Criminal Law; International Law); American Society of International Law. American Bar Foundation. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1965-1968]. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Criminal Law; Litigation. Email: John G. Kester | | William E. McDaniels (Partner) born Needham, Massachusetts, July 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1983, Maryland. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1963); Georgetown University (J.D., 1966). Graduate Fellow in Criminal Law and Litigation, University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1968. Public Defender, Philadelphia Public Defender's Office, 1966-1968. Adjunct Professor, Evidence, Criminal Law and Advanced Criminal Procedure, Georgetown University Law Center, 1970-1987. Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1975—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Criminal Law; Intellectual Property; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Litigation; Products Liability; Torts; Trade Secrets; White Collar Crime. Email: William E. McDaniels | | Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, March 11, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Rhode Island; 1970, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1967). Author: "Grand Jury Proceedings," Litigation and Administrative Practice—Series—Criminal Law Course Handbook Series No. 121, 1981; "Techniques for Dealing with Pending Criminal Charges or Criminal Investigations," Litigation and Administrative Practice Series—Criminal Law Course Handbook Series No. 130, 1983; "White Collar Criminal Practice Grand Jury," Litigation and Administrative Practice Series—Criminal Law Course Handbook No. 137, 1985. Lecturer, Trial Practice and Criminal Law: Practicing Law Institute (PLI), 1981—; The Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL), 1979—; District of Columbia Criminal Practice Institute (CPI), 1975-1981. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Rhode Island Bar Association; American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. [Captain, U.S. Army, Active Duty, 1968-1969.]. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. | | Richard M. Cooper (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, District of Columbia; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Haverford College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1964); Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.A., 1st Class, 1966; M.A., 1970); Harvard University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Rhodes Scholar. President, Harvard Law Review, 1968-1969, Volume 82. Ranked as the 8th Best Lawyer in Washington, D.C. by Washingtonian Magazine, April 2002. Author: "Drug Labeling and Products Liability: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration," 41 Food Drug Cosmetic L.J. 233 (1986); "Regulation Through Private Litigation", 47 Food and Drug L.J. 437 (1992); "Problems of Outcomes Studies: Data Access, Conflicts of Interest, and Peer Review," J. Assn. of Food & Drug Officials, Mar. 1994 at 36; "Unapproved Uses of Drugs: An Analysis and Some Proposals," 49 Food and Drug L.J. 4 (1994); "Corporate Regulatory Crimes and the Sentencing Revolution," Business Crimes Bull., Apr. 1994, 8; "Taking Steps Against Corporate Crime: An Approach After Caremark," Bus. Crimes Bull., Jan., 1997; "Challenging Food and Drug Administration Interpretations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 58 Food & Drug L.J. 1 (2003); "Internal Investigations," Nat'l L.J. 7/28/03 at 28; "Deferred Prosecutions: An Added Technique for Resolving Criminal Investigations of Organizations," National Center for the Public Interest, vol. 10, No. 8 (August 2006); "Science, Ethics and Economics in FDA Decision-Making: The Legal Framework," 61 Food & Drug L.J. 799 (2006); "Criminal Aspects of Crisis Management," in Communicating In a Healthcare Crisis (Wayne Pines, ed. 2007); Co-Editor, "Fundamentals of Law and Regulation," (FDLI 1997). Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1987-1992; 1995-1996. Law Clerk to Justice Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court, 1969-1970. Senior Lecturer, Law Development Center, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1971. Senior Member, Office of Energy Policy and Planning, Executive Office of the President, 1977. Chief Counsel, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1977-1979. Member, Committee on Priority Mechanisms, National Academy of Sciences, 1980-1983. Member, Committee on Contraceptive Development, Institute of Medicine, 1987-1990. Member, Advisory Panel on Strategies for Medical Technology Assessment, U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, 1980-1981. Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, Food & Drug L.J., 1985-1986; Member, 1981-1988, 1992-1996. Chairman, Board of Editors, Business Crimes Bulletin, 1996-2007. Columnist on Business Crime, National Law Journal, 1998-2007. Member, Board of Managers, Haverford College, 1997—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law). Special Agencies: Food and Drug Administration. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Food and Drug Law; Litigation. Email: Richard M. Cooper | | Gerald A. Feffer (Partner) born Washington, D.C., April 24, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1964); University of Virginia (J.D., 1967). Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, 1979-1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1971-1976. Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, 1976. Editorial Board, "Business Crimes Bulletin: Compliance & Litigation." Chairman, ABA Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Criminal Justice, Litigation and Taxation; Past Chairman, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, 1985-1987) Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense. Email: Gerald A. Feffer | | Jerry L. Shulman (Partner) born Columbia, South Carolina, October 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles and Book Review Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1970-1971. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law School, 1982. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Labor and Employment; Securities; Litigation. Email: Jerry L. Shulman | | Robert B. Barnett (Partner) born Waukegan, Illinois, August 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, District of Columbia; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., with honors, 1968); University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Order of the Coif. Staff Member, 1969-1970 and Comments Editor, 1970-1971, University of Chicago Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law School, 1973-1980. Law Clerk to: Judge John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1971-1972; Mr. Justice Byron R. White, U.S. Supreme Court, 1972-1973. Legislative Assistant to Senator Walter F. Mondale, U.S. Senate, 1973-1975. Chairman, Committee for Public Advocacy, Washington, D.C., 1977-1979. Member, Board of Trustees, 1994-2004 and Senior Counsel, 2004—, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2006—. Member, Board of Visitors: Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 1998-2000; University of Chicago Law School, 2001-2004; La Follette School of Public Policy, University of Wisconsin, 2003—; Toyota Technological Institute at the University of Chicago, 2006—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Administrative Agency Practice; Commercial Law; Communications and Media; Contracts; Corporate Law; Employment Contracts; Entertainment Law; General Practice; Government Agency Practice; Government Relations; Intellectual Property; Literary Property; Litigation; Privacy Law. Email: Robert B. Barnett | | David E. Kendall (Partner) born Camp Atterbury, Indiana, May 2, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, District of Columbia; 1993, Maryland. Education: Wabash College (B.A., 1966); Oxford University, England, Rhodes Scholar (M.A., 1968); Yale University (J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1970-1971. Author: "Constitutional Vandalism," 30 U. New Mexico Law Review 155 (2000); "Opinion Is Protected Expression Under the Constitution," 2 Communications Lawyer 5, 1984. "How to Keep Your Client Alive," 3 Criminal Defense 9, 1976; "The Affirmative Duty to Integrate in Higher Education," 79 Yale Law Journal 666, 1970. Co-Author: "The Lottery and The Draft," with Leonard Ross, Harper & Row, 1970. Adjunct Professor: Columbia University Law School, 1977-1978; Georgetown University Law Center, 1985-1995. Law Clerk to Mr. Justice Byron R. White, U.S. Supreme Court, 1971-1972. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State and Maryland State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Criminal Law; Intellectual Property; Professional Liability; Arbitration. Email: David E. Kendall | | Gregory B. Craig (Partner) born Norfolk, Virginia, March 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Central District of Alabama. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1967); Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (Diploma in Historical Studies, 1968); Yale University (J.D., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. The John Harvard Scholar, the Lionel DeJersey Harvard Fellow, 1967-1968. Part Time Instructor: Trial Practice, Yale Law School, 1975-1976; Trial Advocacy Institute, Harvard Law School, 1982-1986. Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Connecticut, 1974-1976. Senior Advisor on Foreign Policy and Defense, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1984-1988. Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1989-1997, 1999—. Member, Board of Directors, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, 1989-1997, 1999—. Chairman, Board of Directors, International Human Rights Law Group, 1989-1996. Member, Foreign Student Service Council, 1990-1996. Member, Overseas Development Council, 1993-1996. Member, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), 1995-1997. Member, U.S. Committee for NATO 1999-2002. Director, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of State 1997-1998. Assistant to the President and Special Counsel, 1998-1999. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Society of International Law. Practice Areas: Federal Administrative Law; Congressional Investigations; Criminal Law; Immigration Law; International Law; Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Gregory B. Craig | | John J. Buckley, Jr. (Partner) born New York, N.Y., May 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1977, District of Columbia. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1969); The University of Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Special Assistant to Hon. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States, U.S Department of Justice, 1975-1977. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John J. Buckley, Jr. | | Terrence O'Donnell (Partner) born New York, N.Y., March 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; 1993, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1966); Georgetown University (J.D., 1971). Recipient: Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, 1992; Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, 1992. Office of the General Counsel, The Price Commission, 1971-1972. Deputy Special Assistant to the President, The White House, 1973-1974. Special Assistant to the President and Appointments Secretary, The White House, 1974-1977. U.S. Representative, United Nations Program for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, 1977-1980. Member, Board of Visitors, 1981-1984 and Chairman, Board of Visitors, 1985-1987, U.S. Air Force Academy. Williams & Connolly, 1977-1989 and 1992—. General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1989-1992. Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Textron, 2000—. Member, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council, 1990—. Member, United States Administrative Conference, 1990-1992. Member, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Code Committee, 1993-1995. Director: Gerald R. Ford Foundation, 1987—; A.F. Academy Falcon Foundation, 1989—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; The Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association. [Capt. U.S.A.F., 1966-1971]. (Also Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Textron Inc, 2000—). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Business Law; Government Contracts; Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Terrence O'Donnell | | Douglas R. Marvin (Partner) born East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia and Pennsylvania; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, District of Columbia. Education: Lafayette College, (A.B., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Virginia Law Review, 1972. Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1972-1974. Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1974. Counselor to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1977. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Pennsylvania, Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute, Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Products Liability; International Business Law; International Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law. Email: Douglas R. Marvin | | John K. Villa (Partner) born Ypsilanti, Michigan, June 9, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan; 1975, District of Columbia. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1970); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1973). Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1971-1973. Selected to the National Law Journal's list of "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America"; Rated as one of the finest Litigators in Washington, D.C. by Chambers USA and Chambers Global; Identified as one of "Washington's Top Lawyers" by Washingtonian magazine; Ranked as a leading Dispute Resolution Lawyer by PLC Global Counsel Handbook. Author: Corporate Counsel Guidelines (2 vol.), West and American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA), 1999; Bank Directors', Officers' and Lawyers' Civil Liabilities, Aspen Publishing 1992; Banking Crimes: Fraud, Money Laundering and Embezzlement, (2 vol.) West, 1987; "The Criminal Sanction," Banking Law Report 2:71, August, 1985; "Currency Transaction Reporting Failures," Banking Law Report 2:165, March 1986; Note: 70 Michigan Law Review, 171; Note: 71 Michigan Law Review, 372; "A Critical View of Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement and the Money Laundering Status," 37 Catholic University Law Review, 489. Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, (Honors Program), 1973-1977. Attorney General's Special Commendation Award for Outstanding Service, 1975. Special Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, 1976. Member, Advisory Board, Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law School "Counseling the Corporation in Crises". Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Business Law); American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Administrative Litigation; Bank Fraud; Corporate Investigations; Corporate Litigation; Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage; Directors and Officers Liability; Legal Malpractice Defense; Securities Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: John K. Villa | | Barry S. Simon (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971; J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. President, Harvard Law Review, 1973-1974. Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Michigan Law School, 1979. Adjunct Professor, Criminal Procedure, Georgetown University Law Center, 1981-1984. Law Clerk to: Honorable J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1974-1975; Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Criminal Law; Litigation; Qui Tam Litigation; White Collar Crime. Email: Barry S. Simon | | Kevin T. Baine (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 18, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York; 1977, District of Columbia; 1985, Maryland. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1971); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Comment Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to: Judge Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1974-1975; Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Co-Chair, First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, 1989-1992; Co-Chair, Resource Development Committee, Section of Litigation, 1995-1996). Reported Cases: Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997); Lebron v. Amtrak, 513 U.S. 374 (1995), on remand, 69 F.3d 650 and 89 F.3d 39 (2d Cir. 1995); U.S. Dep't of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989); U.S. Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc., 487 U.S. 72 (1988), on remand, 885 F.2d 1020 (2d Cir. 1989); Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company LLC v. AT&T Corp., 320 F.3d 1081 (10th Cir. 2003); James v. Meow Media, 300 F.3d 683 (6th Cir. 2002); VanBuskirk v. CNN, 284 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 2002); Johnson v. Economic Development Corp., 241 F.3d 501 (6th Cir. 2001); A&M Records v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001); Tucker v. Fischbein, 237 F.3d 275 (3d Cir. 2001); Baumback v. ABC, 26 Media L. Rptr. 2138 (4th Cir. 1998); Blount v. SEC, 61 F.3d 938 (D.C. Cir. 1995); Walker v. San Francisco Unified School District, 46 F.3d 1449 (9th Cir. 1995); Chapin v. Knight-Ridder, Inc., 993 F.2d 1087 (4th Cir. 1993); Barnes v. Cavazos, 966 F.2d 1056 (6th Cir. 1993); Pulido v. Cavazos, 934 F.2d 912 (8th Cir. 1991); White v. Fraternal Order of Police, 909 F.2d 512 (D.C. Cir. 1990); Washington Post Co. v. Dep't of Health and Human Services, 865 F.2d 320 (D.C. Cir. 1989); Tate v. Bradley, 837 F.2d 206 (5th Cir. 1988); CNN v. United States, 824 F.2d 1046 (D.C. Cir. 1987); Tavoulareas v. Piro, 817 F.2d 762 (D.C. Cir. 1987); Doe v. Archdiocese of Washington, 114 Md. App. 169, 689 A.2d 634 (1997); Cevenini v. Archbishop of Washington, 707 A.2d 768 (D.C. 1996); Kendrick v. Fox Television, 659 A.2d 814 (D.C. 1995); Tofani v. Maryland, 297 Md. 165, 465 A.2d 413 (1983). Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Media Law; Litigation; Copyrights; Intellectual Property; Appellate Practice. Email: Kevin T. Baine | | Stephen L. Urbanczyk (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, May 9, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and District of Columbia; 1985, Maryland. Education: Holy Cross College (A.B., cum laude, 1971); Stanford University (J.D., 1974). Managing Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk, Judge Irving Hill, Central District of California, 1974-1975. Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1978. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability; Trial Practice. Email: Stephen L. Urbanczyk | | Philip J. Ward (Partner) born New York, New York, December 11, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1979, District of Columbia. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, 1972-1973 and Developments and Note Editor, 1973-1974, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Marvin E. Frankel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1974-1975. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin (inactive); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Corporate Law; Health Care; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. Email: Philip J. Ward | | F. Whitten Peters (Partner) born Omaha, Nebraska, August 20, 1946; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); London School of Economics (M.Sc., Economics, 1973); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). President, Harvard Law Review. Secretary of the Air Force, 1999-2001; Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1997-1999; Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1995-1997. Lecturer, Columbus School of Law, 1988-1990. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law Center, 1990-1995. Vice-Chair, United States Commission on the Future of the Aerospace Industry, 2001-2002; Chair, DoD Advisory Committee on the Relationships between Military Department General Counsels and Judge Advocates General, 2005. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Chair, Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, 1991-1996); American Bar Association. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1969-1973; Secretary of the Air Force, 1999-2001; Under Secretary of the Air Force and Acting Secretary of the Air Force, 1997-1999; Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense, 1995-1997]. Special Agencies: Department of Defense. Practice Areas: Aviation and Aerospace; Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Government Contracts; National Security. Email: F. Whitten Peters | | James A. Bruton, III (Partner) born Ottawa, Illinois, September 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, District of Columbia; 1985, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1971); Temple University (J.D., 1975); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Associate Editor, Temple Law Quarterly, 1974-1975. Author: New York University Forty-seventh Annual Institute on Federal Taxation, Chapter 53, "Correcting (or Not Correcting) Erroneous Tax Returns," Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., N.Y., N.Y. 1989. Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1975-1977. Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice: Trial Attorney, Appellate Section, 1977-1981; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 1989-1992; Acting Assistant Attorney General, 1992-1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, Section of Taxation); Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Criminal Justice; Litigation; Taxation; Co-Chair: Tax Litigation Committee, Litigation Section, 2000-2001) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Corporate Law; Criminal Law; Litigation. Email: James A. Bruton, III | | Peter J. Kahn (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, June 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut; 1977, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1984, U.S. District Courts for Maryland, Connecticut, Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Michigan; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Duke University (J.D., 1976). Article Editor, Duke University Law Journal, 1975-1976. Author: "Brennan v. Buckeye Industries, Inc.: The Constitutionality of an OSHA Warrantless Search," 1975 Duke Law Journal 406. Member, Board of Visitors, Duke University School of Law, 1996-2001, Chairman, Board of Visitors, Duke University School of Law, 2001—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Connecticut, American and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Criminal Law; Professional Liability; Litigation. Email: Peter J. Kahn | | Lon S. Babby (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, February 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut; 1977, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Claims Court. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1973); Yale University (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1974-1976. Author: "Aliens' Right to Teach - Political Socialization and the Public Schools," 85 Yale Law Journal 90, 1976. Adjunct Faculty, George Washington University Law School, 1991, 1992, 1993. Law Clerk to Hon. M. Joseph Blumenfeld, U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut, 1976-1977. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Sports Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Contracts; Employment Contracts; Entertainment Contracts; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Labor and Employment; Professional Sports Law; Sports Contracts; Sports Law; Sports Licensing; Sports Marketing Law. Email: Lon S. Babby | | Michael S. Sundermeyer (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 8, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia; 1977, District of Columbia; 1982, Maryland. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Filthy Words, The FCC and the First Amendment: Regulating Broadcast Obscenity," 61 Virginia Law Review 579, 1975. Law Clerk to: The Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, 1977-1978; The Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Administrative Law; Judicial Review; Legal Ethics; Legal Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Trial Practice. Email: Michael S. Sundermeyer | | James T. Fuller, III (Partner) born Selma, Alabama, February 27, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Virginia; 1972, Washington; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1968); University of Virginia (J.D., 1971). Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Adjunct Professor of Law, American University Law School, 1973-1975. Attorney, Interpretative Division, Chief Counsel's Office, 1972-1975, Staff Assistant to Deputy Chief Counsel, 1975-1977 and Staff Assistant to Chief Counsel, 1977-1980, Internal Revenue Service. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: James T. Fuller, III | | Bruce R. Genderson (Partner) born Washington, D.C., July 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1989, Maryland. Education: Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Article Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "The Constitutionality of the New York Municipal Wage Freeze and Debt Moratorium: Resurrection of the Contract Clause," 125 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 167, 1976. Law Clerk to: Judge Irving L. Goldberg, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Dallas, Texas, 1977-1978. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property; Patent Litigation; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Professional Liability; Trial Practice; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Bruce R. Genderson | | Carolyn H. Williams (Partner) born Oshkosh, Wisconsin, October 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1979, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland including Trial Bar; 1988, Maryland; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Lawrence University and Smith College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); Girton College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (B.A., with honors, 1975; M.A., 1979); Yale University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Lecturer, Seventh Annual Toxic Tort Institute, Emerging Areas of Litigation, 1993. Lecturer, Complex Civil Procedure, Yale Law School, 1995 and 1998. Member, The American Law Institute. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Complex Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Legal Malpractice Defense; Libel Defense; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Professional Liability. Email: Carolyn H. Williams | | Frank Lane Heard III (Partner) born Houston, Texas, December 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1978); Trinity College, Cambridge University (Honours B.A., 1975; M.A., 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. Frank M. Johnson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1978-1979. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Litigation; Products Liability; Mass Torts. Email: Frank Lane Heard III | | Steven R. Kuney (Partner) born Arlington, Virginia, April 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1970); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1978; J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1975-1978. Author: Note, "Guidelines for Extending Implied Warranties to Service Markets," 125 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 365, 1976. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1995—. Adjunct Lecturer, Antitrust Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, 1989-1992. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Class Actions; Toxic Tort. Email: Steven R. Kuney | | Gerson A. Zweifach (Partner) born New York, New York, March 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1975); Yale University (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Officer, Yale Law Journal, Vol. 88, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to: Hon. Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1979-1980; Hon. David L. Bazelon, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1981. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Securities. Email: Gerson A. Zweifach | | Paul Mogin (Partner) born Neptune, New Jersey, July 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Recipient: John G. Buchanan Prize in Politics, 1977; Sears Prize, 1978. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1978-1980. Law Clerk: Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1980-1981; Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Author: "Using New Evidence of a Constitutional Violation to Get a New Trial," The Champion, Sept./Oct. 2003, at 26; "Reining in the Mail Fraud Statute," The Champion, May 2002, at 12; "Justices Limit Scope of Mail Fraud Statute," Bus. Crimes Bull., Dec. 2000, at 1; "Why Judges, Not Juries, Should Set Punitive Damages," 65 U. Chi. L. Rev. 179 (1998); "Constitutional Limits on the Use of Deadly Force," 18 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 533 (1981). Seminars: "Practice in the United States Supreme Court," Suffolk & Nassau County Bar Associations, May 16, 1999, May 12, 2002, and May 21, 2005. Member: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Professional Malpractice. Email: Paul Mogin | | Howard W. Gutman (Partner) born Bronx, New York, July 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1983, District of Columbia. Education: Columbia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Academic Determinism: The Division of the Bill of Rights," 54 Southern California Law Review 295, January, 1981. Co-Author: "The Honorable Irving L. Goldberg: A Place In History," 49 SMU Law Review 1, 1995. Associate Editor, Litigation Magazine, 1984—. Law Clerk to: Hon. Irving L. Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1980-1981; Hon. Potter Stewart, Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-1982 (Retired). Special Assistant to the Honorable William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1985-1986. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Legal Malpractice; Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; White Collar Crime. Email: Howard W. Gutman | | Steven A. Steinbach (Partner) born San Diego, California, October 7, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Second and Fourth Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1978); Yale University (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1980-1981. Author: Note, "A Procedural Framework for the Disclosure of Business Records Under the Freedom of Information Act," 90 Yale Law Journal 400, 1980. Law Clerk to Honorable Arlin M. Adams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1981-1982. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Criminal Law; Litigation; White Collar Crimes. Email: Steven A. Steinbach | | Mark S. Levinstein (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, Virginia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with honors, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Raven Society. Echols Scholar. Instructor, Legal Methods, 1980-1982 and Coordinator, Legal Methods Program, 1981-1982, Harvard Law School. Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1981-1982. Co-Author: "Sports Law: Cases and Materials," Carolina Academic Press, 1997. Chairman, Annual Law Journal Seminars-Press Sports Law Program, N.Y.C., 1996-2000. Adjunct Professor of Law, Catholic University of America, 1985-1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, George Washington University School of Law, 1991-1993. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1993-2001. Law Clerk, Honorable W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1983. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Sports Lawyer Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Sports Controversy; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Transactional; Arbitration; International Arbitration; Labor. Email: Mark S. Levinstein | | Mary Greer Clark (Partner) born Santa Monica, California, December 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1982, District of Columbia. Education: Stanford University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1967); University of Pittsburgh (M.A., 1971); Yale University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Business Law; Criminal Justice). Practice Areas: Administrative Litigation; Banking Litigation; Financial Institution Failures; Legal Ethics; Legal Malpractice Defense; Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage; Directors and Officers Liability; Securities Litigation. Email: Mary Greer Clark | | Victoria Radd Rollins (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, February 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1978); London School of Economics (M.Sc., with distinction, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, 1980-1981 and Articles Editor, 1981-1982, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to: Judge J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-1983; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court, 1983-1984. Associate Counsel to the President, 1993-1995; Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director, 1995-1996; Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Chief of Staff, 1996-1998. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Media and First Amendment. Email: Victoria Radd Rollins | | Daniel Franklin Katz (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, May 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Missouri, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Duke University (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 1982-1983. Co-Author: "From Wanderers to Workers: A Survey of Federal and State Employment Rights of the Mentally Ill," Volume 45, Law and Contemporary Problems, Summer, 1982; "Transferable Development Rights," Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1981. Author: "Extra - Territorial Civil RICO Jurisdiction," ALI-ABA Transnational & Commercial Trade Litigation Study Materials, 23-50, 1986. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; The Missouri Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation. Email: Daniel Franklin Katz | | William R. Murray, Jr. (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, District of Columbia; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1989, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Education: Siena College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Georgetown University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984). Articles Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1983-1984. Author: Case Comment, "Requiring Omniscience: The Duty to Warn of Scientifically Undiscoverable Product Defects, Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp., 90 N.J. 191, 447 A.2d 539 (1982)," 71 Georgetown Law Journal 1635-1660 (1983). Court Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1984-1985. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Litigation; Criminal Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: William R. Murray, Jr. | | Eva Petko Esber (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania; 1986, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1987, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Saint Joseph's University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Alpha Sigma Nu; Pi Sigma Alpha. Executive Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1983-1984. Law Clerk, the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1984-1985. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Check Fraud; Fraud and Deceit; Hospital Liability Defense; Employment Discrimination; Fiduciary Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Eva Petko Esber | | Stephen D. Raber (Partner) born Santa Barbara, California, March 23, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1986, District of Columbia and Virginia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982); University of Virginia (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Mortar Board. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California; Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Barristers. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Products Liability; Trial Practice. Email: Stephen D. Raber | | David C. Kiernan (Partner) born Red Bank, New Jersey, April 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia; 1993, Maryland; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; M.D., 1985; J.D., 1985). Licensed Physician, District of Columbia, 1989. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1992-1996; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Maryland State Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Patent Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Torts. Email: David C. Kiernan | | Lon E. Musslewhite (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, August 14, 1950; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania; 1985, District of Columbia; 1992, Maryland; U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court. Education: West Chester University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1975); American University (J.D., 1984); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1986). Law Clerk to Hon. Mastin G. White, U.S. Claims Court, 1984-1985. Member, 1982-1983; Note and Comment Editor, 1983-1984, American University Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1977 (inactive). Revenue Agent, Examination Division, Internal Revenue Service, 1981-1984. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State, Pennsylvania, Federal and American (Member, Sections of: Taxation (Exempt Organizations and Estate and Gift Taxes Committee); Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Chair, Taxation Section's Estate and Gift Taxes Committee's Task Force on Simplification, 1995-1998; Co-Chair, Estate and Gift Taxes Committee's Subcommittee on Employee Benefit Plans, 1999—) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Estate Planning Council; National Capital Gift Planning Council. Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Exempt Organizations; Trusts and Estates; Charitable Giving. Email: Lon E. Musslewhite | | Robin E. Jacobsohn (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, May 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1989, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Rufus Choate Scholar. Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1985-1986. Co-author: "Rx for the Elderly: Legal Rights (and Wrongs) Within the Health Care System," 20 Harvard C.R.-C.L. Law Review, Summer 1985. Clerkship with the Honorable Harrison L. Winter, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, 2000-2001. Member, Board of Directors: Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs; Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless; Herbert G. Birch Services (a nonprofit organization that runs schools and homes for individuals with physical and mental disabilities). Member, Williams & Connolly LLP Pro Bono Committee. Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Former Vice-Chair, Council on Sections; Former Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Section on Courts, Lawyers and the Administration of Justice; Member, Steering Committee, Summit on Women in the Legal Profession); American Bar Association; Women's Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Litigation Forum). Practice Areas: Litigation; Torts; Products Liability; Criminal Law; Class Action Defense; Pro Bono Litigation. Email: Robin E. Jacobsohn | | Heidi K. Hubbard (Partner) born Seattle, Washington, September 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Utah; 1987, District of Columbia; 1988, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Stanford University (J.D., 1986). Member, 1984-1986 and Managing Editor, 1985-1986, Stanford Law Review. Author: "Separation of Powers Within the United Nations: A Revised Role for the International Court of Justice," 38 Stan. L. Rev. 165, 1985. Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brigham Young University, 1992-1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Utah State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability. Email: Heidi K. Hubbard | | Glenn J. Pfadenhauer (Partner) born Reading, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia, Maryland, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: College of William and Mary (B.B.A., 1981); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, 1985-1986 and Associate Editor, 1986-1987, Georgetown Law Journal. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Patent Litigation. Email: Glenn J. Pfadenhauer | | George A. Borden (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Massachusetts; 1989, New York, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1990, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2001,U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2002, Maryland; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1984); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Member, 1985-1987 and Executive Editor, 1986-1987, Harvard Law Review. Author: "The Prosecutor's Duty to Disclose to Defendants Pleading Guilty," 99 Harvard L. Rev. 1004, 1986; Case Comment, 100 Harvard L. Rev. 295, 1986. Law Clerk to Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1987-1988. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Montgomery County, Maryland State and American (Member, Committees on: Securities Litigation; Class Actions and Derivative Suits) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Class Action Defense; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Shareholder Derivative Actions. Email: George A. Borden | | Robert J. Shaughnessy (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, August 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1983); University of Virginia (J.D., 1987). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: "Trademark Parody: A Fair Use and First Amendment Analysis," 72 Virginia L. Rev. 1079, 1986. Law Clerk to Hon. Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1987-1988. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Robert J. Shaughnessy | | David S. Blatt (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, September 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1992, District of Columbia; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1985; J.D., 1988). Author: "The Development of the Hero: Sigmund Freud and the Reformation of the Jewish Tradition," 11:4 Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, 639-703 (1988). Law Clerk to Judge Alvin B. Rubin, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1988-1989. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Federal Civil Practice; Intellectual Property Litigation; Legal Professional Liability; Products Liability Defense; Professional Liability; Tort Liability. Email: David S. Blatt | | Ari S. Zymelman (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, March 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, District of Columbia, Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. Tax Court; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Ninth Circuits. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, distinction in Economics, 1984); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1988). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1988-1989. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Complex Litigation; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property. Email: Ari S. Zymelman | | Dane H. Butswinkas (Partner) born Norfolk, Virginia, March 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: James Madison University (B.S., 1983); George Mason University (M.A.I.S., 1986); University of Virginia (J.D., 1989). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. First Place, William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition, 1989. Member: Mortar Board Society; Raven Society. Member, Virginia Law Review, 1987-1989. Recipient, Eppa Hunton Memorial Book Award; Stephen Pierre Traynor Award. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; White Collar Litigation. Email: Dane H. Butswinkas | | Laurie S. Fulton (Partner) born Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1990, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Education: University of Nebraska, Omaha (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, American Criminal Law Review Vol. 26, 1988-1989. Author: "The Right to Counsel Clause of the Sixth Amendment," American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, spring 1989; "Environmental Crimes," White Collar Crime: Survey of Law, American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, winter 1988. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi District Litigation; Products Liability; White Collar Crime; Antitrust. Email: Laurie S. Fulton | | Dennis M. Black (Partner) born New York, New York, April 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Maryland; 1992, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., 1986); University of Chicago (J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. National Merit Scholar. President's Endowed Scholar. Managing Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1988-1989. Author: "Section 29(b) of the Securities Exchange Act: A Structural Analysis," 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. Judicial Clerk, Judge Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Health Care; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Securities. Email: Dennis M. Black | | Philip A. Sechler (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with high distinction, 1985); Georgetown University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Georgetown Law Journal, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1989-1990. Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, 1999—. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Commercial Law; Constitutional Law; Consumer Law; Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law; Health Care Litigation; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Philip A. Sechler | | Lynda Schuler (Partner) born Aurora, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: Rice University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Associate and Contributing Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1987-1989. Member: Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Estate Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: Lynda Schuler | | Paul K. Dueffert (Partner) born Waconia, Minnesota, May 20, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Minnesota; 1989, Missouri; 1991, Pennsylvania; 1992, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation, 1987-1988. Instructor, Legal Methods Program on Pretrial Advocacy, Harvard Law School, 1987-1988. Author: "The Role of Regulatory Compliance in Tort Actions," 26 Harv. J. on Legis. 175, 1989; "When Privacy Kills," FindLaw's Legal Writ, September 7, 2001. Law Clerk to the Hon. John R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1988-1989. Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Copyright Litigation; First Amendment; Food and Drug Regulation; Privacy and Publicity; Products Liability; Trademark Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Paul K. Dueffert | | R. Hackney Wiegmann (Partner) born Charlotte, North Carolina, June 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1987-1989. Law Clerk to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1989-1990. Special Counsel to the General Counsel, United States Department of Defense, 1994-1996. Member: Virginia State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Criminal Law; Professional Liability; Securities; Litigation. Email: R. Hackney Wiegmann | | Robert M. Cary (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, May 10, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia; 1991, Maryland; 1992, District of Columbia; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1986); University of Virginia (J.D., 1990). Order of the Coif. Virginia Law Review. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Georgetown University Law Center, 2005-2007. Law Clerk, Honorable Eugene F. Lynch, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California, 1990-1991. Member: Maryland State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Counselors. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Criminal Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert M. Cary | | Kevin M. Hodges (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, April 18, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Maryland; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Brown University (Sc.B., 1986); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1990. Law Clerk, Hon. Thomas A. Flannery, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1990-1991. Member: Maryland State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; False Claims Act; Government Contracts; Litigation; Professional Liability; Qui Tam Litigation. Email: Kevin M. Hodges | | David M. Zinn (Partner) born Washington, D.C., April 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1992, District of Columbia. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Law Clerk to the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1990-1991. Attorney and Special Assistant to the General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1991-1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Litigation. Email: David M. Zinn | | Joseph G. Petrosinelli (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, September 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Maryland; 1992, District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1998, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1988); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1989-1991. Author: "The Admissibility of DNA Typing: A New Methodology," 79 Geo. L. J. 313 (1990). Certified Agent, National Basketball Players Association. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Grand Jury Practice; Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Joseph G. Petrosinelli | | Steven M. Farina (Partner) born Stamford, Connecticut, May 26, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; 1993, District of Columbia. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1988); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Book Review Editor, Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Libel and Slander; Defamation; Products Liability Defense; Securities Class Actions. Email: Steven M. Farina | | Kevin M. Downey (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania; 1993, District of Columbia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1988); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review. Author: "Prisoners of Foreign Policy: An Argument for Ideological Neutrality in Asylum", 104 Harv. L. Rev. 1878 (1991); "Holmes: A Legend in Search of Demystification", 103 Harv. L. Rev. 800 (1990). Law Clerk, Hon. Edward Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1991-1992. Adjunct Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, 1998-2001; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2001. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Litigation. Email: Kevin M. Downey | | Thomas G. Hentoff (Partner) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, District of Columbia. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., with honors, 1985); Columbia University (J.D., 1991). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Author: "Speech, Harm and Self-Government: Understanding the Ambit of the Clear and Present Danger Test," 91 Columbia Law Review 1453 (1991). Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Complex Litigation; Intellectual Property; Media and First Amendment; Media Libel; Trademarks. Email: Thomas G. Hentoff | | Paul B. Gaffney (Partner) born New York, New York, May 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; 1993, District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. District for the District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1986); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1991). Law Clerk, Hon. James B. Loken, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Paul B. Gaffney | | Robert A. Van Kirk (Partner) born Minnesota, February 13, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with highest honors, 1987) Phi Beta Kappa; Duke University School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1990). Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1989-1990. Hardt Cup Moot Court Champion. Law School Graduation Commencement Speaker. Author: "Costly Criticism," The Washington Post (July 24, 1996); "The Evolution of Useful Life Statutes in the Products Liability Reform Effort," Duke Law Journal 1689, 1989. Law Clerk, The Honorable Paul H. Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1990-1991. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch (Honors Program), 1991-1995. Office of Counsel to the President, 1995-1996. Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Policy Development, 1996-1997. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Administrative Law). Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Commercial Law; Trade Secrets; Class Actions; Employment; Federal Government Law; First Amendment Law; Securities Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Constitutional Law; Government Contracts; Professional Liability; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Robert A. Van Kirk | | Marcie R. Ziegler (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, May 29, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Maryland; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and District of Columbia Circuits; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Princeton University (A.B., cum laude, 1989); Yale University (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Hon. Benson Everett Legg, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1992-1993. Member: District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American (Member, Criminal Justice, Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Criminal Appeals; Federal Civil Practice; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Marcie R. Ziegler | | Kenneth C. Smurzynski (Partner) born Winchester, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1992, Maryland; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1988); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1991-1992. Law Clerk, Hon. Marvin J. Garbis, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Kenneth C. Smurzynski | | John E. Schmidtlein (Partner) born Washington, D.C., March 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, District of Columbia; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1988); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, The George Washington University Law School. Law Clerk, Hon. J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; General Practice; Litigation; Sports Law; Unfair Competition; White Collar Crime. Email: John E. Schmidtlein | | Craig D. Singer (Partner) born Washington, D.C., May 10, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, District of Columbia. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1990); University of Chicago (J.D., with highest honors, |
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