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| | Address | | 875 Third Avenue | | New York, New York 10022 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | | Hogan & Hartson LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Business, Finance and Tax, Corporate and Securities, Corporate Governance, Domestic Relations, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Financial Services, Health, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Lending, Bankruptcy, and Creditors' Rights, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Real Estate, REITs, Tax, Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment. | | Year Established: 1904 | | Firm Size: 1095 |
Other Office Locations of Hogan & Hartson LLP
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Irvine, California, U.S.A.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
McLean, Virginia, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany
Munich, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Warsaw, Poland
Moscow, Russia
Geneva, Switzerland
Caracas, Venezuela
| | PARTNERS | | Philip E. Altman (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, July 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979); George Washington University (J.D., with high honors, 1982); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Philip E. Altman | | Katherine M. Bolger (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 24, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); University of Chicago (J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Association of the City of the Bar of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Katherine M. Bolger | | (Mr.) Lawrence V. Brocchini (Partner) born Flushing, New York, August 29, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: (Mr.) Lawrence V. Brocchini | | Stanley J. Brown (Partner) born New York, N.Y., May 29, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, Maryland; 1996, Virginia. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Bucknell University and Columbia University (B.S., 1966); Georgetown University (J.D., 1969). Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1968-1969. Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Labor, 1988. Attorney, Appellate Court Branch, National Labor Relations Board, 1969-1973. Chair, National Association of Manufacturers Employment Lawyers Advisory Council, 1996-1999. Member: District of Columbia Bar (Co-Chairman, Committee on Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace, 1985-1987); American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, 1987—). (Also at Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property Litigation; Civil Rights Law. Email: Stanley J. Brown | | Maria Luisa Canovas (Partner) born Madrid, Spain, July 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1991, Spain; 1996, Texas; 2000, New York. Education: ICADE University School of Law and Economics (J.D., 1991); Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A., 1995); Southern Methodist University School of Law (LL.M., 1996). Practice Areas: International Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts. | | Carl J. Chiappa (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1974); New York University (J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Franchises and Franchising; Antitrust; Civil Litigation. Email: Carl J. Chiappa | | Arlene L. Chow (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: Yale University (B.S., 1994); Columbia University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Technology. | | W. Sidney Davis, Jr. (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 3, 1942; admitted to bar, 1971, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1965); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1968). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Tennessee Law Review, 1968. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Securities Litigation; Accountants Liability. Email: W. Sidney Davis, Jr. | | David Dunn (Partner) born Ithaca, New York, December 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1979, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1974; J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Member, Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1977-1978. Co-author: "Union Security in Public Employment: Of Free Riding and Free Association," Institute of Public Employment, Cornell University, 1978; "Relations Between the NLRB and the Courts of Appeals: A Tale of Acrimony and Accommodation," 8 Employee Relations Law Journal 4, 1981. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, Section on Labor and Employment Law, 1981—). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Copyright; Corporate Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Employment Litigation; Civil Litigation; Trademark Litigation. Email: David Dunn | | Steven M. Edwards (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, March 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Member: Order of the Coif; Raven Society. Notes and Decisions Editor, University of Virginia Law Review, 1971-1972. Co-author: "Proposed Revisions of the Justice Department's Merger Guidelines," 81 Columbia Law Review 1543, 1981. Member, Civil Advisory Committee for the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Trade Regulation Committee, 1982-1988, 1994-1996); New York State (Member, Committee on Antitrust, 1982—; Executive Committee, 1991—) and American (Member, Clayton Act Committee, Section on Antitrust Law, 1981—; Chairman Merger Guidelines Task Force, 1981) Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council (President, 1998—; Trustee, 1988—; Treasurer, 1991-1996; Chairman, 1993, Law Day Dinner); President, Nazareth Housing for the Homeless, 1994—. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation. Email: Steven M. Edwards | | Claud V.S. Eley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1979); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1982). | | Ira M. Feinberg (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, October 25, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, New York; 1975, California; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., Mathematics, with highest honors, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1972); St. John's College, Oxford University (B.A., English Literature, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Henry Rutgers Scholar. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1970-1972; Supreme Court Note Editor, 1971-1972. Law Clerk, Chief Judge Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1972-1973; Law Clerk, Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Lecturer, Harvard Law School, 2000-2001. Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law School, 1998-2000. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1989-2000; Chief Appellate Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1998-2000. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Judiciary Committee; Federal Courts Committee; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Ira M. Feinberg | | Scott Friedman (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, June 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1987, New Jersey. Education: Queens College (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1985); New York University (LL.M., 1986). Member: New York State and American (Member, Tax Division) Bar Associations. & Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Scott Friedman | | Scott A. Golden (Partner) born New Rochelle, New York, January 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1986); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Law Clerk, Honorable Marvin A. Holland, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, 1994-1996. Practice Areas: Business Reorganization; Creditors Rights. Email: Scott A. Golden | | J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. (Partner) born Lexington, Kentucky, February 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia; 1995, New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Virginia (J.D., 1979). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar Association. (Also at Washington, D.C. Offices). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Investment Trusts. Email: J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. | | Ira S. Greene (Practice Group Director - Lending, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Group) born New York, N.Y., November 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of Connecticut and Western District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1968); State University of New York at Buffalo; New York University (J.D., 1971). Member, State University of New York at Buffalo Law Review, 1970. Lecturer, "Sales of Insolvent Businesses Under the Bankruptcy Code," Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Annual Meeting, Spring, 1988; "Creditors Rights in Ch. 11 Cases," Nat. Business Inst., 1990; "Secured Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy Cases and Real Property Foreclosures," Annual Convention of New York State Women's Bar Association, 1990; "Creditor Strategies in Cases Under Chapters 7 & 11 of the Bankruptcy Code," National Business Institute, 1991. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys; American Bankruptcy Institute. Transactions: Bankruptcy-Korvettes, Inc.; W.T. Grant & Co.; Apollo Merchandising Corp., (Apollo & Spartan Discount Stores); O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc.; Sasson Jeans, Inc.; I.C.S. Computer Leasing Inc.; Red Barn Restaurants, Inc.; Aeromexico; Federated Department Stores, Inc.; Braniff, Inc.; Peter S. Kalikow; McCrory Corporation; Caldor, Inc.; Kiwi Airlines; Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.; Australis; Firstplus Financial, Inc.; Brothers Gourmet Coffees, Inc.; Starter Corporation; TWA; U.S. Air; Worldcom; United Airlines; Delta Airlines; Northwest Airlines; Air Canada; Avianca; Swissair; Skybus; Varig; J.A. Jones Construction; Spiegel/ Eddie Bauer; Globalstar; Loral; Royal Olympic Cruises; Stanwich; Swissair; Enron; New Power; Today's Man; Refco; Sharper Image; Linens n' Things. Practice Areas: Business Reorganization; Creditors Rights. Email: Ira S. Greene | | William F. Haigney (Partner) born New York, N.Y., December 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: University of Maine at Orono (B.S., with high honors, 1977); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Commentary Editor, Fordham Law Review, 1981-1982. Law Clerk, Hon. Edward K. Neaher, U.S. District Court, New York, 1982-1983. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property; Computer Software Litigation. Email: William F. Haigney | | Maureen A. Hanlon (Partner) born Wyoming, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, New York. Education: King's College (B.S., 1987); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1990). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1990. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance. Email: Maureen A. Hanlon | | Dori Ann Hanswirth (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, May 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, with distinction, 1983); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member, Order of the Barrister. Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to Hon. Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1986-1987. Motions Law Clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1986. Assistant Counsel, Governor's Judicial Screening Committee, 1989-1990. Secretary, Committee on Communications and Media Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1998-2001. Co-Chair, Ethics Subcommittee, American Bar Association Trial Practice Committee, 2003-2004. Co-Chair: Programming Subcommittee, American Bar Association Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee, 2005-2008; Trial Practice Committee, American Bar Association Litigation Section, 2008-2009. Author: Getting Your Copy Right: An Overview of the Legal Issues Facing Publishers (Aspatore Books 2005). Member: American Bar Association; Copyright Society of the USA; International Trademark Association. Reported Cases: Levesque v. Doocy,557 F. Supp.2d 157 (D. Me. 2008); Chicago Tribune Company v. Fox News Network, LLC, 520 F. Supp.2d 930 (N.D. Ill. 2007); Ramsey v. Fox News Network, LLC, 351 F. Supp.2d 1145 (D. Colo. 2005); Boo, Inc. v. Boo.com Group Ltd., 62 U.S.P.Q. 1603 (D. Minn. 2002); Kaplan v. Stock Market Photo Agency, Inc., 133 F. Supp. 2d 317 (S.D.N.Y. 2001); Santiago v. WNYW TV Network, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3869 (S.D.N.Y. 1999); Fox News Network v. Time Warner Inc., 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6940 (E.D.N.Y. 1997); Hall v. Daka International, Inc., 949 F. Supp. 969 (N.D.N.Y. 1996); Houston v. New York Post Co., 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19705 (S.D.N.Y. 1996); Naantanbuu v. Abernathy, 816 F. Supp. 218 (S.D.N.Y. 1993); Posner v. New York Post Co., 633 N.Y.S.2d 841 (1st Dep't 1999). Practice Areas: Copyright Litigation(33%); Trademark and Unfair Competition Litigation(34%); Libel, Slander and Defamation(33%). Email: Dori Ann Hanswirth | | Sina R. Hekmat, Jr. (Partner) born Mainz, Germany; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, California; 1995, District of Columbia; 2006, New York. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1989); Vanderbilt University (M.B.A., J.D., 1993). Languages: English, German and Persian (Farsi). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; International Mergers and Acquisitions; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; International Securities; Public Offerings; Private Placement. Email: Sina R. Hekmat, Jr. | | George F. Hritz (Partner) born Hyde Park, New York, August 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1978, District of Columbia; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Claims Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1969); Columbia University (J.D., 1973). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Law Clerk to Hon. John R. Bartels, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1973. Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics Korean Inquiry, 1977-1978. Associate Independent Counsel, Washington, D.C., 1986-1989. Member, Advisory Group, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1990—. Counsel, Director and Executive Committee Member, International Rescue Committee, Inc., 1983—. Chairman, Planning Board of Village of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., 1993-1996. Trustee, Federal Bar Council Foundation. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation(30%); Product Liability(10%); International Litigation(30%); International Arbitration(30%). Email: George F. Hritz | | Jason P. Isralowitz (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: Boston University (B.S., 1990); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1993). Author: "The Reporter as Citizen: Newspaper Ethics and Constitutional Values," 141 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 221 (1992). Practice Areas: Litigation; Franchise Law. Email: Jason P. Isralowitz | | Alexander B. Johnson (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Michael H. King (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, October 15, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, New York; 1978, Florida. Education: Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 1961; LL.B., summa cum laude, 1964). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Michael H. King | | Michael R. Kleinerman (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, June 7, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1969, Ohio. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1961); New York University (LL.B., 1964). Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Real Estate Institute, New York University School of Continuing Education, 1986—. Assistant Counsel, Citizens' Committee on Reapportionment, 1964-1965. Participated, Soviet-American Banking Law Working Group, 1991-1993. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Michael R. Kleinerman | | Mark Kornfeld (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 17, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey; 1993, New York. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1989); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Member, Brooklyn Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | David L. Kovacs (Partner) born New York, N.Y., March 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); Cornell University (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Member and Board of Editors, Cornell International Law Journal, 1977-1979. Co-Author: Practising Law Institute Handbook, 1988 and 1992. Lecturer: Drafting Commercial Agreements, Practising Law Institute, 1986-1988 and 1992; Negotiating and Drafting Commercial Agreements, and Fundamental Principles in Structuring, Negotiating and Drafting Letters of Intent and Employment Agreements, Fordham University School of Law Continuing Legal Education Program, 1989-1997. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance; Intellectual Property. Email: David L. Kovacs | | Sanford M. Litvack (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, April 29, 1936; admitted to bar, 1959, Virginia; 1964, New York; 1981, District of Columbia; 1985, California. Education: University of Iowa; University of Connecticut (B.A., 1956); Georgetown University (LL.B., 1959). Co-Author, with Jerome J. Shestack, "Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel," West Group, 2000. Lecturer, Practicing Institute and Columbia University School of Law. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Justice Department, Antitrust Division, 1980-1981. Partner, Chairman Executive Commiteee, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, 1981-1987. Partner, Chairman Litigation Department, Dewey Ballantine, 1987-1991. Member: Board of Trustees, Lawyers Committee for Civil Right Under Law; Board of Directors, California Advisory Council. Member, Advisory Council, Bet Tzedek. Director and Audit Committee Member: Hewlett Packard. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief of Corporate Operations, The Walt Disney Company 1991-1999; Vice Chairman, the Walt Disney Company 1999-2000. Of Counsel, Dewey Ballantine, 2001-2002. Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, 2002-2004. Member: Virginia, New York State (Member, Antitrust Division Section, 1994-1997; Chairman, Antitrust Section, 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations; American Arbitration Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Entertainment Litigation. Email: Sanford M. Litvack | | Eric J. Lobenfeld (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, August 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third and District of Columbia Circuits; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York and District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: Binghamton University (B.A., 1971); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1975). Faculty, Practicing Law Institute, Patent Litigation, 2001-2008. Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1974-1975. Adjunct Associate Professor, Brooklyn Law School, 1984-1989. Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Reliance Group Holdings, Inc., 1991-1992. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; International Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(80%); Complex Commercial Litigation(20%). Email: Eric J. Lobenfeld | | Mitchell R. Lubart (Partner) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, New York. Education: Union University (B.A., 1975); Rutgers University (J.D.,1979). Languages: Spanish, French, German, Hebrew. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Mitchell R. Lubart | | Loretta E. Lynch (Partner) born Greensboro, North Carolina, May 21, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1990-1999. Chief, Long Island Offices, Eastern District of New York, 1993-1998. Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1998-1999. U.States Attorney, Eastern District of New York 1999-2001. Adjunct Professor, St. John's University School of Law, 2000. Member: New York City Charter Revision Commission of 2002; New York State Commission on the Jury, 2003-2004; Eastern District Committee on Civil Litigation; Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Board of Directors, Office of the Appellate Defender; Board of Advisors, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Criminal Law Committee, 2001-2004); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation); Federal Bar Council; National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Board of Trustees). Practice Areas: Litigation; Federal Criminal Law; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Loretta E. Lynch | | Slade R. Metcalf (Partner) born Auburn, New York, August 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1968); New York University (J.D., 1973). Author: Rights and Liabilities of Publishers, Broadcasters and Reporters, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1981 (annual updates 1982—, West Publishing). Chairman, Practising Law Institute Program on Legal and Business Aspects of Periodical and Electronic Publishing, 1989. Faculty, Practising Law Institute Program on Legal and Business Aspects of the Magazine Industry, 1982, 1984. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1994— Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Communications Law, 1983-1986; Committee on Copyright and Literary Property 1987-1990; Committee on Art Law, 1995-1998; Committee on Entertainment Law, 1999-2002); New York State (Chair, Committee on Media Law, 2002-2005; Member, Committee on Media Law, 1986—; Member, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, 1992—; Member, Committee on Cyberspace Law, 2000-2003) and American (Member, Forum Committee on Communications Law, 1983—) Bar Associations; Copyright Society of the U.S.A. (Trustee, 1992-1995); Magazine Publishers of America (Legal Affairs Committee Member, 1981—; Chair, 1987-1988). Practice Areas: Litigation; Media Law(100%); Copyrights. Email: Slade R. Metcalf | | Martin Michaelson (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, April 12, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1973, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, Massachusetts. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1965); Boston College (J.D., 1968). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Boston, Massachusetts, Federal and American Bar Associations. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Business Law; Education Law; Government; Labor and Employment. Email: Martin Michaelson | | Christine M. Pallares (Partner) born May 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1992, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1982); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Corporate Finance; Corporate Law. Email: Christine M. Pallares | | Peter J. Pettibone (Partner) born Schenectady, NY, December 11, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia; 1968, New York; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1961); Harvard University (J.D., 1964); New York University (LL.M., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. U.S. Co-Chairman, Legal Committee of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council, Inc., 1980-1992. Director, U.S.-Russia Business Council, 1992—. Co-Chair, Investment Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, 2001—. Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993—. Editor, Treatise, Laws of the USSR, Parker School, 1989-1991. Member, National Advisory Council of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Housing and Urban Development, 1975-1978; Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law, 1981-1985; Committee on International Law, 1985-1988; Committee on International Trade Law, 1988-1991; Committee on the Independent States of the former Soviet Union, 1989-1994, Chairman, 1991-1994); American Bar Association. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1965-1967]. (Also at Moscow, Russia Office). Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Law; Securities Regulation Law. Email: Peter J. Pettibone | | Stanley Plesent (Partner) born New York, N.Y., November 4, 1925; admitted to bar, 1953, New York. Education: College of the City of New York (B.S.S., 1948); Columbia University (M.I.A., 1952; LL.B., 1952). Member, Independent Judicial Screening Panel. Member, U.S. Delegation to U.N. Human Rights Commission, 1995. General Counsel and Congressional Liaison, United States Information Agency, 1961-1965. Referee, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1979—. Member, Chief Administrative Judge's Advisory Committee on Civil Practice, 1998—. Author: "Preparing Matrimonial Agreements," Practicing Law Institute, 1989. Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law. Member of Panel, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Federal Legislation Committee, 1974-1976; Chairman, Committee on Matrimonial Law, 1984-1987; Member, Judiciary Committee, 1987-1990; Member, International Human Rights Committee, 1998); New York State and American (Member, Family Law Committee, 1978—) Bar Associations. Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1997—. Member, Unified Court System Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee, 1999—. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Vice President, 1984-1986; Member, Board of Managers, 1986-1989, 1997-1999; Counsel and Liaison to Judiciary, 1991—; Liaison to Bar Associations, 1993). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations. Email: Stanley Plesent | | Joseph R. Rackman (Partner) born New York, N.Y., 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, Florida. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1969); Harvard University (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1977). Author: "Effect of ERISA on the Executive and Professional," 35th New York University Annual Institute on Taxation, 1976; "Sex Discrimination Standards under Title VII & Employee Benefit Plans," New York University Annual Institute on Employee Benefit Plans and Executive Compensation, 1979; "Manhart and Employee Benefit Plans: Confusing the Sex Bias Issue," EEO Today, 1979; "When Can Money be Borrowed from a Tax Qualified Plan," Taxation for Accountants/Taxation for Lawyers, 1982; "How to Determine the Extent to Which Payments to Injured or Disabled Employees are Excludable," Taxation for Accountants, 1982; "Steps to Avoid the Impact of the 15% Excise Tax on Excess Plan Distributions," Journal of Taxation, 1987; "Ruling Underscores Value of Interim Plan Valuations," Employee Benefit News, October 1992. Co-author, "Waiver of Spousal Rights," The Pension Actuary, February 1993. Practice Areas: Pension Plans; Employee Benefits. Email: Joseph R. Rackman | | John A. Redmon (Partner) born Stamford, Connecticut, October 6, 1945; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., with highest honors, 1967); Columbia University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Managing Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to Judge Paul R. Hays, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1978-1979. Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1979-1983. Partner, Davis Weber & Edwards, 1985-2000. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Securities Litigation. Email: John A. Redmon | | Barbara M. Roth (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois; 1980, New York. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); DePaul University (J.D., 1978); New York University (LL.M., 1997). James Scholar. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Labor and Employment Law Committee, 2002—; Women in the Courts Committee, 2000-2002; Product Liability Committee, 1988-1991); New York State (Chairman, 1986-1989 and Member, 1983-1986, 1989-1992, Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace Committee; Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1989) and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Barbara M. Roth | | Jeffrey W. Rubin (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, October 10, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, New York. Education: Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1971); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American (Business Law Section: Committee on Law Firms, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, International Securities Matters Subcommittee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance. Email: Jeffrey W. Rubin | | Elliot G. Sagor (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1966, New York. Education: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., in Econ., 1962); New York University (LL.B., 1965; LL.M., in Taxation, 1970). Law Clerk to Hon. Irving Ben Cooper, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1965-1966. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1970-1976. Special Counsel, N.Y. Senate Committee on Investigations and Taxation, 1984-1986. Member, Board of Editors, White Collar Crime Reporter, 1987—. Author: "The Attorney-Client and Work-Product Privileges: Protection and Assertion," in Business Crimes, A Guide for Corporate and Defense Counsel, Chapter 4, Practicing Law Institute, 1982; "Drafting and Responding to Document Requests," Law Journal Seminar Press (September 1994); "Innocent Owner and Other Defenses to Forfeiture Under the Drug Laws, Money Laundering, and RICO," White-Collar Crime Reporter, February, 1990 and "Invocation and Subsequent Waiver of the Fifth Amendment Privilege In Civil Litigation: Impermissible Tactic or Constitutional Right?," White-Collar Crime Reporter (October, 1990); "A Primer on Drafting Discovery Requests," New York Law Journal (Oct., 1995); "Prosecution and Regulation of International Business Crimes," White-Collar Crime Reporter, Nov/Dec 1995; "Victory Is In The Documents," Litigation Journal, American Bar Association, Winter 1997. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. [Lt., JAGC, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1967-1969]. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Elliot G. Sagor | | George A. Salter (Partner) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Wisconsin, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1989, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1983); University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1986 ). Practice Areas: Accountants Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation; Media; Securities Litigation. Email: George A. Salter | | Lee Samuelson (Partner) born New York, April 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1987); New York University (M.A., 1991); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Lee Samuelson | | Paul D. Sarkozi (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Master's Cup for Academic Achievement. Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard Mediation Program. Recognized as SuperLawyer in the Area of Business Litigation, 2006-2008. Co-Editor, Commercial Division Law Report. CLE Instructor: "Ethics in Settlement Negotiations and Mediation," "State and Federal Electronic Discovery," "Taking Effective Depositions," "Piercing the Veil". Author: "Internal Investigations: An Overview of The Nuts and Bolts and Key Considerations in Conducting Effective Investigations," PLI, 2006. Mediator, IMCR Dispute Resolution Center. Neutral, Commercial Division, ADR Program, Supreme Court, State of New York. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1997-2000); New York State (Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Executive Committee; Co-Chair: Committee on the Commercial Division; Commercial Division Law Report Committee, 2006—) and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Paul D. Sarkozi | | Ira J. Schaefer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., May 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Massachusetts; 1974, New York; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cooper Union (B.E.E., 1968); Suffolk University (J.D., 1972). Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Counseling; Patent and Trademark Prosecution. Email: Ira J. Schaefer | | Jeffrey G. Schneider (Partner) born Royal Oak, Michigan, August 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1988, District of Columbia; 1999, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with highest honors, 1983); Stanford University Law School (J.D., 1986). Member: The District of Columbia Bar; Illinois State Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Commercial Law; Litigation. Email: Jeffrey G. Schneider | | Ira S. Sheinfeld (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey; 1985, New York. Education: City College of New York (B.B.A., 1960; M.B.A., 1967); Fordham University (J.D., 1984); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1987). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Ira S. Sheinfeld | | David A. Shuster (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 9, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; 1993, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1986); New York University (J.D., 1991; LL.M., 1992). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Appellate Section, 1992-1996. Member: New York State (Member, Tax Section) Bar Association. Reported Cases: In re Berg, 121 F.3d 535 (9th Cir. 1997); Kochansky v. Commissioner, 92 F.3d 957 (9th Cir. 1996); Buchanan v. United States, 87 F.3d 197 (7th Cir.), cert denied, 117 S.Ct. 363 (1996); United States v. Sawaf, 74 F.3d 119 (6th Cir. 1996); Estate of Carpenter v. Commissioner, 52 F.3d 1266 (4th Cir. 1995); In re Walter, 45 F.3d 1023 (6th Cir. 1995); Conti v. Commissioner, 39 F.3d 658 (6th Cir. 1994), cert. denied, 514 U.S. 1082 (1995); Karras v. Karras, 16 F.3d 245 (8th Cir. 1994); United States v. Bryant, 15 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 1994); Lazore v. Commissioner, 11 F.3d 1180 (3d Cir. 1993); Balkissoon v. Commissioner, 995 F.2d 525 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 978 (1993); Estate of Flandreau v. Commissioner, 994 F.2d 91 (2d Cir. 1993) Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: David A. Shuster | | Waajid Siddiqui (Partner) born India, October 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana, New York and District of Columbia. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1985); Tulane University (M.B.A., 1991; J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Waajid Siddiqui | | Peter W. Smith (Partner) born Dunkirk, New York, October 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut and New York. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1984); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1991). Editor, Cardozo Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Ellsworth A. Van Graafeiland, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Author: "Trademark, Parody, and Consumer Confusion: A Workable Lanham Act Infringement Standard," 12 Cardozo Law Review, April, 1991; "The Unconstitutionality of State Motion Picture Film Lien Laws," 39 American University Law Review, Fall 1989; "Commissioning Public Works of Sculpture: An Examination of the Contract Issues Involved," 12 Columbia Journal of Law & The Arts," Summer, 1988. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Communications and Media; Computers and Software; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Entertainment and the Arts; Intellectual Property; Media Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Trademarks. Email: Peter W. Smith | | Jonathan M. Sobel (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., cum laude, 1991); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Jonathan M. Sobel | | Frank T. Spano (Partner) born New York, N.Y., March 7, 1956; admitted to bar, 1989, New York. Education: Fairleigh-Dickinson University (B.S., 1981); St. John's University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Property, Insurance, Commercial Transactions and Criminal Procedure. Author: "Controlling the Hired Guns: The Developing Law on Expert Witnesses In Federal Courts," A Presentation to Bar and Industry Groups. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American (Member: Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Aviation and Space Law Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Computer Law; Products Liability; Aviation; Construction Law. Email: Frank T. Spano | | Michael Starr (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1981, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., summa cum laude, 1970); University of Michigan (Ph.D. in Philosophy, 1976); Yale University (J.D., 1979). Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1978-1979. Author: "Mental Disabilities," National Law Journal, November 2004; "Sexual Harassment," Employment Law Strategist, August/September 2004; "Deconstructing 'Constructive Discharge'," National Law Journal, January 2004; "Non-competition By Employee Choice," National Law Journal, January 2004; "Continuing Violations," National Law Journal, January 2003; "Analyzing the ADA," National Law Journal, April 2002; "Spoliation By Oversight," National Law Journal, November 2001; "Monitoring Employee E-Mail," Internet Law & Business, September 2001; "The Two Faces of Inevitable Disclosure," New York Law Journal, March 2001; "Implied Covenants," National Law Journal, December 2000; "Investigating Misconduct," National Law Journal, August 2000; "Sexual Harassment Law, Two Years After Ellerth/Faragher," New York Law Journal, June 2000; "Non-Employee Benefits," National Law Journal, April 2000; "A Witness-Friendly Guide to Surviving a Deposition," ALI-ABA's Practice Checklist Manual on Trial Preparation II, at 179, 1999; "Employee Piracy," National Law Journal, November 1999; "Restrictive Covenants," National Law Journal, September 1999; "Deeper Meaning of Recent Cases in High Court," New York Law Journal, August 1999; "Investigating Harassment," National Law Journal, June 1999; "Employment Law: At-Will Limitations," National Law Journal, February 1 1999; "Employment Law: Supervisor Liability," National Law Journal, October 12, 1998; "Defining Disability," National Law Journal, December 1998; "Hands Across the Water: Sexual Harassment and the Global Company," 11 The Corporate Counsellor, No. 8, at 1, January, 1997; "When You Strike for the King, Strike True," 12 The Corporate Counsellor, No. 4 at 1, September 1997; "How to Investigate a Sexual Harassment Complaint," 11 The Corporate Counsellor, No. 4, at 2, September, 1996; "Who's the Boss?, The Globalization of United States Employment Law," 51 Bus. Lawyer 635, May 1996; "Debate on 'After Acquired Evidence' Is Resolved By the Supreme Court - More or Less," 2 Empl. Law Strategist, No. 10, at p. 1, February 1995; "Dealing with AIDS in the Workplace," 1 Law Office Employment, No. 4, 1, February, 1994; "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Employer Responsibilities," in Employment Law Handbook 44, Gov. Institutes, 1993; "Mandated Model Employers: 'Reasonable Accommodation 'Under the Americans With Disabilities Act," 1 Disability Law Rptr. Serv. at EA-13, January, 1993; "The Law of Negligent Hire: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You," The NSLA Report, at 1, Summer, 1992; "New York Legal Activities Law Protects Employees," N.Y.L.J., Sept. 3, 1992, at 1, col. 1; "Employment Impact of the 'New' New York City Human Rights Law," N.Y.L.J., Sept. 4, 1991, at 1, col. 1; "WARN in a Nutshell: What All Human Resource Professionals Should Know About The New Federal Plant Closing Law," ASPA Newsletter at 1 Jan/Feb, 1989; "Litigation Strategies for Sexual Harassment Cases," in Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Its Prevention and Redress 47, NYSBA, 1988; "The Labor Aspects of Corporate Transactions," Parts I and II, 3 Lab. & Empl. L. Newsletter, no 10, at 23 & No. 11, at 25, Oct/Nov, 1986; "Preference and Pregnancy: The Title VII Implications of Pregnancy and Maternity Leave," 2 Lab. & Empl. L. Newsletter, No. 2, at 17, February, 1985; "The Labor Pains of Bankruptcy: Resolving Labor Relations Issues under the Bankruptcy Code—An Overview," in Labor Relations Law in Corporate Retrenchment 97, PLI, 1984; "The 'Sexual Shakedown ' in Perspective: Sexual Harassment in Its Social and Legal Contexts," 7 Empl. Rel. L.J. 567, 1984. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Special Committee on U.S. in a Global Economy, 1995-2000; Committee on Labor and Employment Law, 1989-1992; Committee on Civil Rights, 1985-1988; Committee on Children and the Law, 1984-1985); New York State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; International Society for Labor Law & Social Security; Federal Bar Council. Reported Cases: Woodman v. WWOR-TV, Inc., 293 F.Supp.2d 381 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Ellis v. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 141 Lab.Cas. 59,020 (S.D.N.Y. 2000); Naftchi v. New York University, 14 F.Supp.2d 473 (S.D.N.Y. 1998); Stern Stewart & Co. v. KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, et al., New York Law Journal, July 24, 1997 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1996). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Class Actions; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Michael Starr | | Eric J. Stock (Partner) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1995); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust. Email: Eric J. Stock | | Arthur D. Stout III (Partner) born Fairfield, Ohio, January 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, New York. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., 1967); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1973); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1977). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance. Email: Arthur D. Stout III | | Paul Sweeney (Partner) born New York, N.Y., November 27, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1987); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Law Clerk to Hon. Chief Judge Thomas C. Platt, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1992-1993. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Federal Legislation Committee, 1996—; Young Lawyers Committee, 1993-1995); New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Paul Sweeney | | Thomas J. Sweeney, III (Partner) born Hackensack, New Jersey, September 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Lloyd F. MacMahon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y., 1973-1974. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Securities Litigation. Email: Thomas J. Sweeney, III | | Tracey A. Tiska (Partner) born Southampton, New York, July 31, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Emory University (J.D., with distinction, 1995). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Tracey A. Tiska | | Jeffrey J. Tolin (Partner) born Ellensburg, Washington, November 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., 1993); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1996; LL.M., 2000). Member: New York State (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Jeffrey J. Tolin | | Howard M. Topaz (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 14, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1975); Northwestern University (J.D., 1978); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1982). Certified Public Accountant, New York State, 1981. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Howard M. Topaz | | Dennis H. Tracey, III (Partner) born New York, N.Y., November 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1978); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Senior Editor, Moot Court Board. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Professional Liability and Member of Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1995-1998). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Accountants Liability; Federal Civil Litigation. Email: Dennis H. Tracey, III | | Lyndon M. Tretter (Partner) born New York, N.Y., April 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuits. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1982); University of Michigan (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "Second Generation State Takeover Legislation," 83 Michigan Law Review 433 (1984). Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1985-1986. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Health Care Law; Trade Secrets. Email: Lyndon M. Tretter | | Andrew J. Trubin (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1985, France. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1975); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Charles M. Metzner, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1979-1980. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; International Joint Ventures; Business Acquisitions; International Commercial Contracts; International Licensing. Email: Andrew J. Trubin | | Tedd W. Van Buskirk (Partner) born Summit, New Jersey, February 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1992); New York Law School (J.D., 1995). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing, 1992. Member, New York Law School Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act," Telecom Finance, December 1998; "Recent Developments in the Federal Circuit," Monthly Contributor, International Legal Strategy, 1998-2001. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation); New York Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; Intellectual Property Owners. Reported Cases: Takeda Pharma. v. Teva Pharms, USA, No. 06-033-SLR (D. Del. 2008); Medichem v. Rolabo, 353 F.3d 928 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Stampa v. Jackson, 65 U.S.P.Q.2d 928 (BPAI 2002); Inamed Corp. v. Kuzmak, 249 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2001); Micro Chem. v. Lextron, Inc., 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 12905 (Fed. Cir. 1998); Glaxo Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd., 110 F.3d 1562 (Fed. Cir. 1997); Herman v. William Brooks Shoe Co., 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 5426 (Fed. Cir. 1997); Pfizer Inc. v. F & S Alloys & Minerals Corp., 856 F. Supp. 808 (S.D.N.Y. 1994). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Patents; Trademark; Regulatory Law. Email: Tedd W. Van Buskirk | | Morris Waisbrot (Partner) born Germany, March 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. International Trade Commission. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; City College of the City University of New York (B.E.E., 1968); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1976). Member, 1975 and Editor-in-Chief, 1976, Brooklyn Law Review. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Patents and Trademarks, 1985-1988); International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Patents; Trade Secrets; Copyrights. Email: Morris Waisbrot | | Edith F. Webster (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, August 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, Maryland; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 2001, District of Columbia; 2002, New York. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1986); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1993). Member, Moot Court Board. Assistant Editor, Maryland Law Review. (Also at Baltimore, Maryland Office). Practice Areas: Project Finance; Project Restructuring; Energy Project Development; Public Finance; Tax Exempt Finance. Email: Edith F. Webster | | Mark J. Weinstein (Partner) born Queens, New York, May 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, New York. Education: New York University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978; LL.M., 1984); State University of New York at Buffalo (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member: Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers, Tax Section); American Bar Association; International Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tax Law. Email: Mark J. Weinstein | | David F. Wertheimer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., September 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member, Columbia Law Review, 1982-1984. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1982-1984. Practice Areas: Accountants' Liability; Federal Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: David F. Wertheimer | | Deborah R. Wolfe (Partner) born Utica, New York, May 23, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1982) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Finance; Joint Ventures. Email: Deborah R. Wolfe | | COUNSEL | | Douglas A. Donofrio (Counsel) born Oceanside, New York, January 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1978); University of Michigan (M.A., 1979); University of Colorado (J.D., 1986); University of London (LL.M., 1990). Member: American Bar Association. Languages: German and French. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Law; Bankruptcy Law. | | Mitchell S. Feller (Counsel) born Bronx, New York, February 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Columbia University (B.S.E.E., with honors, 1989; M.S.E.E., 1991); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. | | Dennis Daniel Kiely (Counsel) born Bronx, New York, December 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: New York State Bar Association. Email: Dennis Daniel Kiely | | Leslie Y. Kimball (Counsel) born Walnut Creek, California, July 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 2001, New York. Education: California State University, Chico (B.A., 1981); University of San Francisco (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Adjunct Professor, Comparative Employment Law, Temple University, Japan, Spring Semester, 1999 and 2000. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment. Email: Leslie Y. Kimball | | OF COUNSEL | | Jay E. Gerber (Of Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey, November 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, New York; 1967, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1962); Columbia University (LL.B., with honors, 1965). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1965-1973. Senior Counsel, National Broadcasting Company, 1973-1976. Vice President Law, National Broadcasting Company, 1977-1983. Partner, Davis, Weber & Edwards, 1983-2000. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Libel; Privacy; Arbitration; Copyright Litigation. Email: Jay E. Gerber | | ATTORNEYS | | Edward D. Cavanagh (Contract Attorney) born April 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); Cornell University Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1974); Columbia University (LL.M., 1986; J.S.D., 1989). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Complex Litigation. Email: Edward D. Cavanagh | | Allen A. Drexel (Attorney) born San Antonio, Texas, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B. in History, magna cum laude, highest honors, 1991) Phi Beta Kappa; Sussex University, England (M.A., 1993); Stanford University Law School (J.D., 2000). Recipient: Dean's Prize, Dartmouth College; Graduate Service Award, Stanford University. Reynolds Scholar for Foreign Graduate Study, Sussex University. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Appointed Co-Chairman, Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, 2005); Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Family Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Allen A. Drexel | | Dianne M. Peterson (Attorney) born Grand Rapids, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; 1991, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., 1981); New York Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Dianne M. Peterson | | Elyse Alexander Schajer (Attorney) born New York, New York, July 13, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1997). Languages: French, Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: Elyse Alexander Schajer | | RESIDENT ASSOCIATES | | Meaghan Atkinson (Associate) born Livonia, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: University of Michigan, (B.A., 2000); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Order of the Barristers. First Place Team, 2006 William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 2006-2007. Writer, Twenty-Second Annual Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, 2007. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care. Email: Meaghan Atkinson | | Richard S. Basuk (Associate) born 1951; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1973); New York University (M.D., 1977; J.D., 2002; LL.M., Taxation, 2007). Member: New York State Bar Association. Email: Richard S. Basuk | | R. Brian Black (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Hawaii; 2004, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1997); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001). National Center on Philanthropy and the Law Fellow, New York University, 2002-2003. Law Clerk to Hon. Janet C. Hall, U.S. District Court, Connecticut, 2001-2002. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Email: R. Brian Black | | Elizabeth M. Borkin (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Fordham University (J.D., 2006). (Also at Washington, District of Columbia Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Elizabeth M. Borkin | | Neal Brandenburg (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Wesleyan University (B.S., 1996); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: New York State Bar Association. Email: Neal Brandenburg | | Arun Chandra (Associate) born Buffalo, New York; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1995); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., cum laude, 1998); Stevens Institute of Technology (M.S., 2001). Executive Editor, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 1997-1998. Law Clerk to the Hon. William H. Pauley III, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2004-2005. Member: American Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; American Inn of Court (Barrister); American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation. Email: Arun Chandra | | Nicole Civita (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 2002); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellowship, University of Michigan Law School, 2005. Student Attorney, Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic. Intern, Lawyers for Children America. Co-Chair, Georgetown Youth Advocacy. Summer Associate, Hogan & Hartson, 2006. Volunteer, AmeriCorps VISTA, Sitka, Alaska. Program Specialist and Freelance Television Production Coordinator, Care Plus NJ - Adoption House. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Child Advocacy; Adoption Law. Email: Nicole Civita | | Scott A. Clark (Associate) born Hammond, Indiana, December 7, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1996); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.B.A., 2002); Albany Law School (J.D., 2002). Member, Albany Law Review. Certified Engineer-in-Training, North Carolina. Member: American Bar Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Scott A. Clark | | Sabrina H. Cochet (Associate) born The Hague, Netherlands, 1977; (Admission pending). Education: ESSEC Business School, Paris, France (M.B.A.); Cornell University Law School (J.D.); Universite Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France (Maitrise de Droit; D.E.S.S. de Droit du Commerce Exterieur). Languages: French. Email: Sabrina H. Cochet | | Dena L. Copulsky (Associate) born New York, New York, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Florida; 2003, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1996); University of Florida (J.D., 1999). Member, 1998-1999 and Symposium Editor, 1999, University of Florida Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Steven H. Friedman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, 2000-2001. Practice Areas: Business Reorganization; Creditors Rights. Email: Dena L. Copulsky | | Nicholas W.C. Corson (Associate) born Abington, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Carleton College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Columbia University (J.D., 1996). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Email: Nicholas W.C. Corson | | Cheryl M. David (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Cheryl M. David | | Russell DeClerck (Associate) born New York, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: Manhattan College (B.S., 1991; M.S., 1993); Pace University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Russell DeClerck | | Peter J. Dennin (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1992); Fordham University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Email: Peter J. Dennin | | Eva L. Dietz (Associate) born New York, New York, July 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., English, cum laude, 1999); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Eva L. Dietz | |
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