 |   | | | Law Firm in New York, New York | | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Corporations |
| | Address | | 75 East 55th Street | | New York, New York 10022 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Affordable Housing and Tax Credits, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Antitrust and Competition, Appellate Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Asset Securitization and Structured Finance, Bank Regulatory, Bankruptcy Litigation, Base Realignment and Closures, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Class Actions, Commercial Leasing and Sales Leaseback, Copyright, Counseling and Preventive Advice, Development and Construction, Disaster Mitigation, E-Discovery, Employment Class Actions, Employment Litigation, Energy, Environmental Law, ERISA, Estate Planning and Probate, Finance and Restructuring, Financial Litigation, Financial Services, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Franchise and Distribution, Government Affairs, Government Contracts Litigation, Healthcare, Hotels and Resorts, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Employment Law, International Trade and Export Controls, Investment Management, IP Transactions and Licensing, IT/eCommerce, Labor/Management Relations, Land Use, Latin America, Leveraged Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, OSHA, Patent Litigation, Patent Preparation and Prosecution, Payment Systems, Political Risk and International Trade Credit Insurance, Private Equity, Private Investment Funds, Product Liability and Toxic Tort, Project Development and Finance, Purchase and Sale of Non-Performing Loans, Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions, Real Estate Equity Investments and Joint Ventures, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Restructuring and Reorganization, Regulatory Compliance, Restructuring, Securities Finance and Capital Markets, Securities Litigation and Enforcement, Subprime Mortgage Group, Tax Advisory, Telecommunications and Media, Trade Secrets, Trademark, White Collar, Internal Investigations and Corporate Governance. | Firm Profile:
Paul Hastings, founded in 1951, is a leading international law firm with 1,200 attorneys in 18 offices. Serving a diverse client base that includes many of the top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, we work with clients to take their businesses through every phase, offering a full range of services in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Project Finance, Investment Management, Real Estate, Labor and Employment, and Tax Advisory Services. | | Firm Size: 1100 |
Other Office Locations of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Costa Mesa, California, U.S.A.
Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
San Diego, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
Paris, France
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Milan, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
| | PARTNERS | | Charles H. Baker (Partner) born Plainfield, New Jersey, November 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Securities. Email: Charles H. Baker | | Daniel G. Bergstein (Partner) born Nice, France, May 1, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1974, Florida. Education: City University of New York (B.A., 1965); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1968). Author: "Guidelines to Foreign Direct Investment in the United States," Prentice Hall, Inc., 1980. Panel Chairman: "How a Lawyer Functions Within a Venture Capital Transaction," The Banking Law Institute and Institutional Investors Forum, 1983, 1984 and 1985; Executive Enterprises, Inc. Panel Chairman, Conference on The Venture Capital Business, 1983,1984, 1985 and 1986. Chairman, "The Internationalization of Venture Capital," Business Law Section, 1986 American Bar Association New York Annual Meeting. Languages: French. Practice Areas: International Telecommunications and Media; Corporate Law; Financial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; E-Commerce. Email: Daniel G. Bergstein | | Jonathan Birenbaum (Partner) born Waterbury, Connecticut, September 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1996, Connecticut. Education: Colgate University (A.B., International Relations (with honors) and French, 1975); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member and Articles Editor, Albany Law Review, 1976-1978. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association; American College of Investment Counsel. Practice Areas: Project Finance; Energy; Capital Markets Financing; Private Equity; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Jonathan Birenbaum | | James R. Bliss (Partner) born Rochester, New York, April 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Connecticut; 1999, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Fordham University (J.D., 1995). Co-Winner, I. Maurice Wormser Intraschool Moot Court Competition; National Champion, 45th Annual National Moot Court Competition. Recipient, Lawrence J. McKay Prize for Excellence in Advocacy. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: James R. Bliss | | Allan S. Bloom (Partner) born New York, New York, September 29, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1991); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Litigation; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Discrimination; Harassment; Civil Rights Defense; Personnel Policies; Wage and Hour Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Trial Practice; Federal Civil Practice. Email: Allan S. Bloom | | Kenneth M. Breen (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, December 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Member: American Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Securities Litigation; Securities Enforcement Defense; International Corporate Investigation; Federal Taxation. Email: Kenneth M. Breen | | Barry A. Brooks (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, May 22, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1990, New York. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., summa cum laude, 1978); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: International Mergers and Acquisitions; Employee Stock and Compensation Plans; Mergers and Acquisitions; National Corporate Finance; Asia-Pacific Practice; Formation of Venture and Leveraged Buyout Partnerships; Public and Private Securities Offerings; Corporate Law; Equity Finance. Email: Barry A. Brooks | | David M. Brooks (Partner) born Howard Beach, New York; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S.); Fordham University (J.D., 1994). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: David M. Brooks | | John A. Cahill (Partner) born New York, N.Y., March 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey; 1989, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Foreign Registered Lawyer. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Real Estate Finance; Structured Finance Transactions; Securitization Transactions; Convertible Debt Transactions; Joint Ventures. Email: John A. Cahill | | Michael K. Chernick (Partner) born Manhasset, New York, September 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, New York; 1994, Florida. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1987); Cornell University (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Michael K. Chernick | | Alan S. Cohen (Partner) born New York, New York, October 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New York and New Jersey; 1981, Florida. Education: George Washington University (B.S., 1975); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Research Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 1977-1978. Member: The Florida Bar. Email: Alan S. Cohen | | Michele J. Cohen (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, July 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1985); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Financial Restructuring. Email: Michele J. Cohen | | Erika C. Collins (Partner) born Redwood City, California, February 12, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, California; 2004, District of Columbia; 2005, New York. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1988); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1994). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Corporations, 1994. Author: "Taking Depositions of Top Executives," Defense Law Journal, Spring 1995; "Labor and Employment Developments from Around the World," ABA Year in Review, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, Co-Author: "Labor and Employment Developments from Around the World," ABA Year in Review, 2001, 2002; "The Legal Transfer of Employment-Related Data to Outside the European Union: Is It Even Still Possible?," The International Lawyer, Spring 2005. Speaker: ABA Section of International Law and Practice, "International Employment Law Developments and Practice," Kitzbuhel, Austria, January 2002; ABA Section Meeting, Fall 2003, "Labor and Employment Developments in Asia"; ABA Section of International Law, Spring Meeting 2004, "Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Labor and Employment Law Issues"; NYU Conference on International Human Resources and Employment Law, Florence, Italy, November 2005; ABA Annual Meeting, 2006: "Labor and Employment Law Developments in China"; European Employment Lawyers' Association (EELA) Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, Speaker, 2007: "Diversity Initiatives and the New EU Anti-Discrimination Directives"; International Bar Association (IBA), Copenhagen, Denmark, Speaker: "Diversity and Discrimination: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent"; ABA Section of International Law, Fall Meeting 2007, London, England: "A Look at EU Anti-Discrimination Directives: Lessons from the United States Concerning Enforcement"; XBHR Cross Border Human Resources: Chair, Annual Meeting, "The New Era of Global Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Laws", Board Member, 2007-2008. Member: New York State and American (Member, Section on International Law and Chair, International Employment Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: International Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Erika C. Collins | | Victoria A. Cundiff (Partner) born Denver, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Denver (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Yale University (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Intellectual Property Advisory Board, Practising Law Institute. Member, Editorial Board, The Internet Newsletter: Legal and Business Aspects. Member, Editorial Board, BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Science and the Law, 1991-1994; Committee on Trademark Law, 1988-1991, 1996-1998); New York State (Chair: Intellectual Property Law Section, 2000-2002; Chair, Committee on Trade Secrets, 1992-2000 and 2002—; Vice Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1998-2000) and American (Member, Section of Litigation Committee on Intellectual Property Litigation) Bar Associations; Intellectual Property Owners Association (Committee on Trade Secrets, 2004—). Practice Areas: Trade Secrets Litigation and Counseling; Restrictive Covenants; Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Licensing and Litigation; Web Site Development Agreements; Computer and Internet Law; False Advertising; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Federal and State Civil Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: Victoria A. Cundiff | | Richard S. Denhup (Partner) born April 4, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 2006, New York. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994); University of Virginia (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Debtor and Creditor; Finance; Banks and Banking. Email: Richard S. Denhup | | Bruce S. DePaola (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, June 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1992, New York. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1988); St. John's University (J.D., 1991). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Joint Ventures; Real Estate Finance; Hotel and Resort Development; International Hotels and Resorts; Resort Timeshares. Email: Bruce S. DePaola | | Zachary D. Fasman (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois; 1977, District of Columbia; 2001, New York. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1969); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Order of the Coif. Author: "What Business Must Know About the ADA," United States Chamber of Commerce, 1992. Co-author: Employment Law Compliance Handbook, Executive Enterprises Publications Company, Inc., 1988. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section). Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Discrimination. Email: Zachary D. Fasman | | Esteban A. Ferrer (Partner) born Habana, Cuba, November 2, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1992, Connecticut. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1972); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1975). Member: American Bar Association; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Westchester Fairfield Counties American Corporate Counsel Association; American Society of Corporate Secretaries. [1st Lt. U.S. Army, 1973-1976]. Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Emerging Growth Capital(25%); Corporate Governance(25%); Securities Law and Compliance(20%); Mergers and Acquisitions(20%); Executive Employment; Executive Compensation Arrangements(10%). Email: Esteban A. Ferrer | | Gerald J. Fields (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 29, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, New York; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Kenyon College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1962); Yale University (LL.B., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa. Trustee and Vice Chair 2005—, Trustee and Secretary to the Board, 1987-2005, Trustee, 1976-1982, Kenyon College. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Judiciary Committee, 1989-1997; Member, Council on Judicial Administration, 1996-1999); New York State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Judicial Administration, 1992-1996). Fellow: New York Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Gerald J. Fields | | David Fleischer (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, September 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1968); New York University (J.D., 1972). Author: "Leading the Charge Toward Successfully Resolving a Dispute," Mediation and Arbitration Best Practices, 2007; "Forgive us Our Debts: The Nonrecourse Bargain," Real Estate Review, 1994. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: David Fleischer | | David J. Freeman (Partner) born New York City, August 9, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Massachusetts; 1977, District of Columbia; 1982, New York. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss, 1970-1972. Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1975-1977. Co-Chair: Legislative and Policy Committee, New York Chapter, National Brownfield Association. Co-Chair: Committee on Hazardous Waste/Site Remediation and Task Force on Brownfields/Superfund Reform, Section of Environmental Law, New York State Bar Association. Vice Chair, New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Law & Practice (West Publ.), 1998-2000. Board of Advisors, Real Estate/Environmental Liability News. Contributing Author, Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions (American Bar Association). Co-Author: "New York Agencies Take Lead in Addressing Soil Vapor Concerns," BNA Environmental Reporter, May 4, 2007; Co-Author: "All Appropriate Inquiries Rule Will Require Updating of Due Diligence Practices," BNA Environment Reporter, January 6, 2006. Co-Author: "Brownfield Cleanup Program's Final Site Eligibility Criteria," New York Law Journal, April 20, 2005. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: David J. Freeman | | Kenneth J. Friedman (Partner) born Mount Vernon, New York, July 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1979); Georgetown University (J.D., 1982). Lead Articles Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, 1981-1982. Author: "The 1980 Canadian Banks and Banking Law Revision Act: Competitive Stimulus or Protectionist Barrier?" Vol. 13, No. 3, p.783, Law and Policy in International Business, 1981. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Financial Restructuring; Leasing. Email: Kenneth J. Friedman | | Daniel B. Goldman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Massachusetts; 1988, New York. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1982); University of Nebraska (J.D., 1985). Email: Daniel B. Goldman | | Robert J. Grados (Partner) born Monessen, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania; 2001, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1991); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1995). Staff Member, 1993-1994, and Managing Editor, 1994-1995, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Member: New York State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Secured Lending. Email: Robert J. Grados | | George L. Graff (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, September 6, 1940; admitted to bar, 1967, New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1962; LL.B., magna cum laude, 1967). Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1966-1967. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld, New York Court of Appeals, 1967-1970. Chairman, Committee on State Legislation, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1972-1975. ABA Advisor to Drafting Committee of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, 1995-2003; Council Member, Section on Science and Technology, American Bar Association, 1999-2003; Vice Chair, Amicus Committee, Intellectual Property Owners of America, 2002—. Member: American Bar Association (ABA advisor of drafting committee of UCC Article 2B and UCITA, 1996-2002; Chair, Committee on Software Legislation, Section on Science and Technology, 1999—; Council Member, Section on Science and Technology, 2000-2003); Intellectual Property Owners of America (Vice Chair, Amicus Committee, 2002—); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on State Legislation, 1973-1975). [Lt. Commander, U.S.N.R., 1962-1970]. Practice Areas: Technology; Intellectual Property Law and Litigation; Arbitration; Appellate Practice; Copyright; Patent; Trade Secret; Antitrust Law; Commercial Law and Transactions; Intellectual Property Licensing; Entertainment/Music Industry Matters; Information Technology Legislation; Software and Electronic Database Licensing Law; GATT Software Protection; Uniform Commercial Code; Computer Law. Email: George L. Graff | | Charles J. Hamilton, Jr. (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1977, District of Columbia; 1979, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1969; J.D., 1975); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.C.P., 1975). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking; Municipal Finance. Email: Charles J. Hamilton, Jr. | | Kurt W. Hansson (Partner) born Mt. Kisco, New York, June 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut; 1988, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1980); American University (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tax Litigation; Complex Litigation; Employment Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Lender Liability; Financial Services; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Kurt W. Hansson | | Lawrence J. Hass (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, December 1, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1977, District of Columbia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1967); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1971). Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Management Regulation, 1971-1975. Deputy Counsel, Fiduciary Responsibility, Solicitors Office, U.S. Department of Labor, 1975-1976. Special Assistant to the Administrator, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: ERISA; Institutional Investment; Structuring and Implementation of Investment Transactions and Vehicles; Partnership Tax; Business Income Tax; Securities Law; Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Public Pension Plan Law; Government Regulation of Investment Transactions; Fiduciary Responsibility; Tax-Exempt Non-Profit Investment Business. Email: Lawrence J. Hass | | John D. Hawkins (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1998, Connecticut. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., with honors, 1977); University of North Carolina (J.D., honors, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, University of North Carolina Law Review. Chair, Paul Hastings Global Projects Group. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Project Finance; Energy; Business Acquisitions; Equipment Finance and Leasing. Email: John D. Hawkins | | Luke P. Iovine, III (Partner) born Long Branch, New Jersey, April 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.B.A., 1987); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, Valedictorian, 1990). Managing Editor, Seton Hall Law Review. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Luke P. Iovine, III | | Mario J. Ippolito (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, February 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut and New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Columbia University (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Structured Finance; Equipment Finance; Bankruptcy; Commercial Loans; Loan Restructuring; Loan Syndication; Loan Workouts; Lender Liability; Secured Lending. Email: Mario J. Ippolito | | Thomas L. Kent (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, Texas (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (inactive); 1993, New York, Connecticut (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Canada (B.Commerce, 1973); South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1989). Member, Order of the Lytae. Chartered Accountant, Quebec, 1976 (inactive) and Alberta, 1977 (inactive). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1985 (inactive). Law Clerk to Hon. R. F. Wheless, Jr., Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1989-1991. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debt Restructuring. Email: Thomas L. Kent | | David M. Klein (Partner) born New York, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, New York and Connecticut; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cooper Union (B.S.E.E., 1986); Queens College; New York University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; Electrical Intellectual Property; Electronic Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Intellectual Property Procurement; Intellectual Property Prosecution; International Licensing; Internet Intellectual Property; New Media Law; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Proprietary Rights; Computers and Software; Computer Contracts; Computer Law; Computer Technology; Data Protection; Information Technology; Information Technology Contracts; Information Technology Licensing; Software Copyright; Software Licensing; Software Protection; International Contracts; Copyrights; Copyright Licensing; Copyright Protection; Copyright Registration; Technology and Science; High Technology; High Technology Contracts; Internet Technology; Medical Technology; Life Sciences; Semiconductor Technology; Technology Finance; Technology Joint Ventures; Technology Law; Technology Protection; Technology Transfers; Corporate Law; Corporate Contracts. Email: David M. Klein | | Jodi A. Kleinick (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, October 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New York and New Jersey. Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A., 1990); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Moot Court Honor Society. Dean Jerome Prince Competition Writer. Executive Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law. Author, "Suppressing Violent and Degrading Pornography to 'Prevent Harm'in Canada: Butler v. Her Majesty the Queen," 19 Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 1993. Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Action Defense; Construction Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Trial Practice; Real Estate Litigation; Unfair Competition; Land Use Litigation. Email: Jodi A. Kleinick | | Steven Koch (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1981); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Construction; Real Estate. Email: Steven Koch | | Ronald Kreismann (Partner) born Quito, Ecuador, October 5, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, New York. Education: City University of New York (B.A., 1965); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1968). Member: New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Wage and Hour Law. Email: Ronald Kreismann | | Mark A. Kreitman (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, December 27, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1986, New Jersey; 1989, District of Columbia; 1990, Florida. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Housing and Urban Development); American Bar Association (Member: Real Property Section; Affordable Housing Forum); Urban Land Institute. Practice Areas: Corporate Real Estate; Affordable Housing; Low Income Housing; Corporate Law; Real Estate Syndication; Partnership Law; Partnership Syndication. Email: Mark A. Kreitman | | Thomas E. Kruger (Partner) born Warren, Ohio, June 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1966); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Thomas E. Kruger | | Eric R. Landau (Partner) born Queens, New York, November 6, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with honors, 1983); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, American Criminal Law Review. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Commercial Real Estate Development; Hotel and Mixed-Use Project Development. Email: Eric R. Landau | | Kevin C. Logue (Partner) born Harrodsburg, Kentucky, September 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., 1978); St. John's University (J.D., 1984). Editor-in-Chief, St. John's Law Review, 1983-1984. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Fiduciary Duty; Directors and Officers; Complex Commercial Litigation; Banking; Securities; Commercial Finance; Creditors' Rights; Project Finance; Lender Liability; Indemnification Disputes; Telecommunications; Media; Aircraft; Fraud; RICO. Email: Kevin C. Logue | | Stuart Mass (Partner) born Bronx, New York, February 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1973); Fordham University (M.A., 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member, Fordham Law Review, 1981-1983. Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Law Review, Vol. 51, 1982-1983. Author: "The Dilemma of the Intimidated Witness in Federal Organized Crime Prosecutions," 50 Fordham Law Review 582, 1982. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Stuart Mass | | Keith W. Miller (Partner) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1986; M.A., 1987); New England School of Law (J.D., with distinction and awards, 1990). Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, 1989-1990. Publications: "Subprime Mortgage Meltdown: Is Litigation on its Way," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Vol. 23 No. 2 (Fall 2007); Inside the Minds: Best Practices for White Collar Litigation, chapter titled "Defending Securities Law Violations," Aspatore Books (2006); "Follow the Money: The SEC Continues To Scrutinize Hedge Funds and File Enforcement Actions," NYLJ (2006); "Looking Out for No. 1," Workforce Magazine (2005); "Where is the Fraud? Undisclosed Compensation to Broker-Dealers," NYLJ (1997). Client Alerts: "Subprime Mortgage Meltdown: Is Litigation on its Way? - Part II" (2007); "Subprime Mortgage Meltdown: Is Litigation on its Way?" (2007); "Federal Scrutiny of Private Equity Deals Makes Antitrust Compliance a Necessity for Private Equity Firms" (2007); "Second Circuit Defers to SEC in Determining How to Distribute Funds Under Sarbanes-Oxley" (2006); "SEC Adopts Interim Rule to Address Broker's Exception From Registration Requirements Under the Investment Advisers Act" (2005); "Expanded Review of Arbitration Awards In New York" (Dec. 2004). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Securities Litigation Committee, Broker-Dealer Litigation Subcommitee and SEC Enforcement Subcommittee). Special Agencies: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Northeast Regional Office, Division of Broker-Dealer Enforcement and Interpretations, Branch Chief. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; White Collar Crime; Complex Litigation; Securities Regulation. Email: Keith W. Miller | | Lawrence Mittman (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1976, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Yeshiva College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); Columbia University (J.D., 1975). Co-Author with Rees W. Morrison: "Bankruptcies: Assets Often can be Picked up at Bargain Prices," 59 Harvard Business Review 155, 1981; "Bargain Leases From Bankrupt Tenants," 12 Real Estate Review 51, 1982. Co-Author with Burton R. Lifland and Rees W. Morrison: "Bankruptcy Commentary-The Second Circuit Review-1981-1982 Term," 49 Brooklyn Law Review 741, 1983. Special Professor, Hofstra University School of Law, 1981. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Secured Lending. Email: Lawrence Mittman | | Peter C. Olsen (Partner) born Bronx, New York, September 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, New York. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1985); New York University (J.D., 1989). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Peter C. Olsen | | Joseph M. O'Malley, Jr. (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 29, 1959; admitted to bar, 1993, New York. Education: Rutgers College of Engineering (B.S.Ch.E., with highest honors, 1982); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1992). Tau Beta Pi. Member: American Bar Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Litigation. Email: Joseph M. O'Malley, Jr. | | Joseph P. Opich (Partner) born Benton Harbor, Michigan, March 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with distinction, 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Practice Areas: Federal and State Tax Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Tax issues arising in Real Estate Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leveraged Transactions; Organization and Restructuring of Joint Ventures/Partnerships/; Limited Liability Companies; Capital Markets Transactions; Tax-Exempt Organizations; International Activities of U.S. and Foreign Persons. Email: Joseph P. Opich | | Jeffrey J. Pellegrino (Partner) born Queens, New York, November 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1986); Boston University (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; General Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions Finance; Securities. Email: Jeffrey J. Pellegrino | | Vincent J. Pisano (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, New York. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1975); St. John's University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; International Bar Association. Practice Areas: Capital Markets; Public and Private Corporate Finance; Public and Private International Corporate Finance; De-leveraging Transactions; Leveraged Buyouts. Email: Vincent J. Pisano | | Leslie A. Plaskon (Partner) born Bayonne, New Jersey, November 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California; 1991, New York and New Jersey; 1996, Connecticut. Education: Newcomb College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Virginia (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Finance; Creditors Rights; Structured Finance; Commercial Finance; Debt Finance; Secured Finance; Cross Border Finance; Unsecured Finance; Commercial Lending; Asset Based Finance; Debt Restructuring; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Real Estate Workouts; Fraudulent Transfer; Secured Transactions; Financial Institutions Representation; Commercial Matters. Email: Leslie A. Plaskon | | Domenick Pugliese (Partner) born New York, New York, May 12, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., cum laude, Political Science, Spanish Literature, 1983); National Law Center at George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1986). Member, George Washington Law Review, 1985-1986. Senior Vice President, U.S. Trust Company N.A., 2004, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Alliance Fund Distributors, 1994-2003. Vice President and Counsel, Concord Holding Corporation, 1994. Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Prudential Securities Incorporate and Prudential Mutual Fund Management, Inc., 1991-1994. Associate, Battle Fowler, 1986-1991. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Investment Company Act; Investment Advisors; Exchange-Traded Funds. Email: Domenick Pugliese | | Thomas M. Rao (Partner) born Levittown, New York, September 26, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.S. in Accounting, 1993; J.D., with honors, 1996). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Securities Law; Venture Capital. Email: Thomas M. Rao | | Michael R. Rosella (Partner) born Bronx, New York, July 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, New York and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Hofstra University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Fordham University (J.D., 1981). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Investment Company Act; Corporate; Securities. Email: Michael R. Rosella | | Cheryl R. Saban (Partner) born Queens, New York, October 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Discrimination; Harassment; Whistleblower Retaliation; Employment Policies; Wage and Hour Law; Collective Bargaining; FMLA. Email: Cheryl R. Saban | | Scott R. Saks (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, New York. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1991); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate. Email: Scott R. Saks | | Walter F. Schleimer (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1979; J.D., 1982). Member, Human Rights Law Review, 1980-1981. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Restructuring. Email: Walter F. Schleimer | | Richard C. Schoenstein (Partner) born Nassau County, New York, October 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1987); Hofstra Law School (J.D., With Distinction, 1990). Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, September, 1990-April, 2001. Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities Fraud Litigation; Corporate Governance; Broker/Customer and Investment Management Disputes; Employment and Contract Disputes; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Richard C. Schoenstein | | Mark Schonberger (Chair, Real Estate Capital Markets Group) born New York, New York, July 15, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts, 1980, New York. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Boston University (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Securities Law(50%); Corporate Law(30%); Partnership Law(15%); Syndication(5%). Email: Mark Schonberger | | William F. Schwitter, Jr. (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, June 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and New Jersey. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S.M.E., cum laude, 1980); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law Review, 1982-1983. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities Law. Email: William F. Schwitter, Jr. | | Patrick W. Shea (Partner) born Lakewood, Ohio, June 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1991, Connecticut. (Not admitted in New York). Education: University of Scranton (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Yale University (J.D., 1981). Member, Editorial Board, Yale Law Journal, 1980-1981. Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employee Benefits; Employment Discrimination; Age Discrimination; Wrongful Termination; Class Action Litigation Defense; EEOC. Email: Patrick W. Shea | | Barry G. Sher (Partner) born Millville, New Jersey, August 3, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New York. Education: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., with honors, 1986); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1989). Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Securities Litigation; Antitrust Class Actions. Email: Barry G. Sher | | Robert L. Sherman (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, April 22, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.S.I.E., 1967); The American University (J.D., 1971); George Washington University Law School. Staff Member, American University Law Review, 1969-1971. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law and Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights; Unfair Competition; False Advertising; Direct Marketing; Promotion Law; Federal Trade Commission Proceedings; Sweepstakes; Database Marketing; Consumer Privacy. Email: Robert L. Sherman | | Andrew M. Short (Partner) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York. Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1982); Cornell University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Note Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Domestic and International Taxation of Business Transactions and Financings; Partnership Taxation; Real Estate Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Executive Compensation; Taxation of Public Charities and Private Foundations; Transnational and Foreign Sales Corporation Leasing. Email: Andrew M. Short | | David E. Snediker (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, October 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1983, Connecticut. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1969); St. John's University (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Pension Fund Investments; Real Estate Investment; Real Estate Finance; Mortgage Finance; Real Estate Workouts; Project Finance; Joint Ventures; Loan Restructuring. Email: David E. Snediker | | Stephen P. Sonnenberg (East Coast Vice Chair, Employment Law Department) born New York, New York, October 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1993, California; 2006, New York and District of Columbia. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., cum laude, 1974); University of Michigan (M.S.W., 1977); University of Southern California (J.D., 1992). Licensed Clinical Social Worker, California, 1985. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Wrongful Discharge; Discrimination; Class Actions; Disabilities. Email: Stephen P. Sonnenberg | | Joshua H. Sternoff (Partner) born Washington, D.C., January 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 1998, District of Columbia. Education: Columbia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Email: Joshua H. Sternoff | | Dean A. Stiffle (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 26, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, New York. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1967); Boston University (J.D., 1970). Member, Boston University Law Review, 1970. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Dean A. Stiffle | | Carolyn Sullivan (Partner) born New York, New York, August 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance. Email: Carolyn Sullivan | | Carla R. Walworth (Partner) born Lubec, Maine, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1996, Mashantuck Pequot Tribal Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1985). Member: Section on Employment and Labor; Task Force on the Multi-jurisdictional Practice of Law, Connecticut Bar Association. Member, Section on Equal Employment Opportunity, American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Rights; Employee Benefits; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Carla R. Walworth | | Robert J. Wertheimer (Partner) born New York, N.Y., December 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., with distinction in all subjects, 1976); Columbia University (J.D.,1979). Recipient, New York City Urban Fellowship, 1975-1976. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Corrections, 1981-1984); New York State and American Bar Associations; Practicing Law Institute (Lecturer). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Financial Restructuring. Email: Robert J. Wertheimer | | Bruce M. Wexler (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., Physics, summa cum laude, 1989); New York University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Hon. Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1992-1994. Member: Federal Circuit (Former Chair, Patent Litigation Committee) and American Bar Associations; New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Former Chair, Committee on Amicus Briefs and Legislative Oversight); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Litigation; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property. Email: Bruce M. Wexler | | Seth M. Zachary (Partner) born New York, New York, May 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, New York. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1976); New York University (LL.M., 1980). Lecturer: Federal Income Taxation of Real Estate, New York University Real Estate Institute, 1981-1982, 1984-1985, 1989, 1990; New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, 1987-1988, 1989; Practising Law Institute, 1987-1988, 1989; USC Federal Tax Institute, 1989. (Chair of the Firm). Practice Areas: Federal, State and Local Taxation; Corporate Taxation; Real Estate Taxation; Foreign Taxation; Employee Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Seth M. Zachary | | Michael L. Zuppone (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, February 21, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 1985); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1988). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, Administrative Law; United States Law Week Award; Stephan J. Penzick Memorial Award, Administrative Law. Symposium Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law. Author, Note, "The Gray Market Controversy: Is a Resolution Necessary?" Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Volume 13, 1987. Staff Attorney, 1988-1990 and Branch Chief, 1990-1993, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Northeast Regional Office. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). (Co-Chair, Securities and Capital Markets Practice Group). Practice Areas: Securities Regulation; Securities Offerings; Corporate Governance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Private Equity. Email: Michael L. Zuppone | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Charles Burton (Senior Counsel) born Bayonne, New Jersey, August 23, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, New York. Education: Rutgers University (A.B., cum laude, 1954); Columbia University (LL.B., 1957); New York University (LL.M., 1961). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Uniform State Laws, 1966-1969); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Trusts and Estates. Email: Charles Burton | | Eric W. Shaw (Senior Counsel) born Trenton, New Jersey, September 14, 1937; admitted to bar, 1965, Massachusetts; 1971, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1959; LL.B., 1963). Languages: Spanish and French. Email: Eric W. Shaw | | OF COUNSEL | | Ralph E. Arpajian (Of Counsel) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); University of Southern California (J.D.,1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Finance. Email: Ralph E. Arpajian | | Robert R. Buzard (Of Counsel) born Trenton, New Jersey, November 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania; 1999, New York. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., 1993); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1996). Member: New York and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Syndication. Email: Robert R. Buzard | | Carol Dudnick (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1993, Connecticut. Education: University of Rochester (B.S.); New York University (J.D.). Email: Carol Dudnick | | Martin L. Edelman (Of Counsel) born White Plains, New York, June 12, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1963); Columbia University (LL.B., 1966). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate. Email: Martin L. Edelman | | Amy S. Egger (Of Counsel) born Passaic, New Jersey, May 31, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Inactive); 1994, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); New York University (J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert L. Penza, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Real Estate Leasing. Email: Amy S. Egger | | Thomas R. Fallati (Of Counsel) born Utica, New York, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: White Collar Crime; Litigation; SEC Enforcement. Email: Thomas R. Fallati | | Robert W. Gelfman (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., January 22, 1932; admitted to bar, 1956, New York and Massachusetts; 1959, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1953); Harvard University (LL.B., 1956). Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business Administration. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1966—. Trustee, Independence Savings Bank; Director, Graycor, Inc. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York County Lawyers Association; American Bar Association; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Leasing; Financial Restructuring. Email: Robert W. Gelfman | | Matthieu Grollemund (Of Counsel) born Suresnes, France, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Paris (Not admitted in the United States). Education: Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (1995); University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne (Maîtrise de droit privé des Affaires, 1996; DESS en Propriété Littéraire et Artistique, 1997). Languages: French and German. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Private Equity; Joint Ventures. Email: Matthieu Grollemund | | Michael B. Kupin (Of Counsel) born Bronx, New York; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania; 1986, New York and New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1978); Duke University Law School (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "New Alterations of the Lender Liability Landscape: CERCLA after the Fleet Factors Decision," Real Estate Law Journal, Winter, 1991. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Secured Finance; Asset Acquisitions. Email: Michael B. Kupin | | Jonathan M. Lehr (Of Counsel) born Dayton, Ohio, October 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1968); Columbia University (J.D., 1971). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member: Committee on Commercial Leasing, 1992—). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Jonathan M. Lehr | | Ilan A. Lerman (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1994); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Ilan A. Lerman | | Andrea M. Mattei (Of Counsel) born Worcester, Massachusetts, March 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1984, Maryland; 1993, Virginia; 2000, District of Columbia; 2007, New York. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1980); University of Maryland (J.D., 1983). Waddell Fellow, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977-1978. Mary Lyon Scholar. Panelist and Co-Chair, ALI-ABA Commercial Real Estate Financing Documentation, 1999-2007. Previous employment: Ocwen Financial Corporation, 1994-1999; Senior Vice President and General Counsel, 2001-2002. Associate, 1986-1994 and Partner, 1999-2001, Piper Rudnick LLP. Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Corporate Finance and Treasury, Marriott International, Inc., 2002-2006. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Securities Law; Commercial Law; Real Property and Probate); American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Anglo-American Real Property Institute Practice Areas: Commercial and Corporate Finance; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Workouts; Corporate Governance; Corporate Workouts; Resorts and Leisure. Email: Andrea M. Mattei | | Jacqueline A. May (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1987, New York. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1982); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1986). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer; Investment Management. Email: Jacqueline A. May | | Gregg S. Miller (Of Counsel) born Bronx, New York, August 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); New York University (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Gregg S. Miller | | Edward L. Peck (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New York; 1971, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd and 5th Circuits and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969). Beta Alpha Psi. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estates and Trusts; Tax Planning. Email: Edward L. Peck | | Gary D. Rawitz (Of Counsel) born Long Island, New York, July 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Cornell University (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Gary D. Rawitz | | Robert D. Schmicker (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, New York. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1972); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1978). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. [Lieut., USNR, 1972-1975]. Practice Areas: Energy and Project Finance; Climate Change. Email: Robert D. Schmicker | | Harvey A. Strickon (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, November 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1973, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2006, U.S. Tax Court. Education: The City College of New York (B.B.A., 1968); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1971). Member, Complaint Mediation Panel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, Supreme Court, State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department. Chairman, Complaint Mediation Panel, Committee on Professional Discipline, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Chairman, Committee on Professional Discipline, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Member, Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Member, Mediation Registers, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Co-Author: Enforcing Judgments and Collecting Debts in New York, West Publishing Co., 1996. Member: American and New York State Bar Associations; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bankruptcy Institute; American Judicature Society; Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys; New York Law Institute; Bankruptcy Lawyers Bar Association. Practice Areas: Creditors; Bankruptcy; Out-of-Court Workouts; Chapter 11 Business Reorganizations; Mortgage Foreclosure Proceedings; Debtor-in-Possession Financing; Asset-based Lending; Turnaround Management; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Harvey A. Strickon | | Vasilia H.A. Tsismenakis (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, May 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, New York; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Alpha Sigma Nu. Writing and Research Editor, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal. Legal Advisor, Pan Association of America. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Real Estate; General Corporate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing. Email: Vasilia H.A. Tsismenakis | | ASSOCIATES | | Anupama Ahluwalia (Associate) born Delhi, India; admitted to bar, 1999, Delhi, India; 2007, New York. Education: Delhi University (B.A., (Honors), LL.B., First Class); National University of Singapore (LL.M.); Columbia University (LL.M., 2003). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Languages: Hindi, Punjabi. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Anupama Ahluwalia | | Robin A. Arzon (Associate) born 1981; (Admission pending). Education: New York University (B.A., Politics, Sociology, Media Studies, magna cum laude, 2003); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Order of the Coif. Staff Writer, 2004-2005 and Executive Editor, 2005, 2006, Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robin A. Arzon | | Isaac S. Ashkenazi (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, May 15, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Cooper Union (B.E., Chemical Engineering, 2002); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 2005). Email: Isaac S. Ashkenazi | | Marc T. Bacigalupo (Associate) born Teaneck, New Jersey, March 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2003). Email: Marc T. Bacigalupo | | Matthew S. Banner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (B.S., 2001); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Matthew S. Banner | | Jennifer L. Bartle (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 2001); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation. |
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