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For more than three decades, Greenberg Traurig has delivered practical, business-focused solutions for clients, from emerging companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Our international network of offices provides a multi-disciplinary team with the strategic business, legal, and political experience required to solve the increasingly complex needs of regional, national, and global companies.

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Administrative Law, Admiralty Law, Agricultural Law, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Americans with Disabilities Act, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Biotechnology, Broadcasting Law, Brownfields Redevelopment, Business Immigration, Business Law, Class Action Defense, Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Consumer Finance, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Customs and International Trade, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, Energy, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, ERISA, FCC Licensing, FCC Regulation, Federal Government Law, Federal Legislative Law, Finance, Financial Institutions Law, Franchises and Franchising, Gaming Law, Government Affairs, Government Contracts, Governmental Law, Health Care, Immigration Law, Indians and Native Populations, Information Technology, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, International Business Law, International Trade, Joint Ventures, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Lobbying, Maritime Law, Mediation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mining Law, Motion Pictures and Television, Multimedia Law, Music Law, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Oil and Gas Law, Partnership Law, Patents, Privatization, Probate, Public Finance, Public Infrastructure, Public Utility Law, Railroad Law, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Sports Law, Strategic Alliances, Structured Finance, Sweepstakes, Taxation, Telecommunications Law, Trade Regulation, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Criminal Defense, Wills, Workouts, Zoning Law.

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Steven Berman focuses his practice in the areas of Federal partnership and real estate taxation with a particular emphasis on low-income housing tax credits, historic tax credits, and New Markets Tax Credits. Steven's practice is focused on the representation of both for-profit and non-profit real estate developers, tax credit equity investors and public housing authorities involved in real estate transactions involving the use of one or more of these Federal income tax credits.

Areas of Concentration

· Federal income tax

· Affordable housing

· Real estate taxation

· Partnership taxation

Professional & Community Involvement

· Past Chair, Real Estate Committee, American Bar Association, Taxation Section

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Federal Tax Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, Section on Taxation

· Editorial Board, Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

Member: American Bar Association (Past Chair, Real Estate Committee, Taxation Section); Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association (Federal Tax Committee, Taxation Section).

Practice Areas: Tax.Email: Steven P. Berman

Samantha R. Corson (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, 1990); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1995) Arthur Littleton/ H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Instructor; University of Pennsylvania (M.A., Philosophy, 1995).

Samantha Corson is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP in the Environmental Group where she represents clients in a range of environmental transactional, regulatory counseling and compliance matters. Ms. Corson's practice focuses on the representation of developers and corporations in connection with the acquisition, development, transfer, financing, and sale of contaminated real estate, including complex project redevelopments, environmental liability transfers, and the mitigation of environmental risk. She also represents clients in connection with hazardous waste, water quality, toxics, Superfund enforcement and other environmental enforcement and compliance issues. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Corson served as law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. Samantha has developed and presented programs on a variety of topics related to environmental issues. Samantha is certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).

Areas of Concentration

· Environmental issues presented in real estate and business transactions

· Brownfields transactions

· Solid waste, wetlands and air quality enforcement actions

· Environmental regulatory compliance counseling

Professional & Community Involvement

· Chair (2009-2010 Term), Vice-Chair (2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Terms), Environmental Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association

· Barrister Member, Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court (2005-present)

· Associate Member, University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court (1999-2002)

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Environmental Law Institute

· Member, Society of Women Environmental Professionals

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008 and 2009 editions

· Named one of Pennsylvania's 2008 "Lawyers on the Fast Track," The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2010

Noteworthy Experience

· U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Clerkship

· Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, September 1995-September 1996

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-Author, "Environmental Insurance in the Wake of the AIG Bailout," Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee Newsletter (February 2009)

· Author and Lecturer, Essential Environmental Issues in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 19th Annual Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Symposia, American Bar Association (May 2008)

· Author and Lecturer, Litigation Update, 12th Annual Pennsylvania Environmental Law Forum, Pennsylvania Bar Association (April 2007)

· Contributing Editor, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Civil Practice Manual, (9th-12th Editions, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005)

· Author, "Are We Growing Smarter? A Look At Local Land Use and Environmental Regulation," Legal Intelligencer (April 7, 2007)

· Author and Lecturer, Environmental Justice Claims, Environmental Private Rights of Action, Pennsylvania Bar Association (October and November 1998)

· Author, What you need to Know About Environmental Justice, Environmental Corporate Counsel Report, Volume 5, Number 1 (April 1998)

· Author, Emerging Trends in Environmental Justice, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Newsletter, Pennsylvania Bar Association (March 1998)

· Author, Emerging Trends in Environmental Justice, Pennsylvania Bar News, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Volume 8, Number 4 (February 23, 1998)

Member: American Bar Association (Vice-Chair, Environmental Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 2007-08 and 2008-09 Terms); Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Environmental; Climate Change; Green Building & Sustainable Development.Email: Samantha R. Corson

Marc Davies (Shareholder) born New York, New York, March 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1990); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., with distinction, Environmental Science, 1994); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997) Associate Member, Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal.

Marc E. Davies is a member of Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups. Mr. Davies also has significant experience in Product Liability and Mass Torts, White Collar Criminal Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity. As a member of the Litigation Group, his experience encompasses assisting pharmaceutical and industrial clients in responding to governmental investigations and criminal prosecutions, including acting as independent counsel for senior managers involved in civil and criminal actions.

His environmental practice focuses on a wide range of environmental issues involving litigation arising from contaminated sediment and groundwater sites, as well as allocating liability for, and negotiating remediation of, "mega-sites." Mr. Davies also has considerable experience in regulatory compliance and real estate, business, and financial transactions. Mr. Davies has worked extensively with consultants and expert witnesses on technical issues related to water quality modeling, the relative merits of competing risk assessments, groundwater and sediment contamination, and Natural Resource Damage claims. He has taught a course entitled "Fundamentals of Water Law in Pennsylvania: Protecting Water Rights, Use and Quality" and has co-authored all materials for course participants.

Mr. Davies also advises a variety of Scandinavian companies regarding the purchase, sale and operation of their U.S.-based subsidiary corporations.

Areas of Concentration

· Mergers and Acquisitions

· Private Equity

· Products Liability and Mass Torts

· Regulatory Compliance

· White Collar Criminal Defense

Significant Representations

· Represented clients in facilitating Brownfields transactions, conducted due diligence, and negotiated contract language associated with corporate and real estate transactions as well as insurance coverage disputes.

· Drafted a winning 10th Circuit brief that created an additional hurdle in determining the liability of a parent corporation for the activities of its subsidiaries in Raytheon Const. Corp. v. ASARCO, 56 ERC 1024 (10th Cir. 2003).

· Represented an employee of a pharmaceutical company in product liability litigation involving its atypical anti-psychotic drug.

· Represented senior managers of a major pharmaceutical company in actions related to its Cox-2 drug.

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Clerkship

· Justice Russel M. Nigro, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

· Law clerk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region III office

· Law clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Division of Environment and Natural Resources

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· "Water Resource Planning Act: Pennsylvania's Blueprint for Land Development," Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal, Fall 2004

· "Regulators Turn Heat Up on Environmental Labs," Environmental Regulation and Permitting, Autumn 1999

Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: Marc Davies

Robert J. Dubbelde (Shareholder) born Hastings, Nebraska, September 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 2002, Pennsylvania. Education: The University of Texas at Arlington (B.B.A., Finance, 1993); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1996) Member, Texas Law Review; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review.

Robert J. Dubbelde serves as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel for general obligation and revenue bonds for cities, counties, special districts, school districts, and state agencies. He also acts as purchaser's, credit enhancer's, and underwriter's counsel on asset securitizations involving tax-exempt bonds and on private activity and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt bond financings such as multi-family and student housing bonds, single-family mortgage bonds, and health care financings. Rob has lectured throughout Texas on ethical requirements and investing public funds.

Areas of Concentration

· Private activity and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt bond financings, including, private placement and public offerings of multi-family and student housing bonds for new construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of existing projects; public offerings of single-family bonds for new mortgage programs; and public offerings of 501(c)(3) bonds for a variety of facilities

· Asset securitizations involving tax-exempt bonds and tax credits

· Swap agreements for control of interest rate risk in variable rate transactions and as guarantees for tax credit syndication transactions

· Bond Counsel and Underwriter's Counsel for General Obligation Bonds, Revenue Bonds, Certificates of Obligation, Bond Anticipation Notes, and other similar securities

Significant Representations

· Bond Purchaser's counsel for the private placement of over $300 million in private activity and 501(c)(3) multi-family bonds.

· Counsel to credit enhancers involving the use of swap agreements to guarantee tax credit syndication investments.

· Bond counsel to major city regarding issuance of over $600 million in airport revenue refunding bonds.

· Underwriter's counsel on multiple 501(c)(3) transactions for various public facilities including theaters, museums, schools, health care facilities and similar type facilities.

· Borrower's counsel on multiple Liberty Bond transactions for new housing facilities in lower Manhattan totaling over $500 million.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

· Member, Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Speeches

· Hazards of Investing Public Funds, Presented to the Texas Association of Counties in October 2000 & 2001.

· Fiduciary Responsibilities of Investing Public Funds, Presented to the Texas Public Funds Investment Act Conference in November 2000 & 2001.

· Fundamentals of Bond Law, Presented to the National Association of Local Housing Authorities in December 2001.

Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers.

(Also at Dallas, TX Office). Practice Areas: Public Finance.Email: Robert J. Dubbelde

Brian T. Feeney (Shareholder) born September 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Connecticut; 1996, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1985); The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994).

Brian is a shareholder in the Litigation Department of Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office. He has over 9 years of experience in all aspects of civil litigation. His experience includes representing clients in the litigation of diverse commercial and business disputes, class actions, consumer fraud disputes, real estate disputes and contract disputes.

Areas of Concentration

· Business and commercial disputes

· Class actions

· Consumer actions

· Real estate litigation

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, Honorable J. Curtis Joyner, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1994-96

Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate Operations.Email: Brian T. Feeney

Steven M. Felsenstein (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Maryland; 1975, District of Columbia; 1982, Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of the United States; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Education: Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus (B.A., Political Science, 1970); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1974).

Steven focuses his practice on serving clients involved in financial services industries. He advises investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, investment advisers registered under the Investment Advisers Act, and other administrators and service providers involved in the industry. Steven also represents broker-dealers and transfer agents registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and issuers of securities under the Securities Act of 1933. Steven represents clients in connection with administrative proceedings conducted by the SEC and the NASD, and participates in related actions. Steven's prior practice includes experience as a staff member in the Division of Corporation Finance and as a Branch Chief in the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

Areas of Concentration

· Investment company representation

· Investment advisory matters

· Securities regulatory matters

· Organization and operation of hedge funds

· Limited and private offerings

· Broker-dealer matters

· General corporate matters

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association, Section on Corporations, Banking and Business Law; Subcommittee on Investment Companies

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association Securities Committee; Committee on Investment Companies

· Trustee, Temple Emanuel of Cherry Hill

· Chairman, Cherry Hill Township Cable Television Board, (1985-1987)

· Member, Cherry Hill Township Zoning Board, (1987-1991)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "A Fresh Eye to the Futures," The Deal.com, December 3, 2002 (regulatory changes for hedge funds at the CFTC)

· Co-author, "Clean Fight," The Deal. com, October 18, 2002 (Treasury proposal to require notice filings by hedge funds under anti-money laundering rules)

Lectures

· Seminar: The Legal Risks of Modern Technology

Member: American Bar Association (Section on Corporations, Banking and Business Law; Subcommittee on Investment Companies); Philadelphia Bar Association (Securities Committee; Committee on Investment Companies).

Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Financial Institutions.Email: Steven M. Felsenstein

Dianne Coady Fisher (Co-Chair, National Public Finance Practice) born Oneonta, New York, September 12, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., with honors, 1982); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1985) Order of the Coif; Articles Editor for the Law Review.

Dianne Coady Fisher serves as bond counsel and underwriters' counsel on a variety of private activity tax-exempt financings, including single-family mortgage bonds, multi-family housing bonds, and health care financings. Additionally, she serves as borrowers' counsel in acquisitions of bond-financed multifamily housing projects and debt restructurings, including unsecured REIT borrowings. Dianne also acts as counsel to bond purchasers in private placement of multifamily housing bonds for new construction, or acquisition and rehabilitation of existing projects.

Areas of Concentration

· Bond counsel and underwriters' counsel

· Borrowers' counsel

· Bond purchasers' counsel

· Credit enhancers' counsel

· Asset securitization involving tax-exempt bonds

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2008 and 2009 editions

Practice Areas: Public Finance; Real Estate; Structured Finance & Derivatives.Email: Dianne Coady Fisher

Robert M. Goldich (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 2005, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; Supreme Court of the United States. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1974) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977).

Robert M. Goldich has more than 30 years of experience as a labor and employment lawyer and litigator representing employers in all aspects of labor and employee relations, including general employment counseling, employment contract negotiation, collective bargaining negotiations, labor arbitration, and the representation of employers in administrative and courtroom litigation. As the practice of labor and employment law has evolved into one requiring courtroom litigation skills, Mr. Goldich's practice has become concentrated in the areas of complex employment and ERISA litigation. He has successfully tried to judgment more than 20 cases around the country, and obtained summary judgment rulings in many others, including equal employment cases under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, ERISA, wrongful discharge, whistleblower and employment tort actions, and suits involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements and trade secrets issues. Mr. Goldich has represented in litigation a number of Fortune 100 companies, several universities and colleges, health care institutions and numerous smaller and entrepreneurial businesses. Mr. Goldich also has litigated cases involving commercial contracts and other business disputes.

Mr. Goldich has developed a national reputation in the area of ERISA litigation. He has represented the defendants in six different ERISA class actions, involving amounts in dispute in excess of one billion dollars. These class actions have involved a variety of ERISA issues, including fiduciary liability, pension plan design, termination of retiree medical coverage, benefit integration, and pension plan spinoffs in the context of corporate acquisitions. Mr. Goldich has tried cases and advised unionized clients in connection with withdrawal liability claims under the Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendment Act.

Areas of Concentration

· Employment litigation

· ERISA litigation

· Labor law

· Restrictive covenant litigation

· Employment counseling

· Employment agreements

· Commercial litigation

Significant Representations

· Precedent-setting ERISA action: Mr. Goldich was the defense counsel in the first reported ERISA action tried to verdict in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Goldich won a defense verdict upheld in the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

· Verdict in EEOC suit. Mr. Goldich obtained a trial verdict for a college in an EEOC prosecution of a multi-plaintiff Equal Pay Act action.

· California trial experience. Mr. Goldich has tried two jury cases in California, both resulting in directed verdicts for the defense. One was an executive compensation dispute. The other was a disability discrimination claim under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act.

· FLSA Collective Action. Mr. Goldich won an FLSA action for a large distributor of petroleum products against a Union representing a class of drivers.

· Whistleblower Litigation. Mr. Goldich prevailed in the trial of an action brought by an employee claiming that he was discharged due to complaints by the FDA about unsafe medical products.

* The above representations were handled by Mr. Goldich prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

- Administrative Chair of the Employment Rights and Responsibility Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section

- Founder and Past Management Chairman, Labor Law Section's ERISA Litigation Subcommittee of the ERR Committee

- Past Co-Chair, Trial Advocacy Subcommittee of ERR Committee

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

- Past Chairman, Bar News Media Committee

· Member, New York State Bar Association

· Vice President of the Board of Directors, Family Services, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

· Member, New York State Bar Association

· Member, Meridian Club Duplicate Bridge Team

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2009

· Elected Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2002. The College is a national organization that elects members based on their professional achievements and sustained contribution to the field of labor and employment law.

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Books

· Co-Author, Chapter on "Civil Enforcement of ERISA" in ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide (Aspen Publishers)

· Chapter Author, "Defamation in the Work Place" Employment Termination Rights and Remedies (BNA 2003 Supp.)

Speeches

· Mr. Goldich has made presentations and demonstrated trial advocacy techniques on ERISA and employment litigation at numerous mid-winter and annual meetings of the Labor Law Section of the American Bar Association.

· Faculty Member, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual Employment Law Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Member: American Bar Association (Administrative Chair, Employment Rights and Responsibility Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section; Founder and Past Management Chairman, ERISA Litigation Subcommittee of the ERR Committee, Labor Law Section; Past Co-Chair, Trial Advocacy Subcommittee of ERR Committee); Pennsylvania Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association (Past Chairman, Bar News Media Committee); New York State Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Labor & Employment; Litigation; Global Benefits & Compensation.Email: Robert M. Goldich

Francine Friedman Griesing (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1987, Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education: Binghamton University State University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1981) Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Francine Friedman Griesing has successfully represented clients in complex business, high stakes litigation and alternate dispute resolution matters for over 27 years. She has experience representing clients and serving as an arbitrator in the hospitality and leisure, foodservice, event planning, gaming, and real estate industries.

Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Ms. Griesing's experience included serving the City of Philadelphia as Chair of the Litigation Group and Executive Committee member of the City's Law Department, appointed by former Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell, current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As one of the City's trial lawyer she handled legal matters involving the City's most popular tourist venues, including Veterans Stadium, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Penn's Landing/Delaware Avenue, Fairmount Park, historic Olde City and Main Street Manayunk. She advised the Mayor, ranking administration officials and members of City Council on cutting-edge legal issues, while managing over 2,000 matters, supervising 75 lawyers, attendant support staff and overseeing outside counsel. As the City's lead attorney on several high-profile matters, she is accustomed to working with a diverse constituency and performing under public scrutiny.

Ms. Griesing has been recognized for her professional and community leadership, having served on numerous bar association and civil projects. She has taught at Temple University's Beasley School of Law and Fox School of Business Management and has been a guest lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She writes and lectures on business and legal topics, including alternate dispute resolution, risk management, negotiation and presentation skills, and professional ethics.

Areas of Concentration

· Commercial litigation

· Hospitality

· Corporate & business counseling

· Government affairs

Significant Representations

· Serving as sole arbitrator in multimillion dollar commercial disputes in the hospitality/gaming industries

· Representing gaming equipment distributor in arbitration over malfunctioning equipment

· Defending hotel chain in municipal tax appeal arising out of transfer of partnership interests

· Defending club owners in litigation arising out of community opposition

· Negotiating concessionaire and management contracts for sports stadiums and major tourist venues

· Defending major cable broadcasting company in multiple class actions

· *Ms. Griesing handled these matters prior to joining Greenberg Traurig

Professional & Community Involvement

· Appointed, Commerce Program Judge Pro Tempore Panel, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

· Founder, Women Hospitality Executives Network

· Member, Global Alliance of Hospitality Attorneys

· Member, Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys

· Allied member, American Hotel & Lodging Association

· Allied member, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association

· Member, Hotels, Resorts and Tourism Committee, Real Property and Probate Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, Hospitality Industry Liaison Subcommittee, Real Property and Probate Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, Sports, Entertainment and Gaming Committee, Real Property and Probate Section of the American Bar Association

· (Former) Member, Board of Directors of the Forum of Executive Women

· (Former) Member, Board of Directors of the Federation Day Care Services

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008 edition

· Winner, The 2007 Excellence in Writing Award for the Best Technology/Law Practice Management Article "Protecting Against the Loss of the Attorney-Client Privilege in Complex International Transactions," Probate and Property magazine, March/April 2007

· Selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, 2004-2008

· Named, Greater Philadelphia Women of Distinction

· Listed, Governor's Best 50 Women in Business

· Listed, Pennsylvania Honor Roll for Women

· Listed, Women to Watch

· Listed, American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals for Commercial Disputes

· Recipient, Philadelphia Bar Education Center's inaugural award for Excellence in Legal Education, 1998

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Hotels, Resorts and Tourism Committee, Sports, Entertainment and Gaming Committee and Hospitality Industry Liaison Subcommittee, Real Property and Probate Section).

Practice Areas: Litigation; Hotels, Resorts & Clubs; Governmental Affairs; Government Litigation; Gaming.Email: Francine Friedman Griesing

Penny S. Indictor (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., Accounting, summa cum laude, 1989); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1994) Managing Editor of Production, Villanova Law Review.

Penny Indictor focuses her practice on various aspects of federal income taxation, including partnership taxation, real estate taxation, and transactions involving low-income housing, historic, and New Markets tax credits. Penny's experience includes structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing low-income housing and historic tax credit transactions and other complex equity investments.

Areas of Concentration

· Federal income taxation

· Affordable housing

· Tax credit transactions

· Complex equity investments

· Partnership and real estate taxation

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association, Taxation Section
- Member, Affordable Housing Forum

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, New Jersey Bar Association

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association, Taxation Section
- Member, Tax Section Council
- Member, LawWorks Steering Committee

Other Experience

· Certified Public Accountant, KPMG Peat Marwick

Member: American Bar Association (Member: Taxation Section; Affordable Housing Forum); Pennsylvania Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Tax Section Council and LawWorks Steering Committee, Taxation Section).

Practice Areas: Tax.Email: Penny S. Indictor

Rachel Kipnes (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., English, 1972); University of Pennsylvania (M.S., Education, 1972); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1984).

Rachel Kipnes focuses her practice on real estate matters including the acquisition, development, disposition, leasing, and financing of office towers, industrial facilities, multi-family housing, and shopping centers. She also handles the documentation, negotiation, and implementation of construction and permanent loan programs and loans and workouts of troubled loans made by commercial banks, life insurance companies, and other institutional lenders.

Areas of Concentration

· Financing transactions

· Acquisitions and sales

· Credit enhancement transactions

· Programs for the provisions of private placement and letters of credit in support of bonds and commercial paper issued in connection with real estate projects

· Development and leasing of commercial, residential, and multi-use properties

· Condominiums and co-ops

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association and its Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Business Law Section

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Real Property Section

· Co-Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association Committee on Real Estate Finance and Securitization

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Presented "Commercial Real Estate Financing" Newark, DE, September 2005

· Presented "Fundamentals of Real Estate Finance," Fundamentals of Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania Seminar, January 2004

· Presented "Overview of Commercial Leasing and Lease Terms," Basic Commercial Leases in Pennsylvania Seminar, May 2003

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law; Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section).

Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Operations.Email: Rachel Kipnes

Michael L. Lehr (Regional Operating Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., March 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1976, District of Columbia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1973).

Michael spent the first 11 years of his legal career as a trial lawyer, including five years as a federal prosecutor with the Watergate Special Prosecution Force and the U.S. Attorneys Office in Washington, D.C. Since late 1984, Michael has worked as a transactional attorney, focusing his efforts on the structuring and execution of complex securitizations and real estate financings, usually involving tax exempt obligations.

Areas of Concentration

· Tax-exempt finance

· Real estate finance

· Asset securitization

· Taxation

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Board of Trustees, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

· Member, Board of Directors, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Member, Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2008 and 2009 editions

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-authored several publications pertaining to tax legislation affecting tax-exempt finance and has been a frequent panelist at National Association of Bond Lawyer seminars and workshops.

Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers.

Practice Areas: Public Finance; Tax; Structured Finance & Derivatives.Email: Michael L. Lehr

Vanessa Albert Lowry (Shareholder) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania. Education: Cornell University (B.A., Mathematics, 1985) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1988) Student Editor, The Authority, a quarterly newsletter for informing housing authorities of pertinent, current case law.

Vanessa Albert Lowry is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office, practicing in the Tax and Public Finance Departments.

Areas of Concentration

· Tax

· Public Finance

Significant Representations

· Structuring complex project financings using tax exempt debt.

· Structuring financings for 501(c)(3) organizations.

· Negotiation and implementation of large Fannie Mae debt program for REITS.

· Structuring refinancings using securitization trusts.

· Structuring workouts.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association, Section on Taxation

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Board Member of active community organization/urban church boards in Philadelphia

Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation); National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Practice Areas: Public Finance.Email: Vanessa Albert Lowry

David G. Mandelbaum (Shareholder) born Princeton, New Jersey, April 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; 1984, Florida; 1993, Maryland. Education: Harvard College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1980); Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983).

David G. Mandelbaum is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups.

Areas of Concentration

· Air, Water, and Waste Regulation

· Superfund and Contamination

· Climate Change

· Oil and Gas Development

· Water Rights

Significant Representations

· Representation of industrial clients in wastewater, solid waste, and air permitting matters; administrative appeals; and enforcement actions

· Advises clients on sustainability and climate change, risk management, and disclosure policies

· Advises clients on environmental issues presented by hundreds of transactions; litigates misrepresentation, breach of contract, and statutory claims concerning environmental conditions arising after acquisitions and divestitures

· Advises clients and litigates matters involving environmental aspects of land use, such as public trust, wetlands regulation, erosion control, "sprawl," "environmental justice," and complex urban brownfields

· Representation of clients in prosecuting and defending common law environmental tort actions

· Served as lead counsel for different industrial clients in two natural resources damages and contaminated sediment remediation matters that the federal government considers among its most significant

· Representation of clients in scores of Superfund matters, including one of the only multigenerator landfill cases to be tried to judgment

· Mr. Mandelbaum has acted as counsel in numerous matters. Among those resulting in opinions or resolved by judgment or settlements approved by the tribunal are:

- Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2007-237 (Pa. EHB settlement Oct. 9, 2008)

- Appleton Papers Inc. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co., 572 F. Supp. 2d 1034 (E.D. Wis. 2008)

- United States v. P.H. Glatfelter Co. ("Lower Fox River and Green Bay OU-1"), No. 2:03-CV-949-LA (E.D. Wis. consent decree entered April 12, 2004 and agreed supplements filed May 7 and Nov. 13, 2007, and amended consent decree entered Aug. 13, 2008).

- Hanna v. ARE Acquisitions, Inc., 929 A.2d 892 (Md. 2007)

- Reynolds v. Rick's Mushroom Service, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-3773 (E.D. Pa. consent decree entered Dec. 1, 2006 and work plan approved July 30, 2007)

- BP Products North America, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2005-032 (Pa. EHB consent adjudication approved April 12, 2007)

- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2005-261 (Pa. EHB consent adjudication approved Aug. 17, 2006)

- Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2005-269 (Pa. EHB settlement June 12, 2006)

- Seneca Resources Corp. v. Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2004-010 (Pa. EHB consent adjudication approved April 28, 2006)

- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. Department of Environmental Protection, 2005 Pa. Environ. LEXIS 65 (Pa. EHB Oct. 26, 2005)

- United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. ("Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Ship Canal"), No. 2:04-CV-348-RL-APR (N.D. Ind. consent decree entered Jan. 31, 2005)

- Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 847 So. 2d 1143 (Fla. App. 2003)

- Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. Sermatech Engineering Group, Inc., 297 A.D.2d 248, 746 N.Y.S.2d 698 (2002)

- Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group v. P.H. Glatfelter Co., 128 F. Supp.2d 747 (M.D. Pa. 2001), and (M.D. Pa. consent decree entered Oct. 26, 2001)

- United States v. Aluminum Co. of America ("Moyer's Landfill"), Civil Action No. 89-7421 (E.D. Pa. consent decree entered Mar. 1, 2000)

- P.H. Glatfelter v. Department of Environmental Protection, 2000 E.H.B. 1204 (Pa. EHB Oct. 13, 2000)

- Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 728 So. 2d 233 (Fla. App. 1998)

- Gillen v. City of Neenah, 219 Wis.2d 806, 580 N.W.2d 628 (1998)

- Teleflex, Inc. v. Collins & Aikman Products Co., 961 F. Supp. 368 (D. Conn. 1996), aff'd mem., 125 F.3d 845 (2d Cir. 1997)

- United States v. Atlas Minerals & Chemicals, Inc. ("Oswald/Dorney Road Landfill"), 41 Env't Rep. Cas. (BNA) 1417 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 22, 1995), aff'd mem., No. 95-2030 (3d Cir. July 30, 1996)

- Franklin Township Board of Supervisors v. Department of Environmental Resources, 1992 E.H.B. 266 (Pa. EHB Mar. 20, 1992)

- Bridgeview, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Resources, 1991 E.H.B. 1949 (Pa. EHB Dec. 17, 1991)

- Raymark Industries, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Resources, 1990 E.H.B. 1653 (Pa. EHB Dec. 18, 1990), and 1991 E.H.B. 186 (Feb. 7, 1991)

- P.H. Glatfelter Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 921 F.2d 516 (4th Cir. 1990)

- Raymark Industries, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Resources, 1990 E.H.B. 1165 (Pa. EHB Sept. 20, 1990), and 1990 E.H.B. 1181 (Sept. 24, 1990)

- Pennsylvania Urban Development Corporation v. Golen, 708 F. Supp. 669 (E.D. Pa. 1989)

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Vice-Chair and Pennsylvania Governor's Appointee

· Pennsylvania Statewide Water Resources Committee, Vice-Chair and former Chair, Subcommittee on Policy and Integration

· Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Adjunct Professor, teaching environmental law, Superfund litigation, or global climate change, 1990-present

· American Bar Association, Past Chair, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, Special Committee on Smart Growth and Urban Policy; Member, Planning Committee, Section's 2009 Annual Conference on Environmental Law

· Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past Chair, Environmental, Mineral, and Natural Resources Law Section

· Maryland State Bar Association, Environmental Section

· Florida Bar Association, Environmental Section

· Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court, Program Committee Chair

· Pennsylvania Environmental Law Forum, Course Planner

· PENJERDEL Council, board member

Awards & Recognition

· Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, environmental law, in top "band," since directory's inception in 2003

· The Best Lawyers in America, environmental law and water law

· International Who's Who of Environmental Lawyers, all editions

Clerkship

· Hon. Louis H. Pollak, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· "Anticipating Environmental Issues in an Economic Downturn," Natural Resources & Environment (American Bar Association), Volume 24, Number 1, Summer 2009

· Co-author, "The Growth Of 'Green' Claims," Law360, April 22, 2009

· "Seeing Green: Environmental Friendliness as a Business Strategy," 40 Franchising World No. 11 at 56, November 2008

· "What All This About Climate Change Means for Domestic Businesses Right Now," 22 Toxics L. Rep. (BNA) 24, June 21, 2007

· "Corporate Sustainability Strategies," 26 Temple J. Sci. Tech. & Envtl. L. 27, 2007

· "Cooper Industries v. Aviall Services a Year Later," 51 Chem. Waste Litig. Rep. 320, February 2006

· "Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act," Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law Symposium, 2005

· "Contribution after Cooper Industries v. Aviall Services," 49 Chem. Waste Litig. Rep. 137, January 2005

· "The Timing Provisions of CERCLA for Natural Resource Damage Claims," 19 Toxics L. Rep. (BNA) 22, January 1, 2004

· "Thoughts on the Bush Clean Air 'Strategy' So Far, and a Suggestion for What Might Work," 21 Temple Envtl. L. & Tech. J. 1, 2002

· "Land Use Regulation and the Environmental Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution," The Business Of The Environment: Sprawl, Environmental Justice, The Environmental Rights Amendment To The Pennsylvania Constitution & Other Environmental Wild Cards In Land Use Proceedings, Pa. Bar. Inst. No. 2001-2955 at 11, 2001

· "Does the Section 107/Section 113 Choice Affect Allocation in CERCLA Actions?" 13 Toxics L. Rep. (BNA) 979, January 6, 1999

· "Toward a Superfund Cost Allocation Principle," 3 Envtl. Lawyer 117, 1996

· "Superfund Reform and Old Industrial Sites," 3 J. Envtl. Regul. 369, 1994

· "Professional Responsibility Issues in Pennsylvania Environmental Practice: 1. Conflicts in Superfund and 2. Dealing with Former Government Lawyers," 12 Temple Envtl. L. & Tech. J. 57, 1993

Member: American Bar Association (Past Chair, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, Special Committee on Smart Growth and Urban Policy; Member, Planning Committee, Section's 2009 Annual Conference on Environmental Law); Pennsylvania Bar Association (Past Chair, Environmental, Mineral, and Natural Resources Law Section); Maryland State Bar Association (Environmental Section); Florida Bar Association (Environmental Section); Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court (Program Committee Chair).

Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: David G. Mandelbaum

Monique M. Mooney (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: St. John's College (B.A., 1989); University of Colorado at Boulder (M.A., 1995); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1999).

Monique M. Mooney is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Greenberg Traurig's Environmental Group. She represents clients in civil and criminal environmental litigation, regulatory counseling, compliance and permitting matters. Her practice focuses on the representation of industrial, manufacturing and large institutional clients in connection with hazardous waste, Superfund, water quality, toxics, air emission, OSHA and other environmental enforcement and compliance issues. Ms. Mooney has extensive experience conducting internal investigations both in response to environmental and OSHA criminal enforcement actions and for the assessment of litigation risk posed by environmental contamination. She has also conducted training for large corporate clients on responding to government investigations and enforcement actions and interacting with state and federal environmental regulators.

For the past four years, Ms. Mooney has been an adjunct professor at Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law, where she has taught several courses, including "Environmental Litigation: Superfund" and "Global Climate Change." Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Mooney served as a law clerk at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.

Areas of Concentration

· Responding to civil and criminal environmental enforcement actions

· Environmental regulatory compliance and permitting

· Internal investigations in connection with environmental and OSHA issues and corporate due diligence

Professional & Community Involvement

· Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court Asst.
- Executive Director (2009-2011 Term)
- Ombudsman (2007-2009 Term)
- Counselor (2005-2007 Term)

· Environmental Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Chair (2008-2009 Term)
- Vice-Chair (2007-2008 Term)

· Adjunct Professor, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, teaching "Environmental Litigation: Superfund" (Spring Semesters 2006, 2007, 2009) and "Global Climate Change (Spring Semester 2008)

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Environmental Law Institute

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Environmental Law, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions

Clerkship

· Law clerk, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (2007)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Presentations

· "BACT Into a Corner? Deseret and the Movement to Force Regulation of Carbon Emissions from Stationary Sources," Environmental Law Supplement, Legal Intelligencer (May 2008)

· "The Heat is On: Evolving Programs in Response to Climate Change," Andrews Litigation Reporter (April 2007)

· "Cooper Industries v. Aviall: A Year Later," Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter (February 2006)

Lectures

· Moderator, Environmental Issues in Real Estate & Business Transactions, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (June 2009)

· Moderator, Environmental Hot Topics, 19th Annual Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Symposium, American Bar Association (May 2008)

· Author and Lecturer, Vapor Intrusion Update, 20th Annual Meeting, American Bar Association (August 2008)

· Author and Lecturer, Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50-State Survey, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Environmental Law Forum (Spring 2007)

· Author and Lecturer, Responding to Government Enforcement Actions: A Primer, (Spring 2005)

Member: Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court Asst. (Executive Director, 2009-2011 Term; Ombudsman, 2007-2009 Term; Counselor, 2005-2007 Term); American Bar Association (Environmental Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Chair, 2008-2009 Term; Vice-Chair, 2007-2008 Term); Pennsylvania Bar Association; Environmental Law Institute.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: Monique M. Mooney

Phillip A. Pillar (Shareholder) born Dallas, Texas; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1991, Pennsylvania; District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Tax Court. Education: The University of Texas (B.A., 1980) Phi Beta Kappa; The University of Texas (J.D., 1983); Washington University in St. Louis (LL.M., 1984).

Phillip A. Pillar's practice concentrates on representing and advising clients in federal, state and international tax issues before tax authorities and courts. Phil has successfully negotiated sophisticated tax problems for clients. Phil's cases include precedent-setting decisions in the taxation of insurance companies (Atlantic Mutual), financial institutions (Signet Bank), and the transportation and manufacturing industries (Norfolk Southern). He also tried numerous estate tax valuation matters and was involved in other notable reported cases. He possesses broad experience in federal tax alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and arbitration. For multinational clients, Phil uses his experience of having advised and represented IRS in transfer pricing matters. Phil has also worked with clients' tax treaty positions and anti-deferral regime issues.

Phil has also counseled many companies, from Fortune 1000 to privately held, on managing their tax risk, particularly after the changes wrought by the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. He is experienced in the fields of reportable transactions compliance and tax transparency, and he knows how tax issues in transactions and structures may be scrutinized. Recently, Phil has counseled clients and addressed tax professionals on the effects of greater transparency in tax disclosures under FIN 48 and tax reporting rules changes.

Areas of Concentration

· Tax Controversies and Tax Risk Management

· Transfer Pricing Controversy

· Tax Litigation

· Tax Reporting and Tax Accounting

Professional & Community Involvement

· Chair, Administrative Practice Committee, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association, Tax Section

· Board of Directors, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial

· Member, Philadelphia Arts & Business Counsel

Previous Employment

· Director, Tax Controversy and Risk Management Services Practice, Ernst & Young

· Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Authored many articles and has been published in The Tax Lawyer

Lectures

· A frequent speaker on federal tax issues, has addressed the ABA Tax Section, Philadelphia Bar Association Tax Section, Tax Executives Institute, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of College & University Auditors, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and other tax professional organizations

Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Administrative Practice Committee, Taxation Section); Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association (Tax Section).

Practice Areas: Tax.Email: Phillip A. Pillar

Stuart D. Poppel (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., Political Science, 1991); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1994) Dean's List: 1991,1992, 1993; Most Outstanding Third Year Law Student; Sidney Parks Scholarship; Paul Bryan Prize as the Best Student in Constitutional Law Courses; American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law II.

Stuart D. Poppel concentrates his practice on all aspects of real estate development, with an emphasis on the development of affordable rental and for-sale housing. Mr. Poppel routinely represents for-profit and non-profit developers, investors and housing authorities in the creation of affordable and senior housing projects involving federal low income housing tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits. In addition, Mr. Poppel has represented developers and housing authorities in HOPE VI and Mixed Finance transactions. He is a frequent speaker and author on affordable housing, real estate development and urban redevelopment issues.

Areas of Concentration

· Real estate development

· Affordable housing issues

· Low Income Housing Tax Credits

· Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits

· Urban redevelopment

Significant Representations

· Representation of a for-profit affordable housing developer in the new construction of a HUD Hope VI development in Ohio using low income housing tax credits, Ohio state agency and local city financing and Hope VI funding to create 30 for-sale homes, 75 rental units, a new community park and recreation center.

· Representation of non-profit religious organizations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in development of senior housing apartments using federal low income housing tax credits and HUD, state and local funds.

· Representation of a national low income housing tax credit investor in its equity investments in tax credit developments in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association - Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development

· Member, New York State Affordable Housing Association

· Member, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

· Member, National Low Income Housing Coalition

· Member, Pennsylvania Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies

Clerkship

· Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Berle M. Schiller, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1996-1998

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "In the Wake of Kelo, Pennsylvania Limits the Exercise of Eminent Domain," Pennsylvania Law Weekly, July 31, 2006

· Author, "Affordable Housing and Community Development Update," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2006

· Co-Author with J. Caleb Boggs, "Update on 2003 Hope VI Applications and 2004 and 2005 Funding," Real Estate Finance, April 2004

· Author, "HUD, IRS, Congress Issue Guidance, Work on Housing Legislation in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina," The Real Estate Finance Journal, Winter 2006

· Author, "HUD Clarifies Effective Dates for QCT/DDA Designations for Low Income Housing Tax Credits," Real Estate Finance, February 2005

· Author, "IRS Establishes Low Income Housing Tax Credit Ceiling Authority for 2005," Real Estate Finance, February 2005

· Co-Author, with Adam Schneider, "NJHMFA Settles QAP Litigation; Finalizes 2004 QAP," Real Estate Finance, April 2004

· Author, "Update of Tax Credits and Funding for Housing: PHFA Finalizes 2004 Qualified Allocation Plan; Increases Basic Cost Limitations, and HUD Receives 102 Applications, Issues 41 Awards, for $40,000,000 in 2002 Hope VI Demolition Grants," Real Estate Finance, October 2003

· Co-Author with Harris Ominsky, "Loans: Late Charges Challenged," The Banking Law Journal, Vol. 116, No. 1, January 1999, p.4

· Author, "Federalism, Fundamental Fairness, and the Religion Clauses," 25 Cumberland Law Review 247 (1995)

Speeches

· Speaker, Lorman Education Services "Exit Strategies for Section 42 Low-Income Housing Tax Credits", Teleconference, November 24, 2008

· Speaker, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Conference - Homes Within Reach, "Putting the Deal Together - The Basics", Harrisburg, PA, November 18, 2008

· Speaker, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Conference - Homes Within Reach, "The Role of the Non-Profit Organization in Low Income Housing Tax Credit Transactions and the IRS Urban Memo", Harrisburg, PA, November 18, 2008

· Speaker, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency - "Briefing on the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008", Harrisburg, PA, October 6, 200

· Speaker, Lorman Education Services "Real Estate from Beginning to End in Pennsylvania", Philadelphia, PA, August 26, 2008

· Speaker, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania Conference - Homes Within Reach, "Latest News on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program", Harrisburg, PA, December 6, 2007

· Speaker, "Fundamentals of Real Estate Development - Overview of Real Estate Development - Outlining the Primary Components of Putting Together a Project", Philadelphia, PA, October 30, 2007

· Speaker, Housing and Development Law Institute - Spring 2006 Legal Conference, "Project Based Vouchering: Getting the Most out of HUD's Final Rule," Washington D.C., May 4, 2006

· Speaker, Affordable Homes: Current Developments in Pennsylvania, "Overview of Affordable Housing Developments and Overview of Federal and State Financing Programs to Develop Affordable Housing," Philadelphia, PA, September 28, 2005

· Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, "Development Basics," Philadelphia, PA, May 11, 2005

· Speaker, Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania - Homes within Reach, "Regional Equity: Promoting Prosperity and Opportunity in Pennsylvania," Harrisburg, PA, December 2, 2005

· Speaker, Community Solutions - Repositioning Public Housing: Strategies and Practices, "Financing Opportunities & Strategies," Philadelphia, PA, October 27, 2005

· Speaker, Fundamentals of Real Estate Development, "The Big Picture" and "Acquiring the Land" with Steven A. Shoumer, Philadelphia, PA, October 18, 2005

· Speaker, New Jersey Conference on Housing and Community Development sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, "Housing Development: Current Issues Affecting the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program," Atlantic City, NJ, September 29, 2004

· Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, "The HOPE VI/ Miixed-Finance Program - The Benefits, How It Works and the Final End Product," Wilmington, Delaware, March 3, 2004

· Speaker, Commonwealth Housing Forum 2004, Sustaining Development & Building Communities, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, "Know Thy Lawyer: Advanced Legal Issues in Multifamily Housing," Harrisburg, PA, December 15, 2004 Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Regional Developers Conference sponsored by Reznick, Fedder & Silverman, "Developer Case Studies: Successes and Potential Pitfalls," Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2004

Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; American Bar Association (Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development).

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Stuart D. Poppel

Alexander L. Scarola (Shareholder) born Baltimore, Maryland, September 11, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1996); University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 1999); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 2000).

Alex Scarola, a shareholder in our Philadelphia office, concentrates his practice in public finance. Alex has served as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, underwriter's counsel, bank's counsel, purchaser's counsel, swap counsel and credit enhancer's counsel in numerous tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions, including general obligation, public utilities, multi-family housing, 501(c)(3), higher education, industrial development and health care.

Areas of Concentration

· General obligation and revenue financings

· Utility financings, including water, sewer and gas

· Healthcare financings

· Multi-family housing financings

· 501(c)(3) financings

· Industrial development financings

Significant Representations

· $165,000,000 City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008B - Underwriter's Counsel

· $18,600,000 Industrial Development Board of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Inc. Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (New Savoy Place-Phase I) Series 2008A-1, 2008A-2 and 2008A-3 - Purchaser's Counsel

· $40,000,000 Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Limited Obligation Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Urban Allied Portfolio) Series 2008-M1 and Series 2008-M2 - Bond Counsel

· $289,675,000 Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Multi-Model Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2007 Series B - Underwriter's Counsel

· $36,235,000 Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority Sewer Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2007 Series - Bond Counsel

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Member, Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Contributing Author, "Important Developments in Tax-Exempt Financing," The Tax Lawyer, Summer 2002, 2003, and 2004

Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers.

Practice Areas: Public Finance.Email: Alexander L. Scarola

Andrew P. Schmutz (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1998, Pennsylvania. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., English Literature, 1991); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 1996); Tulane University (M.B.A., Finance, 1996).

Andrew's practice focuses on complex public and private financing transactions, usually involving tax-exempt debt obligations. Andrew has significant experience in numerous areas of municipal and structured finance, including multi-family housing, airport, water and sewer, university, health care, 501(c)(3), transportation, industrial development and asset securitizations. Andrew's experience also includes the development and use of financial products including total rate of return swaps, credit derivatives and other financial products.

Areas of Concentration

· Public finance

· Derivative products

· Real estate finance

· Asset securitization

Significant Representations

· Serves as counsel to major and regional investment banks in swap and other derivative transactions totaling over a billion dollars in notional amount of transactions in the past year alone.

· Serves as primary counsel to one of the largest multifamily owners in the United States on all bond and structured finance transactions.

· Served as borrower's counsel on restructuring of $175 million portfolio of Fannie Mae credit enhanced multifamily properties and $100 million portfolio of Freddie Mac credit enhanced multifamily properties.

· Served as bond counsel on $225 million airport financing.

· Served as underwriter's counsel on $140 million financing of neighborhood transformation initiative.

· Served as underwriter's counsel on $310 million issue of gas works revenue bonds.

· Served as borrower's counsel on $80 million financing of portfolio of airport cargo facilities.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

· Member, Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Previous Employment

· Assistant City Attorney, City of New Orleans, 1997-1998

Member: Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers; National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Practice Areas: Public Finance; Structured Finance & Derivatives.Email: Andrew P. Schmutz

Lisa M. Sloan (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., cum laude, 1976); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1984) Parker School of International Law, with honors; Special Projects Editor, Transnational Law Journal.

Lisa M. Sloan has nearly 20 years of experience in complex business transactions, including infrastructure financing and national and international securitizations for the financial services, communications, real estate, and natural resources industries. She has worked on securitizations for a wide range of clients in different capacities including issuers, servicers, trustees, underwriters, and sellers into securitization conduits. Lisa develops and documents transactions involving securitizations of non-commodity assets, including life settlements, premium finance loans, licenses, utility stranded costs, tax liens, 12b-1 fees and utility and other trade receivables. She is experienced in structuring, negotiating and documenting life settlement transactions, including warehouse lines, sales of single policies and blocks of policies, purchases of policies (single policies and portfolios) as collateral and establishing funds for investment in life settlements.

Areas of Concentration

· Life settlement transactions

· Securitizations of non-commodity assets

· Publicly and privately offered debt, tax-exempt debt, loans and swap transactions

· Development of securitization structures for investment and commercial banks

· Energy and project finance

· Securities

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, New York Bar Association

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member of Finance and Business Model Committees, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania

· Member, Board of Trustees, The Women's Law Project

· City Year Philadelphia

Awards & Recognition Listed, Legal 500 US, 2008 and 2009 editions

Member: New York State Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Languages: French. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Structured Finance & Derivatives; Project & Infrastructure Finance; Insurance Regulatory & Transactions.Email: Lisa M. Sloan

Curtis B. Toll (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., Political Science and Communications/Rhetoric, 1989); The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1994) Member, Dickinson Law Review; Member, Appellate Moot Court Board.

Curtis B. Toll focuses his practice on the representation of developers and corporations in connection with the acquisition, development, transfer, financing, and sale of contaminated real estate. His practice focuses on complex project redevelopments, environmental liability transfers, and the mitigation of environmental risk. Curt represents developers and corporations in the structuring, negotiation, and manuscripting of various specialized environmental insurance products, including cost cap, pollution legal liability, and integrated environmental risk policies.

Areas of Concentration

· Brownfield redevelopment

· Complex project redevelopments

· Real estate finance

· Military base reuse

· Tax/valuation matters

· Environmental insurance products

Significant Representations

· Representation of national brownfield developer in connection with acquisition, development, financing and sale of contaminated real estate, including projects in New Jersey, Florida, Colorado, New York, Texas, Ohio and other states.

· Representation of global manufacturing company in structuring, negotiation and documentation of $40,000,000 environmental liability and property transfer.

· Representation of various communities and local reuse authorities in connection with the reuse and redevelopment of closed military bases, including Section 334 early transfers, and No-Cost Economic Development Conveyances.

· Representation of developers and corporations in negotiation and manuscripting of various specialized environmental insurance products, including cost cap, pollution, legal liability, and finite risk policies.

· Sale of land for a phased, mixed-use waterfront development with hotel, office, entertainment and retail components.

· Purchase of debt from defunct limited partnership involving complicated split of cash flow among various lenders and equity interests.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Participated in the establishment and structuring of the Philadelphia Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, the board that oversees the finances of the City of Philadelphia

· Member of the Board of Counselors, Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2005, 2006, and 2008 editions

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Quoted, "Asarco, Other Ch. 11s Spark Debate Over Cleanups," by Jesse Greenspan, Law360,July 30, 2009
Quoted, "Asarco, Other Ch. 11s Spark Debate Over Cleanups," Law360,July 29, 2009

· Co-Author, "Environmental Insurance in the Wake of the AIG Bailout," Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee Newsletter, February 2009

· Co-Author, "The Trouble with Preliminary Agreements," New Jersey Law Journal, December 2006

· Quoted, "New Growth Sprouts on USA's Brownfields," by Haya El Nasser, USA Today, October 7, 2005

Practice Areas: Real Estate; Environmental; Retail.Email: Curtis B. Toll

Diane E. Vuocolo (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 2002, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Supreme Court of New Jersey; Supreme Court of New York; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1979); Rutgers University (M.P.P., 1981); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 1986).

Diane E. Vuocolo focuses her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, business reorganization, corporate work-outs and restructurings, bankruptcy law, loan restructurings, loan documentation, receiverships, restructuring distressed debt situations and foreclosure litigation. Her clients have included financial institutions, DIP lenders, leasing entities, creditors' committees, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, majority shareholders, guarantors, examiners, secured creditors and trade creditors. Ms. Vuocolo has particular experience representing various constituencies in airline/aviation bankruptcy cases. Ms. Vuocolo is a mediator on the approved list for the Delaware bankruptcy courts. She is also Chair for the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a member of the United States Bankruptcy Court For the District of New Jersey Lawyer Advisory Committee. Ms. Vuocolo has also served as bankruptcy trustee in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Areas of Concentration

· Business reorganization

· Bankruptcy law

- Airline/aviation bankruptcy

- Pharmaceutical/life sciences

- Casino and gaming industry

· Commercial litigation

· Loan restructurings

· Out-of-court restructurings and workouts

· Receiverships

· Foreclosure litigation

Significant Representations

· Bankruptcy counsel representing bankruptcy trustee in the Tower Air, Inc. bankruptcy case filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

· Bankruptcy counsel representing bankruptcy trustee in Kiwi Airlines.

· Bankruptcy counsel to majority shareholder in THCR/LP Corporation (Trump Casino).

· Counsel to several financial institutions and leasing entities as it relates rights in bankruptcy concerning the airline/aviation industry.

· Counsel to Owner/Trustee for aircrafts in the United Airlines case.

· Counsel to Lending Institutions/Lessors of aircrafts in Aloha Airlines case.

· Counsel to Lenders relating to credit facilities and letters of credit extended to various airlines.

· Counsel to Creditors in US Airways case.

· Counsel to Bank Group in connection with airline obtaining proceeds from federal loan program post 9/11.

· Counsel to different constituencies concerning rights and remedies in corporate out of court restructurings and bankruptcy settings.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section

- Chair

- General Counsel Delegate

- First Vice Chair, 2004-2006

- Second Vice Chair, 2002-2004

- Vice Chair, 2000-2002

- Treasurer, 1998-2000

- Secretary, 1996-1998

· Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

· Member, Association Of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors

· Member, Organization Of Insolvency Lawyers Of The Third Circuit

- Steering Committee Member

- Member Program Committee for Bankruptcy Component of U.S. Court of Appeals-Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 2005-2006

- Co-Chair Educational-Bankruptcy Program for U.S. Court of Appeals-Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 2005-2006

· Member, Camden County Bar Association

- Creditor-Debtor Committee

· Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference

· Member, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey Lawyers' Advisory Committee to the Board of Bankruptcy Judges

- Subcommittee on Chapter 11 Rules and Chapter 11 Practice and Procedures to Lawyers Advisory Committee for U.S. Bankruptcy Court for District of New Jersey

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2007-2009 editions

· Appointed to Judicial Merit Selection Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court-D.N.J., 2006

· Appointed Member, Lawyers' Advisory Committee to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997-2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2008

Clerkship

· Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Judith H. Wizmur, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, NJ, 1986-1988

· Judicial Extern Law Clerk, Honorable Judith H. Wizmur, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, NJ, 1985-1986

Other Experience

· Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association for the District of New Jersey Bankruptcy Law Section, 2006-2008

· Co-Chair, Education Program, Bankruptcy Program for Third Circuit Judicial Conference, April 29, 2006 - May 2, 2006

· Mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy for the District of Delaware

· Chapter 11 trustee in several bankruptcy cases filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Senior Editor, Risks and Recoveries - Developments In Bankruptcy Law, Annual Publication 1988-2005

· Author, Committee Coordinator of Conference Handbook, New Jersey State Bar Association Creditor And Debtor Section Annual Bench/Bar Conference, April 30, 1993, April 29, 1994, and April 21, 1995

· Co-Author, "Court Rulings Erode Collateral Protection," ABA Banking Journal, February 1991

· Author, "Judgment Creditors, Beware Statutory Good Faith: It Could Be Detrimental to Your Recovery," New Jersey State Bar Association's Creditor Debtor Relations Newsletter, December 1991

Speeches

· Course Facilitator, "New Era-New Rules" Interim Rules for BAPCPA of 2005, U.S. Court Of Appeals Third Circuit Judicial Conference, April 29 - May 2, 2006

· Co-Chair, Educational Program on Bankruptcy for Third Circuit Judicial Conference, April 29 - May 2, 2006

· Moderator, New Jersey Institute Continuing Legal Education, "Business Amendments And BAPCPA of 2005," January 2006

· Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Conference, April 4, 2003

· Co-Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Conference, March 30, 2001

· Program Coordinator, "Interplay of Foreclosure Law and Bankruptcy Law," Annual Convention of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 14, 1999

· Moderator/Panelist, "The Seminole Decision and Its Implications on Bankruptcy Practice," Sixth Annual New Jersey Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Bench Bar Conference, East Brunswick, New Jersey, April 17, 1998

· Co-Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Fourth Annual Bench/Bar Conference, April 12, 1996

· Speaker, New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section, Tenth Anniversary Dinner for Judges Gindin, Garbardella and Wizmur, September 28, 1995

· Moderator/Panelist, "Ethical Concerns In Bankruptcy," New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Annual Bench/Bar Conference, April 21, 1995

· Moderator/Panelist, "Evidentiary Issues In Bankruptcy Practice," New Jersey State Bar Association Creditor and Debtor Section Annual Conference, April 29, 1994

· Conference Subcommittee Member, The Annual Conference Subcommittee for the New Jersey State Association Creditor and Debtor Section Annual Bench/Bar Association Conferences, April 30, 1993, and April 29, 1994

· Chairperson of Subcommittee, Joint Dinner of New Jersey State Bar Association Creditor and Debtor Section, 1994-1995 Joint Dinner with ED Pa. Bankruptcy Conference

· Moderator/Panelist, "Matrimonial Issues in Bankruptcy Court," New Jersey State Bar Association Creditor and Debtor Section Annual Conference, April 30, 1993

· Panelist, "Bankruptcy Practice," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Mt. Laurel, NJ, July 1992

· Lecturer, "Issues Concerning Perfection of Rents in a Bankruptcy Setting," Commercial Debtor-Creditor Relations Committee of the Camden County Bar Association, Camden, NJ, February 1992

· Co-Lecturer, "Receiverships: Creating Opportunity from Adversity," The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Institute on Real Estate Management's 1991-92 Real Estate Forecast, Philadelphia, PA, September 1991

· Presenter, ABI-MidAtlantic Conference, "ADR & Mediation Techniques," Cambridge, Maryland, August 2006

Member: American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association (Chair; General Counsel Delegate; First Vice Chair, 2004-2006; Second Vice Chair, 2002-2004; Vice Chair, 2000-2002; Treasurer, 1998-2000; Secretary, 1996-1998); American Bankruptcy Institute; Camden County Bar Association (Creditor-Debtor Committee).

Practice Areas: Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy; Financial Institutions.Email: Diane E. Vuocolo

Timothy D. Wolfe (Shareholder) born Reading, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1985, Florida. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1971) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1977) Member, Order of the Coif.

Timothy D. Wolfe is nationally recognized in the tax law of municipal finance, particularly in private activity tests and arbitrage law. He has wide-ranging experience with the tax law requirements for both new money and refundings, including current and advance refundings.

Tim has served as a past chairman of the National Association of Bond Lawyers Arbitrage and Tax Seminar.

Areas of Concentration

· Private business use and payment tests

· Arbitrage yield restrictions and rebate

· Assessment bond financings

· Single and multifamily housing financings

Significant Representations

· Provided tax advice and counseling for nearly every Florida financing for which the Firm has served as bond counsel since 1985.

· Served as special tax counsel to numerous issuers throughout the United States.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association Tax Section

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Frequent lecturer at bar association and public finance seminars

Member: American Bar Association (Tax Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Practice Areas: Tax; Transportation; Public Finance.Email: Timothy D. Wolfe

OF COUNSEL

Ernest H. Hutchinson, III (Of Counsel) born Vineland, New Jersey, December 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: La Salle University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1990); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993).

Ernie Hutchinson's practice focuses primarily on representing parties in complex commercial and real estate transactions involving environmentally impacted real estate or other redevelopment challenges. Ernie routinely represents parties in connection with the acquisition, development, transfer, financing and sale of environmentally impacted real estate, and in connection with the transfer, mitigation and management of environmental risk. A significant portion of Ernie's practice concentrates on handling the transactional aspects of environmental risk transfer, environmental risk management, brownfield redevelopment, and military base reuse projects.

Areas of Concentration

· Brownfield redevelopment

· Environmental risk transfer, mitigation and management

· Complex project redevelopment

· Military base reuse

· Commercial real estate

· Commercial business transactions

Significant Representations

· Representation of national brownfield developers in connection with the acquisition, development, financing and sale of contaminated real estate, including former refinery sites, a former smelting facility, and former industrial and manufacturing sites.

· Representation of local reuse authorities in connection with the reuse and redevelopment of closed military bases.

· Representation of municipality in connection with mitigating and managing environmental risk and costs associated with historic industrial operations conducted at a municipal airport.

· Representation of developer in connection with the sale of privatized military housing projects.

· Representation of prime contractor in connection with the negotiation and documentation of agreements related to the assumption and performance of a local reuse authority's early transfer of environmental obligations associated with a former military base.

· Representation of developer in connection with the acquisition of sites for development of privatized student housing facilities.

Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Real Estate; Environmental.Email: Ernest H. Hutchinson, III

Theodore W. Mason (Of Counsel) born June 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1987, Florida. Education: Yale University (A.B., 1965); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1972).

For the past 30 years, Theodore W. Mason has concentrated his law practice on complex financial transactions, representing issuers and purchasers of debt and other financial intermediaries in a large variety of public and private projects, both domestically and internationally.

Areas of Concentration

· Public, project and international finance

Significant Representations

· Directed and supervised bond counsel work for New Jersey Turnpike Authority's $2.4 billion refunding and $500 million new money bonds.

· Acted as bond counsel for $1.1 billion City of Philadelphia Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds.

· Represented major banks in structuring and issuing more than $1.5 billion of synthetic variable rate secondary market derivative securities.

· Participated as finance counsel for wastewater treatment, highway and power plants project financing in Mexico and South America.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Securities Law and Disclosure Committee

· Former member of the Steering Committee, Bond Attorneys Workshop

· Director and Treasurer, The National Adoption Center

· Director and Treasurer, The Adoption Center of Delaware Valley

· Trustee, The Hill Top Preparatory School

Awards & Recognition

· Listed in Who's Who in American Law

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Lectured for organizations such as: Northwest Center for Professional Education, City and State Magazine, Housing and Development Reporter, Institute for Professional and Executive Development

Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers (Member, Securities Law and Disclosure Committee).

Practice Areas: Public Finance; Structured Finance & Derivatives; Transportation.Email: Theodore W. Mason

Eric C. Rose (Of Counsel) born Bucharest, Romania, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Iowa and Illinois; 2005, Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of the United States. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., Economics, 1982); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 1985) Editorial Board, Iowa Law Review; Editorial Board, ASILS International Law Journal; University of Iowa (M.A., Political Science, 1985).

For more than 20 years, Eric Rose has concentrated his practice in the global aspects of business development, specifically including mergers, acquisitions, privatizations, technology transfers, antitrust counseling, and domestic and international commercial transactions. Mr. Rose has served in several senior in-house counsel positions at leading companies such as American Standard, Tyco Toys, and John Deere. Since 2003, he has been in private practice, representing mid-tier domestic and international equipment manufacturers in the defense, natural resources, and service industries. Mr. Rose has led M&A and other complex transactions in the U.S. and more than two dozen countries on five continents. These representations have included the organization and strategic direction of manufacturing and/or distribution subsidiaries.

Areas of Concentration

· Mergers, acquisitions and privatizations

· Corporate restructurings, including tax reorganizations and technology transfers

· International antitrust, FCPA, OECD and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance

· Domestic and international commercial transactions

· Commercial and consumer litigation

Significant Representations

Global Mergers, Acquisitions and Privatizations

· Led tender offers in the United States, France, Thailand and Germany, including securities filings

· Negotiated and drafted documentation for share acquisition/sale transactions, including the formation/dissolution of joint ventures, in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Ireland, Sweden, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, India, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan.

· Negotiated and drafted assets and related liabilities purchase/sale agreements in several countries, including those listed above, as well as in Columbia, Venezuela, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Portugal, South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

· Represented American Standard, Trane and WABCO Automotive in privatizations in, among other, Bulgaria and Poland, as well as in partnerships with state and local governments in a number of countries, including the United States, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.

Corporate restructurings, including tax reorganizations and technology transfers

· Restructured the operations of Perry Equipment Corporation which resulted in a two-fold increase in sales, twenty-fold increase in EBITDA and eventually, counseled the company in its merger with CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) at a five-fold increase in valuation over the three-year period of the assignment

· Counseled an international gas equipment manufacturer in improving its operations, which resulted in a two-fold increase in inventory turns and an equivalent reduction in working capital.

· Negotiated and drafted for several clients bank and private equity multi-currency, multi-option credit agreements with a number of leading banks (e.g. Chemical Bank, JPMorganChase, etc.), which resulted in substantial savings in the borrowing rate, increased flexibility in the use of the facilities, and enhanced opportunities for global money management

· Negotiated and drafted complex financing facilities in several countries, including public and private offerings, acquisition/resale of Brady bonds, debt-to-equity and sale/leaseback financing, which have yielded material enhancements of the credit worthiness of the clients.

· Reorganized the domestic and international tax structure of several clients, which resulted in very substantial lowering of the respective client's global effective tax rate.

· Led Six Sigma and Demand Flow Technology teams which found enduring and consistent solutions which reduced costs by over $2 million/year.

· Changed investments ownership structure, which yielded $2.3 million in tax-free earnings.

· Reorganized client investment in South Africa which yielded a $935,000 tax-free dividend to the U.S. parent without any negative effect on operations.

· Negotiated and drafted multiple technology transfer agreements, which expanded clients' revenue stream, as well as opened new opportunities for sales of its products.

· Negotiated and implemented the building of the first post-1989 privately commissioned gas pipeline in a Balkan country, which resulted in cost efficiencies of over $5 million.

International antitrust, FCPA, OECD and Sarbanes- Oxley Act compliance

· Developed compliance procedures on international antitrust, export controls, anti-boycott rules, WTO, NAFTA, foreign procurement practices and trade barriers.

· Designed and implemented contract management, corporate governance procedures and FCPA compliance programs, including seminars to senior management as well as operating personnel.

· Drafted, and counseled the implementation of global HR manuals and compliance functions for several clients, in the U.S. and internationally.

Domestic and international commercial transactions

· Negotiated numerous commercial purchasing and sales transactions, in more than forty countries.

· Designed and implemented complex sales and purchasing policies, including drafting the related documentation (e.g. Purchase Orders, Acknowledgement Receipts, Warranty Terms, etc.), including web-based solutions.

Commercial and consumer litigation

· Led client's domestic and/or international litigation function.

· Developed and implemented complex ADR programs, and participated in mediations, arbitrations, etc.

· Litigated product liability cases in over thirty domestic jurisdictions, and five international jurisdictions.

· Litigated multiple commercial disputes with suppliers, customers, governments, etc.

· Drafted and argued appellate briefs, and prepared brief and supported counsel in the appeal of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Some of the matters listed were handled prior to the attorney joining Greenberg Traurig.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Past President, Iowa Society of Int'l Law and Affairs

· Past Chair, American Bar Association International TIPS Committee

· Past Program Chair, ABA TIPS and Business Law Sections

Awards & Recognition

· Listed, Legal 500 US, 2009 edition

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Author, "The Granting and Suspension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to Non-market Economy States: Policy and Consequences," 25 Harv. Int'l L.J. 329 (1984)

· Author, "The Japanese Industrial Policy Complex: An Appropriate Legal Model for the United States?" 11 Brooklyn Int'l L.J. 239 (1985)

· Author, "Third World Agricultural Development: A Proposal," 19 N.Y.U. Int'l L. & Pol. 63 (1986)

· Author, "International Contractual Developments in Product Liability," 371 PLI/Lit 175 (1989)

Speeches

· Speaker and moderator for several programs of the ABA, PLI Institute, and others

Miscellaneous

· Organizer of the ABA Global Product Liability Conference in Paris, France (1990)

Member: American Bar Association (Member, TIPS and Business Law Sections; Past Chair, International TIPS Committee); Iowa Society of International Law and Affairs (Past President).

(Also at Houston, Texas Office). Languages: French and Romanian. Practice Areas: Corporate & Securities; Global; Energy & Natural Resources; Climate Change.Email: Eric C. Rose

ASSOCIATES

Noah AnStraus (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (B.A., 2002); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005) Staff Member, Temple Law Review.

Noah AnStraus is an associate in the Environmental Department of Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office.

Areas of Concentration

· Environmental due diligence

· Environmental regulatory compliance

· Environmental insurance

· Complex environmental litigation

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

· Winner of the David Sive Award for best overall brief at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Pace University School of Law, 2004

Other Experience

· Law Clerk, Environmental Protection Agency

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-Author, "Rethinking Environmental Due Diligence: The Challenge of Accounting for Vapor Intrusion in Real Estate Transactions," Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, Volume 3, Issue 3, Summer 2008

· Co-author, "Supreme Court Requires EPA to Evaluate Greenhouse Gases," Martindale-Hubbell Counsel to Counsel

Member: American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Environmental; Climate Change.Email: Noah AnStraus

Kelly Dobbs Bunting (Associate) born Miami, Florida; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Communications, Broadcast News, 1982); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2001).

Kelly Dobbs Bunting has defended both state and federal court employment claims involving pregnancy, age, disability and race discrimination, reverse discrimination, non-compete and non-solicitation clauses, and sexual and racial harassment. Ms. Bunting has successfully defended claims on behalf of national and local employers before agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the EEOC, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce. She has also represented employers in numerous U.S. Department of Labor audits and investigations around the country, in addition to handling federal and state mediations, many with potential liability in the millions of dollars. Prior to focusing in labor and employment work, Ms. Bunting spent five years as a general commercial litigator, handling everything from preliminary injunctions for copyright and trademark violations to breach of contract and civil rights claims.

Ms. Bunting is a Certified Trainer with Greenberg Traurig's Training Workshop, and has trained both management and rank and file employees in harassment and discrimination avoidance.

Areas of Concentration

· Labor and Employment

· Employment Counseling

· International Labor Law

Professional & Community Involvement

· Professional

- Member, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, International Labor Law Committee, Marketing Committee of the International Labor Law Section

- Member, American Bar Association, Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee

- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

- Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

· Community

- Committee Member, Retention and Promotion of Women Subcommittee, Women in the Profession, Philadelphia Bar Association, 2006 and 2008

- Committee Member, Women's Way Conference: "Women and Influence," 2003-2005

- Legal Advocate, The Spring, a shelter for abused women and children

- Pro Bono Attorney, VIP (Volunteer for the Indigent) Legal Program, Philadelphia, PA, 2002 - present

- Instructor, Election Law for Attorneys and Non-Legal Volunteers, Various campaigns, 2001-present

Awards & Recognition

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, Rising Star, 2006 and 2008

Noteworthy Experience

· Before pursuing her legal career, Ms. Bunting had a multidisciplinary career in broadcasting, communications and public relations. Her experience included stints as an Executive News Producer; News/Public Service Director; radio and television news anchor; and program host of QVC, a retailing network. Ms. Bunting also held positions in marketing and advertising.

Clerkship

· Academic Law Clerk, Federal Judicial Clerkship Honors Program, Hon. Louis H. Pollack, United States District Court for the Eastern District of PA, 2000-2001

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Speaker, Employment Law Update, CLE Conference, June 24, 2009

· Speaker, Lay-offs and Dissolutions - Hot Issues in Employment Law, 2009 Federal Bench Bar Conference, June 12, 2009

· Moderator, "Practicing Before the EEOC, PHRC and PCHR," Labor & Employment Committee/In-House Counsel Committee Joint Presentation at the Philadelphia Bar Association, March 5, 2009

· Speaker, "Fire At Will: Terminating Employees in China and Hong Kong," PBI Business Law Institute, November 12, 2008

· Moderator, "Hot Topics for Women in Employment Law," Women in the Profession Summit, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 18, 2008

· Speaker, "American Labor and Employment Law," Temple Law Beijing, Tsinghao University, Beijing, China, April 16, 2008

· Panelist, "The Pathways to Employment in International Law Program," the ABA Section of International Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, April 1, 2008

· Speaker, "Compensation Issues Under Revised FLSA Regulations" (sole presenter) and "Employment Issues in the Paperless Workplace" (co-presenter) CLE Conference, December 2007

Member: American Bar Association (Member: International Labor Law Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section; Marketing Committee, International Labor Law Section; Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee); Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Labor & Employment; Litigation.Email: Kelly Dobbs Bunting

Joshua D. Cohen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Pennsylvania; New Jersey. Education: Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., History and Political Science, with honors, 2005); The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2008).

Joshua Cohen is an associate in the Real Estate Department of Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office. Josh is experienced in handling real estate transactions and environmental matters.

Areas of Concentration

· Real estate development matters

· Environmental matters

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Joshua D. Cohen

Jeanine Harvey Dankoff (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1996); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2002) Co-Manager, Michigan Journal of Gender & Law; Student Attorney, Legal Assistance for Urban Communities Clinic.

Jeanine Dankoff focuses her practice on all aspects of affordable housing development and finance. Ms. Dankoff represents developers and public housing authorities in the context of mixed-finance transactions involving low-income housing tax credits, HOPE VI funds, tax-exempt bonds, state housing finance agency loan funds, and conventional financing. In such capacity, Ms. Dankoff also advises clients on compliance and regulatory matters in connection with various federal, state, and local affordable housing funding programs.

Areas of Concentration

· Real estate

· Housing

· Partnership taxation

· Tax credit syndication

· Mixed Finance transactions

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association, Tax Section

· Member, American Bar Association, Forum on Affordable Housing

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

Member: American Bar Association (Tax Section; Forum on Affordable Housing); Philadelphia Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division).

Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Jeanine Harvey Dankoff

Stephanie Galli (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1992); Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 1999).

Stephanie Galli is an associate in the Real Estate Department of Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office. She is experienced in commercial real estate transactions representing equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) and private real estate developers in a variety of real estate transactions including sales, acquisitions, leasing and development. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she served as in-house real estate counsel to a public real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial properties previously owned by national financial institutions.

Areas of Concentration

· Acquisitions and sales

· Leasing

· Real estate development transactions

· Real estate financing

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)

· Member, The Justinian Society

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law

Awards & Recognition

· Named, "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star," Philadelphia Magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008

Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; American Bar Association (Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law).

Languages: English. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Stephanie Galli

Caleb J. Holmes (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania; 2008, District of Columbia. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 2003); Vermont Law School (Master of Studies in Environmental Law, magna cum laude, 2007); Vermont Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007).

Caleb J. Holmes is an associate in Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups.

Clerkship

· Hon. Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· Co-Author, "The Growth of 'Green' Claims," Law360, April 22, 2009

Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: Caleb J. Holmes

Kathryn Goldstein Legge (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., cum laude, 2001); American University Washington College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006) Order of the Coif; Senior Articles Editor, American University International Law Review; Dean's Fellow.

Kathryn Goldstein Legge is an Associate in the Philadelphia office's Litigation Department. She has experience representing clients in commercial litigation, business counseling, and alternate dispute resolution with particular experience in the financial services, hospitality and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Ms. Legge participated in high-profile multidistrict pharmaceutical litigations.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, PreTrial Practice and Discovery Committee, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, Real Estate Litigation Committee, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, The Woman Advocate Committee, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, Dispute Resolution Committee, Young Lawyers Division Section of the American Bar Association

· Member, Women in the Profession Committee, Young Lawyers Division Section of the American Bar Association

Clerkship

· Law Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Washington, D.C., Summer 2005

· Law Clerk, The Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Newark, N.J., Summer 2004

Internship

· Legal Intern, Department of Justice, Environmental Crimes Section, Washington, D.C., Spring 2005

Other Experience

· Student Attorney, Civil Practice Clinic

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Lectures

· Speaker, "Preserve Early and Often: A Case Study in the Benefits of Document Retention and Litigation Response Planning in the Face of Electronic Document Discovery," Lorman Education, Philadelphia, March 11, 2009

· Panelist, "Building Strategic Relationships," University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25, 2009

Member: American Bar Association (Member, PreTrial Practice and Discovery Committee, Real Estate Litigation Committee and The Woman Advocate Committee, Litigation Section; Dispute Resolution Committee and Women in the Profession Committee, Young Lawyers Division Section).

Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Kathryn Goldstein Legge

Paul R. McIntyre (Associate) born West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Elon College (B.A., 1996); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2001); Vermont Law School (M.S.E.L.).

Paul R. McIntyre is an associate in the Environmental and Real Estate Practices in Greenberg Traurig's Philadelphia office. Paul represents clients in a wide range of transactional and regulatory environmental matters.

Areas of Concentration

· Environmental Due Diligence

· Environmental Regulatory Compliance

· Environmental Insurance

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, American Bar Association

· Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

· Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

· Member, Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court

· Member, Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia

· Member, Board of Trustees of West Nottingham Academy in Colora, Maryland

Awards & Recognition

· Dean's Fellow at Vermont Law School

· Served as a Notes Editor of the Vermont Law Review

· Participated in a study of comparative environmental law in Havana, Cuba

· Named a "Rising Star" in Philadelphia Magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2007 and 2008

Other Experience

· U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Paul has authored articles concerning aspects of the Clean Air Act, and the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2001.

· Paul has developed and presented seminar programs on a variety of topics in environmental law.

Member: American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Environmental; Real Estate; Climate Change; Green Building & Sustainable Development.Email: Paul R. McIntyre

Sabrina Mizrachi (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, February 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida; 2004, Maryland; 2005, District of Columbia; 2008, Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Education: Boston University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2001) Administrative Editor, The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law.

Sabrina Mizrachi is an associate in Greenberg Traurig's Litigation and Environmental Groups. She is experienced in environmental litigation, toxic torts, complex contract litigation, and civil RICO and fraud claims.

Ms. Mizrachi has represented businesses, counties, and municipalities in state and federal courts, as well as practiced before administrative agencies. She has advised and represented clients on environmental issues arising in permitting, compliance activities, as well as business and real estate transactions generally.

Significant Representations

· Represents a development company in the appeal of a permit for the construction and operation of a waste coal power plant.

· Advises clients on general environmental matters, including solid waste and air permitting matters; administrative appeals; and enforcement actions

· Represented clients in prosecuting common law environmental tort actions, including toxic tort

· Representation of client in Superfund allocation matter, involving contaminated sediment remediation matter that the federal government considers among its most significant

· Among those resulting in opinions or resolved by judgment or settlements are:

- Sierra Club, et al, v. Wellington Development-WVDT, LLC, Civil Action No. 08-293, 2008 WL 4694223 (W.D.Pa.)

- Dennis Groce, National Parks Conservation Association, Group Against Smog and Pollution and Phil Coleman v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Wellington Development - WVDT, LLC, EHB Docket No. 2005-246-R, 2006 WL 3485200 (Pa.Env.Hrg.Bd. 2006)

- Associated Financial Corp., Wilshire Investment Corp., United Housing Preservation Corporation, Westport Housing Corporation, A. Bruce Rozet and Deane Earl Ross v. Benjamin S. Richman and Polar International Brokerage Corp., 325 F.Supp.2d 341 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

- Miami-Dade County, Florida v. U.S., (S.D.Fla and 11th Circuit)

Professional & Community Involvement

· American Bar Association

· District of Columbia Bar Association

· Florida Bar Association

· Maryland Bar Association

· Women's Council on Energy and the Environment

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Publications

· "Sexual Harassment: Employment Discrimination, First Annual Review of Gender and Sexuality Law," The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, 2000

· Co-author, "Litigation Challenging Coal Plants, One Permit at a Time," Natural Resources & Environment, Spring 2008

Lectures

· Moderator, Trial Reenactment at the 2007 Environmental Law Forum of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Harrisburg

· "Minimizing Costs in Chemical Litigation," 2006 Chemical Products Liability Conference

Member: American Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; Florida Bar Association; Maryland Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: Sabrina Mizrachi

Kevin P. Ray (Associate) born Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1961; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of New Jersey; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1985; M.L.S., 1987); Washington University (Ph.D., Comparative Literature and Multimedia, 1998; J.D., 2001).

Kevin P. Ray focuses his practice in the areas of business reorganization, corporate work-outs and restructurings, bankruptcy law, loan restructurings, loan documentation, restructuring distressed debt situations, commercial finance, secured lending, securities law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity.

Prior to pursuing a legal career, Mr. Ray was director of rare books, manuscripts and art collections at Washington University in St. Louis.

Areas of Concentration

· Business reorganization

· Bankruptcy law

- Airline/aviation bankruptcy

· Loan restructurings

· Out-of-court restructurings and workouts

· Secured lending

· Corporate law

· Mergers and acquisitions

· Securities law

· Venture capital

· Private equity

· Art law

Professional & Community Involvement

· Professional Involvement

- Secretary, Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Philadelphia

- Member, American Bar Association

- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

- Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

· Community Involvement

- Chair, Board of Directors, Equality Forum

- Member, Advisory Board, Hotel Obligado Physical Theater

- Chair, Corporate Sponsorship Committee, Human Rights Campaign

- Member, Advisory Board, Alternative Asset Philanthropy

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Co-Author, "Bankruptcy and Tort Reform," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 5

· Co-Author, "Narrow Channel: In re Combustion Engineering, Inc.," National Law Journal, March 2005

Lectures

· Panelist, "Asset Planning for Art Collectors," Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, October 2007

· Speaker, "Corporate Law for Family Lawyers; A Family of Laws for Family Lawyers," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2006

Member: American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Corporate Law.Email: Kevin P. Ray