Venable LLP is pleased to announce that on April 4, 2022, the firm’s client ecobee was the beneficiary of a ruling of Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot (of the U.S. International Trade Commission [ITC]) in an investigation brought by EcoFactor, Inc. against ecobee. ecobee is a leader in sustainable smart home solutions, and it pioneered the smart thermostat space in 2007.

The complaint, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, accused ecobee and others of importing Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostats that infringed four patents. After an investigation that lasted 13 months, ALJ Elliot published an initial determination in favor of ecobee, finding that there was no violation of Section 337 of the Trade Act. In particular, ALJ Elliot concluded that ecobee did not infringe the asserted patents, that the asserted patents were invalid on multiple grounds, and that EcoFactor failed to satisfy the domestic industry requirement.

The Venable trial team was led by partner Timothy Carroll.

“We are pleased to deliver this latest victory for ecobee. This is an important and high-stakes investigation,” said Mr. Carroll, a partner in Venable’s Patent Litigation Group. Mr. Carroll added that “this is the second time ecobee has been awarded a victory in the ITC against EcoFactor. We are thrilled that ecobee has prevailed through every stage of this and the prior investigation commenced by EcoFactor.”

The Venable team representing ecobee and led by Mr. Carroll includes Venable attorneys Manny Caixeiro, Megan Woodworth, Steve Lubezny, Catherine Taylor, Dan Apgar, Leslie Lee, and others. EcoFactor was represented in this and a prior unsuccessful investigation by Russ, August & Kabat.

ecobee Inc. was founded in 2007 with a mission to improve everyday life while creating a more sustainable world. Today, ecobee continues to innovate with smart home solutions that solve everyday problems with comfort, security, and conservation in mind. With its products, including the SmartThermostat and SmartCamera, both equipped with voice control, ecobee continues to encourage consumers to imagine what home could be.

Venable LLP is an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm headquartered in Washington, DC that serves as primary counsel to a worldwide clientele of large and mid-sized organizations, nonprofits, high-net-worth entrepreneurs, and other individuals. With more than 850 professionals across the country, including in California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and Washington, DC, the firm strategically advances its clients’ objectives in the United States and around the globe. Venable advises clients on a broad range of business and regulatory law, legislative affairs, complex litigation, and the full range of intellectual property disciplines. For more information, please visit https://www.venable.com/.

Buchalter is pleased to announce the additions of four attorneys in Salt Lake City – Shareholder Jason Croft joins as Global Chair of the Patent Procurement and Strategy Practice group and R. Chad Pugh joins as a Shareholder and member of the Litigation Practice group. Melanie Marcheschi joins as a member of the Real Estate Practice, and Jake Barney is a member of the Litigation Practice group. The Firm’s Salt Lake City office has seen tremendous growth since its opening in November of 2021 having expanded to more than 20 attorneys in six months.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jason, Chad, Melanie, and Jake to the Firm,” said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter. “With Jason’s impressive technical patent and intellectual property practice, Chad and Jake’s wealth of litigation experience, and Melanie’s significant real estate practice, they are exactly the right fit as we continue to solidify Buchalter’s presence in Utah.”

Croft actively manages patent-related matters for some of the world’s most innovative public and private companies. He is equally adept at patent procurement and IP portfolio strategy, as he is at managing IP transactions, conducting IP due diligence, and leading post-grant proceedings. Croft’s technical expertise spans a broad array of cutting-edge disciplines, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, neural networks, 4G and 5G wireless standards, autonomous vehicles, robotics, computer architecture, software, cryptography, biometrics, integrated circuits, and semiconductor manufacturing.

“I am delighted to join Buchalter and add my experience and expertise to the exceptional intellectual property capabilities Buchalter offers its clients,” said Croft. “With the strong foundation the Firm provides, I look forward to continuing to expand our world-class Intellectual Property practice group.”

Pugh represents clients in commercial litigation matters, with an emphasis in consumer financial services, securities, and real property matters. He has broad experience representing lenders in mortgage-related litigation arising under federal and state consumer-protection laws, including the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and unfair trade practices statutes. His commercial litigation experience in other substantive areas includes securities litigation, labor and employment, white-collar defense, and bankruptcy litigation.

“I am so pleased to be adding my practice to Buchalter’s prominent litigation practice and to the growing Salt Lake City office,” said Pugh. “This is a truly an exciting time to join the Firm, and with the geographic footprint Buchalter offers, I am confident this move was the right decision.”

Marcheschi’s expertise includes commercial acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and title, survey, and environmental due diligence in connection with such transactions. She represents buyers, sellers, property owners, tenants, and developers.

Barney has successfully represented clients in litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels. His practice includes professional liability, commercial contracts, real estate matters, trade secrets, construction, shareholder/member disputes, and other complex business matters. His broad experience enables him to provide valuable insight in a wide variety of commercial and general civil litigation matters.

Just two months ago, Buchalter announced the additions of six lawyers in Salt Lake City – Shareholders Douglas Farr, Lance Lehnhof, and Blake Cooper along with Blake Tengberg, Karl Israelsen, and Trevor Fugate.

“Jason, Chad, Melanie, and Jake are welcome additions to our growing presence in Salt Lake City,” added Jed Burton, Managing Office Shareholder in Salt Lake. “When joining Buchalter late last year, we could not have foreseen practicing with such an accomplished and impressive group of attorneys.”
“Salt Lake City is a significant market for both our clients and the Firm,” added Bass. “Looking ahead, we are optimistic about our future and continued growth in the Utah region.”

Already encumbered with a mandate to do more with less, corporate legal departments (CLDs) are seeing major spikes in demand for legal services stemming from a growing dependency on in-house attorneys to support everyday operations and increased legal obligations. More frequently, in-house attorneys are becoming much more involved with sales, marketing, finance, operations, HR, risk and compliance and other business functions much earlier in the process than before. And according to the 2022 ACC Chief Legal Officer Survey, 60% anticipate an increase in work volume just due to privacy and regulatory enforcement.

Not only are the requests for legal support increasing and expanding, the requests themselves are coming at them from a multitude of vectors—internally, via phone (or Zoom), email, instant message, texts, group meetings, or casual watercooler conversations; and from external stakeholders like law firms, vendors, partners, suppliers and more.

Compounding this is the impact from COVID-19, which generated increased risk factors for businesses, slowed down court processes, and disrupted the workforce. Pandemic-related litigation is expected to increase at a strong pace throughout 2022. Litigators can expect a steady stream of business interruption and breach of contract suits across industries, plus an uptick in insurance claims for physical damages, employment disputes, bankruptcy, and real estate litigation.

All of this puts enormous strain on CLDs in terms of capacity, managing workloads and costs, and balancing the legal and business needs of the organization. Unfortunately, CLDs have to manage all of this while continuing to stay ahead of any issues or crises and proactively mitigate risk, and managing these inbound requests can be a full-time job without advanced technology.

Managing Increased Demand for Legal Services

Faced with increased demand and resource constraints, CLDs need tools that help them work more efficiently and effectively and give them big-picture insights that help them better manage demand, allocate resources, control costs and plan for future needs. It all starts with data—ideally captured when the legal request is made, collected until the matter or task is resolved, and organized and analyzed for auditing and reporting purposes. In fact, a recent industry survey notes that Workload/Resource Bandwidth is the #1 challenge facing CLDs, and that Legal Service Request/Intake technologies are second only to A.I. in terms of planned implementations over the next two years.

Many CLDs currently use Microsoft Excel, Outlook, or other project management software for matter intake, some have already started using an advanced workflow management system such as CounselLink (and are seeing the results), but the majority currently still do not have any kind of comprehensive platform to manage and optimize the flow of legal work into and around the department, facilitate collaboration, analyze performance and outcomes, and generate insights.

Without this central source of data and analytics, CLDs have no means of communicating to executive management how many inquiries they are receiving, the sources and types of requests stakeholders are submitting, how much time is needed to address them, how much it is going to cost, and who is going to do the work—which makes it impossible to make staffing recommendations and justify budget requirements.

Leveraging Technology to Close the Resources Gap

Technologies that automate tasks and incorporate tracking mechanisms help CLDs better manage their caseloads while making well-reasoned resource decisions. With an advanced work management platform, CLDs can address a host of questions and decisions with confidence: What’s the most efficient and cost-effective way to successfully handle this request? Should this matter be staffed using in-house resources or an outside law firm? Does our internal team have the capacity and/or expertise? If not, which outside law firm should we hire?

Although work management solutions may or may not reduce internal headcount or overhead costs, the technology can help CLDs make smarter decisions for resource planning. When the department has visibility into the origination, volume, and types of in-bound requests, leadership knows exactly what types and amounts of internal legal resources are required—for instance, how many contract reviewers should be hired vs. how many litigators—which helps optimize the quantity and distribution of skillsets within CLDs.

Similarly, data-driven insights on outside counsel performance can help CLDs make better decisions on which firms to hire and how large their legal team needs to be, quantify the value a firm delivered in the past and benchmark results against other firms—all of which can contribute to lower outside legal spend.

Incidentally, many law firms are also deploying advanced technologies to make themselves more knowledgeable, efficient, transparent, and collaborative. As such, these firms would likely appreciate a work management platform that helps them interface more closely with their clients and better manage their workflows.

Realizing the Benefits of Advanced Work Management Systems

Selecting the right advanced work management solution creates transparency around how your department works while exposing issues that were previously unseen.

Data-driven recommendations and decisions lead to better organization-wide outcomes. Further, the transparency achieved through advanced work management systems positively impacts collaboration, enabling contributors to communicate and track the work that they’re doing individually and collectively.

When selecting an advanced legal work management solution, CLDs should look for comprehensive data-capture capabilities, analytics tools that provide insights into staffing optimization and return on investment, rich collaboration and workflow management tools to track and manage progress, and robust reporting capabilities that can be used to communicate resource planning and budget requirements to executive stakeholders. As a result of having such functionality built in, CounselLink, a leading advanced work management solution for corporate legal departments, is able to provide its users with an average cost savings of 8-10%.

Developing a long-term legal technology strategy to help manage legal requests and analyze performance and outcomes will help CLDs weather the increasing workloads and changing legal environment in 2022 and beyond.

Kris Hawk is a Senior Product Manager at LexisNexis where he is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product development lifecycle. Kris has over 10 years of experience in the legal technology industry focusing on software solutions for law firm productivity, eDiscovery, and Enterprise Legal Management.

Expert witnesses testify in the vast majority of trials. Research conducted over three decades involving jurors in actual trials with expert testimony produces highly consistent results about what makes an expert witness persuasive to jurors.

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A.Y. Strauss, a leading boutique law firm focused on commercial transactions and litigation in the areas of real estate, franchise law, construction contracting, bankruptcy, and labor & employment, is pleased to announce that Marisa Rauchway has joined as a partner and chair of the firm’s Franchise Group.

“We are pleased to welcome Marisa to lead our franchise team, enhancing the capabilities we are able to provide to our clients,” said Aaron Y. Strauss, firm managing partner. “Marisa’s franchise experience paired with her work as a corporate attorney and litigator further adds to the level of service we provide.”

Marisa assists prospective franchisees, emerging concept franchisors, and current single and multi-unit franchise operators as they navigate legal issues both in and out of court. Her national franchise practice includes working with potential and existing franchisees throughout their relationships with franchisors. Marisa counsels clients through the purchase process, FDD/franchise agreement/area development agreement review and negotiation, lease negotiations, multi-unit and area development expansion, as well as sales and transfers. She also provides counsel to franchisors at each stage of the franchise development life cycle and regularly advises clients on the extent to which their business relationships may be a “hidden franchise” governed by the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act.

“I am thrilled to be joining a dynamic, extremely talented group of lawyers who collectively have the ideal skill set to serve the needs of the franchise and business communities. The firm’s leadership and focus on putting client relationships first are exactly in line with how I have practiced law my whole career, and I look forward to continuing to serve the needs of our clients together,” said Marisa.

Marisa earned her J.D. from Boston University Law School and her B.A. from Princeton University. She holds a Certified Franchise Executive™ designation from the Institute of Certified Franchise Executives and served as co-chair of the New York/New Jersey Chapter of the Women’s Franchise Network, part of the International Franchise Association, from 2016 to 2021.

About A.Y. Strauss
A.Y. Strauss provides legal counsel for commercial transactions and litigation in the areas of commercial real estate, construction contracting, bankruptcy, franchise law, and labor & employment. With the intellectual depth of a large firm and the personalized touch of a boutique, the firm’s lawyers represent emerging businesses, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals, in domestic and international matters. The dynamic culture and collaborative working environment at the firm provides a healthy work-life balance for its team members, with a focus on giving back to the communities the firm serves. A.Y. Strauss has offices in Roseland, NJ and New York, NY. For more information, visit https://www.aystrauss.com/.

Wilmington, DE – April 11, 2022 – Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that William R. Firth, III has joined the firm as a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware office. He is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Business Transactions Groups.

“Bill is a highly-regarded attorney in the state of Delaware with exceptional experience that will enhance the capabilities of our team as they continue to provide outstanding service,” said managing Partner George Pallas. “Our growth in Delaware with William’s arrival and the recent promotions of Brionna Denby and Evan Rassman to senior counsel allows us to better help our clients achieve their business goals.”

Bill counsels individuals, executives, investors and companies on legal issues arising in their businesses, litigating disputes in Delaware involving contractual agreements, corporate governance and financial wrongdoing. He serves as a valued business partner to his clients, guiding them through shareholder and partnership disputes, contract disputes, and business tort claims and helping to resolve their issues quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Bill has experience helping clients navigate commercial bankruptcy proceedings, bankruptcy adversary litigation and out-of-court commercial loan workouts.

A graduate of Villanova University School of Law, Bill is a former U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee law clerk for United States Senator Arlen Specter. He also earned his B.A. from Villanova University and his M.P.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Cohen Seglias’ Commercial Litigation Group handles business disputes for clients across a variety of industries and litigates matters in state and federal courts. Attorneys provide counsel on matters ranging from breach of contract and business torts to real estate disputes and mechanics’ lien claims, serving as aggressive and conscientious advocates for clients. The team works with clients through all phases of litigation, utilizing an in-house eDiscovery team to efficiently manage the process and keep clients informed every step of the way.

The firm’s Business Transactions Group offers a broad range of services to support the business and transactional needs of clients across industries including real estate, professional services, health care, financial services, energy, engineering, and construction. Attorneys counsel businesses at every stage of their progression, from emerging businesses to mature corporations. In addition to providing day-to-day business advice, the team creates the commercial contracts and documentation necessary for conducting business, from all formation and company governance documents to agreements relating to the purchasing, sale and financing of goods and real estate.

About Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC
Founded in 1988, Cohen Seglias is a law firm with 80 lawyers in offices across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Washington, DC, and in Kentucky. The firm provides client service on a national basis in areas including construction, government contracting, labor & employment, commercial litigation, business transactions, real estate, financial services, insurance coverage & risk management, energy & utilities, government law & regulatory affairs, real estate, research misconduct, Title IX, student defense, wealth preservation, white collar defense & internal investigations. For more information please visit www.cohenseglias.com.

Friedlander Misler PLLC is pleased to announce the elevation of attorney Jennifer W. Jette to member and the addition of new associates Li Ann Butterfield Watson, Vania M. Smith and Rishele Y. Ellison.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer to our firm’s partnership as a member of Friedlander Misler,” said David M. Astrove, a principal and managing member of Friedlander Misler. “Jen is a highly skilled attorney who is dedicated to the success of her clients’ deals across a broad range of industries.”

Previously an associate, Jette joined Friedlander Misler in 2014. A member of the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Transactions practice groups, she focuses on representing borrowers in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, and counsels clients on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and leasing matters. Jette received her J.D., with honors, from Emory University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.

“It is gratifying to be named as a member, and I appreciate the camaraderie and mentorship that Friedlander Misler has provided to me,” Jette said. “Client service is of utmost importance, and I have enjoyed developing meaningful relationships with clients and becoming someone whom they can trust and rely upon for counsel.”

Astrove added, “As we provide counsel to national and global companies, as well as businesses in the mid-Atlantic region, our law firm continues growing, and I am very pleased to welcome Li Ann, Vania and Rishele as new associates who are certain to be great additions to our team.”

Butterfield Watson and Smith join the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Transactions practice groups.

Previously, Butterfield Watson practiced in Stamford, Connecticut, representing clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions, trusts and estates, and corporate formation. She received her J.D. from Boston College Law School and her B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross.

Smith previously worked in commercial real estate asset management in the D.C. area for over 20 years for companies including Cushman & Wakefield, Lincoln Property Company, and Vornado Realty Trust. She received her J.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. She also earned her M.P.A. and a B.A. from The George Washington University.

Ellison joins the firm’s Workers’ Compensation practice group, and also represents clients in a variety of trademark matters. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Karen H. Mason of the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Ellison received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law and her B.S. from Bowie State University.

About Friedlander Misler PLLC
For more than 50 years, Friedlander Misler PLLC has remained committed to providing high quality legal services while minimizing cost exposure to clients nationally and in the D.C. metropolitan area, as well as across Virginia and Maryland. The firm represents clients ranging from global conglomerates to regional businesses and small start-ups in matters involving commercial real estate, commercial leasing and finance, commercial and general liability litigation, labor and employment litigation, and corporate and business law. For more information, visit https://www.dclawfirm.com.

Stroock today welcomed Alesha Dominique in Los Angeles as head of the Trademark group and partner in the Intellectual Property practice.

Alesha’s appointment further expands Stroock’s IP capabilities and represents the firm’s fourth lateral partner hire this year. Last month, Stroock welcomed David Barr as co-chair of the Patent Litigation group, as well as tax partner Gary Silber. Stroock also welcomed Tom Firestone as co-chair of the White Collar & Internal Investigations group in February.

“Alesha’s demonstrated success handling high-profile and significant trademark matters, as well as other IP litigation matters, greatly bolsters our ability to continue protecting clients’ rights across various IP disciplines,” said Alan Klinger, Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner.

Her significant litigation experience, which includes serving as a first-chair litigator, also spans patent, copyright, false advertising and unfair competition matters before federal courts across the country, including the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Alesha’s experience ranges from representing a major international luxury goods manufacturer in a contributory trademark infringement suit against a leading online marketplace to representing global technology companies in an ITC patent infringement investigation involving Power-over-Ethernet products. She previously served as chair of the Trademark Prosecution group at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP where she also managed global trademark portfolios and advised clients on the selection, use, registration, enforcement, and licensing of trademarks and represented clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

“Beyond being a strong litigator, Alesha is a leader who will be critical to the growth of the trademark group and larger IP practice,” said Jeff Keitelman, Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner. “We’re thrilled to welcome another top attorney to the firm as we continue to expand strength across key areas.”

“Stroock provides an exciting opportunity for me to expand my practice and further build out the trademark team so we can meet the growing needs of protecting clients’ assets,” said Alesha.

Alesha earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and her B.S. from Howard University.

The National Board of Trial Advocacy has announced that Michael K. Hurst, partner in the Dallas firm of Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann LLP, has achieved board certification in the national organization. The NBTA follows an objective set of standards based on an attorney’s experience and expertise in trial law in granting certification, a distinction reached by less than three percent of practicing lawyers in the U.S.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce the arrival of Gregory A. Dodge as a member of the firm’s Corporate group, based in the Charlotte office. He previously was an attorney with McGuireWoods.

“Greg is a very talented and highly regarded corporate attorney, particularly in the area of private investment fund formation, and we are thrilled to add him to Moore & Van Allen’s team,” said Joseph (“Joe”) A. Fernandez, MVA’s co-head of Corporate. “Greg’s diverse experience will be a great asset to our clients.”

Greg focuses his practice on private investment fund formation matters, including structuring and fundraising, for clients including U.S. and non-U.S. sponsors. In addition, his practice involves advising sponsors on regulatory and compliance, structuring, and day-today operational issues. He also advises institutional investors concerning investments in private funds, co-investments, and secondary transactions.

Previously, Greg practiced at two international law firms and served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at a life sciences private investment manager with more than $2.5 billion in assets under management.

Greg received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his Bachelor of Science from Wake Forest University.

MVA’s Corporate Governance & Shareholder Relations team includes transactional lawyers and litigators who advise public and private companies, senior management, boards of directors, and board committees on a full range of corporate governance and compliance matters. The attorneys help create and restructure entities and provide complete assistance for governance needed to support successful transactions. The group advises and litigates matters involving the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Securities Act of 1933, the corporate governance rules of the NYSE and NASDAQ, and other applicable state and federal laws.

About Moore & Van Allen
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (www.mvalaw.com), founded in 1945, has nearly 400 attorneys and professionals serving clients in over 75 areas of focus. The attorneys at Moore & Van Allen provide sophisticated legal services within nationally recognized Litigation, Corporate, Financial Services, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Real Estate law practices for international banks and financial services companies, domestic and global manufacturers, retailers, individuals, and healthcare and technology organizations. The firm is ranked in the prestigious “Am Law Global 200” list, and U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have recognized Moore & Van Allen in their 2022 “Best Law Firms” rankings, both regionally and nationally.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that B. Shawan Gillians has joined the Charleston, S.C., Office as Of Counsel in the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group.

Shawan joins the Firm from Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s largest public power provider, where she most recently served as the Director of Legal Services and Corporate Secretary. During her more than ten years as in-house counsel, she gained significant experience with transactions in the Financial Services and Energy Sectors, as well as with labor and employment matters.

At Santee Cooper, Shawan also served as Associate General Counsel (2015-2018), and was the primary internal point of contact for legal matters in the financial services group while being simultaneously responsible for full-time responsibilities as Treasurer (2017-2020). Before moving in-house, Shawan was an Associate at Buist Moore Smythe McGee (now Womble Bond Dickinson).

“Shawan’s extensive transactional and C-Suite management experience will provide added bench strength and credibility to our deals teams at the senior level,” said Merrick Benn, Leader of the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. “Her arrival demonstrates the Firm’s strategic and ongoing commitment to growing our capabilities in the expanding Financial Services and Energy Sectors in a meaningful way.”

Cordes Ford, Managing Partner of the Charleston Office, adds: “Shawan is a well-known and highly-regarded leader in South Carolina, and we could not be more pleased that she has decided to return to Womble.”

Shawan is active within the Charleston community, serving on several non-profit boards, including the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, and Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina. A graduate of the College of William and Mary School of Law and The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, Shawan earned her undergraduate degree from Wofford College where she now serves on the college’s Board of Trustees.

The Firm’s Charleston Office has welcomed five new attorneys in the last six weeks, additions that expand and strengthen several key practices and sectors, including Energy, Healthcare, and Trust and Estates. Attorneys in the Charleston Office have experience in a range of service areas, including Business Litigation, Construction, Capital Markets, Corporate & Securities, Economic Development, Healthcare, Trusts & Estates, Product Liability, and Real Estate.

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About Womble Bond Dickinson
Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers based in 26 U.K. and U.S. office locations serving clients across every business sector. The firm provides core legal services including Commercial; Corporate; Employment and Pensions; Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Finance: Banking, Restructuring, Insolvency; I.P., Technology and Data; Private Wealth; Projects, Construction and Infrastructure; Real Estate; and Regulatory Law.

“Womble Bond Dickinson,” the “law firm” or the “firm” refers to the network of member firms of Womble Bond Dickinson (International) Limited, consisting of Womble Bond Dickinson (U.K.) LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson (U.S.) LLP. Each of Womble Bond Dickinson (U.K.) LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson (U.S.) LLP is a separate legal entity operating as an independent law firm. Womble Bond Dickinson (International) Limited does not practice law. Please see www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/legal-notice for further details.

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Frank DeGuire has rejoined the firm’s Milwaukee office as a partner in the firm’s Public Finance and Business Law Practice Groups.

“We are pleased to welcome Frank back to the firm,” said Rebecca Speckhard, Public Finance national chair. “As bond counsel, he has experience in working on financings for a diverse set of governmental entities. He has also gained extensive and broad experience in corporate and commercial law from serving as in-house counsel to closely held corporations.”

DeGuire will serve as a bond counsel on a wide variety of tax-exempt and taxable financings for the benefit of state and local governments and non-profit corporations, including conduit and qualified private activity bond financings.

“I look forward to rejoining Quarles & Brady and working with familiar and new faces on the Public Finance and Business Law teams,” said DeGuire. “My time as in-house counsel has given me great insight into what clients expect out of law firms and I’m excited to use that knowledge to best serve the firm and its clients.”

As a former general counsel for a diversified manufacturing company in Milwaukee, DeGuire provided legal and strategic advice to the CEO and the presidents of the company’s several operating divisions, and further advised on specific matters and risk assessment for the company’s initiatives.

DeGuire is a United States Navy veteran and is involved in many civic and charitable activities such as The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, Hunger Task Force and Team Red White & Blue. DeGuire holds an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Juris Doctor from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.

Hanzo, a technology pioneer in preserving, collecting, reviewing, and exporting dynamic, complex collaboration and web-based data, announces today two C-level executive appointments and several other key personnel changes. Paul Suh was named President and Robert Hirst will advance to Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In addition, the company announced that Dave Ruel will be Head of Product, Evan Gumz was promoted to Director of Account Management, Mariana Rosario is the new Director of Sales, and Sarena Regazzoni has been promoted to Senior Director of Communications.

“Paul and Rob have shown transformative leadership in helping Hanzo scale its delivery of innovative solutions to address the growing need for complex data management for enterprise legal, investigatory and compliance functions,” said Julien Masanès, CEO of Hanzo. “They have earned the respect and trust of the entire organization and will continue to position Hanzo as the leading technology partner that helps enterprises organize their complex collaboration data.”

Mr. Suh, based in the US, was the former CFO of Hanzo.  As President, Paul will oversee all company operations. Suh is a seasoned finance and operations executive with expertise in SaaS platforms, fintech, digital media,  gaming, and payments. His well-rounded experience includes leading finance departments, operations, product, marketing, HR, legal and corporate development for rapidly growing startups. His appointment will enable Hanzo’s CEO to focus on strategic partnerships and investment to accelerate the pace of growth.

“I’m thrilled to be taking on this new role. I see Hanzo at a major inflection point poised for tremendous growth with several factors contributing to our tailwinds, the most exciting of which is the launch of our new AI and ML capabilities that help our enterprise clients proactively stay ahead of potential litigation.  Most of all, I’m humbled to be among such a talented group of next-generation new leaders here at Hanzo.”

Mr. Hirst, based in the UK, is a technology and software development veteran with multiple senior leadership roles in developing market-leading solutions for B2B, B2C, retail, fintech, insurance, SME, and corporate sectors. As CTO, his primary responsibilities will include overseeing Hanzo’s product roadmap of innovative technology solutions to organize and gain understanding from complex collaboration and SaaS tech stacks. He’ll also oversee the engineering, security, and service, delivery teams.

“I am very pleased to take on the CTO role at Hanzo and use my experience to lead our excellent group of forward-thinking technologists, who are well-positioned to drive Hanzo to new levels of excellence,” said Rob Hirst. “The team’s work to date has positioned Hanzo as a market leader in innovative multi-approach data capture, management, and insight delivery for complex enterprise SaaS applications and other collaborative sources that are at the cutting edge of ediscovery, legal, and compliance software. It’s an honor to lead and collaborate with world-class engineering, security, and service delivery teams at Hanzo.”

As the company has doubled, Hanzo also is pleased to be living up to its value of developing talent from within. Executive management is delighted to welcome the next generation of company leaders to serve on the senior leadership team with the following promotions.

Dave Ruel, formerly Senior Product Manager advances to Head of Product who will oversee the product strategy and work hand in hand with the product development team on innovative new enterprise solutions.
Evan Gumz, formerly, a Senior Account Manager takes on the role of Director of Account Management, to address the increasing needs of a rapidly growing customer base.
Mariana Rosario, formerly, Enterprise Account Executive, will assume the Director of Sales to lead Hanzo’s growing go-to-market initiatives.

Sarena Regazzoni, formerly Director of Communications, becomes Senior Director of Communications to lead corporate strategy and execution for internal and external messaging, communications, and brand.

About Hanzo
Hanzo helps global enterprises manage and reduce legal risk wherever work gets done. Capture data for investigations, litigation, and compliance wherever employees collaborate — including hard-to-capture sources like Slack, Jira, project management, collaboration platforms, and internal SaaS systems. Hanzo’s software empowers defensible preservation, targeted collection, and efficient review of dynamic content. Hanzo is SOC 2® Type 2 certified, demonstrating its commitment to data security and serving large corporations worldwide. Learn more at hanzo.co and follow updates on Twitter: @gethanzo or on LinkedIn.

Contact
Sarena RegazzoniSenior Director of Communications
Hanzo
503-407-4208
sarena@hanzo.co

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Corporate Practice Group with finance partner Steven Williams Walker (“Will”) in Winston-Salem. Walker has experience with all types of cross-border and domestic financing transactions. He follows the recent addition of finance partners Bryan Reese and Cristina Gonzalez in New York.

“Expanding our debt finance capabilities is of strategic importance to our clients,” said Corporate Practice Co-Chair Jonathan Awner. “Will’s experience in complex financing transactions will be invaluable to our team as the demand for our services continues to grow.”

Walker’s clients include financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private equity groups. On both the borrower and lender side, he represents key players in food & agriculture, entertainment, manufacturing, technology and other global industries.

Walker regularly represents clients in leveraged acquisition financings and other secured financings (both cash flow and asset-based), unsecured credit facilities, unitranche facilities, first lien/second lien facilities, bridge and mezzanine facilities, as well as workouts and restructurings.

About Akerman

Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward-thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth.

The Akerman Corporate Practice Group advises public and private companies, including private equity funds, on M&A, capital markets transactions, financings, and other transactional matters, with a strong focus on the middle market. Akerman is top-ranked nationally for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Middle Market by The Legal 500 and is recognized as a leading U.S. law firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers for corporate, M&A, private equity, securities/capital markets, securities regulation and banking and finance law.

BRADLEY ADDS CORPORATE PARTNER KEVIN S. WOLTJEN TO DALLAS OFFICE

DALLAS (April 11, 2022) – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin S. Woltjen to the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group in Dallas.
“Kevin’s experience and skill in providing advice and guidance to clients ranging from Fortune 200 companies to small public entities to high-net-worth individuals is extraordinary. His arrival to our Bradley office enhances our commitment to quality growth and expansion, and we are delighted to have him here as a key member of our team,” said Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles.
Mr. Woltjen added, “I am honored to have joined such qualified lawyers at Bradley firm-wide and particularly in the Dallas office. The collegiality and support of Bradley for my clients and my practice has been beyond belief.”
Mr. Woltjen represents companies across a variety of industries in corporate and securities law matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings and regulation, divestitures and restructurings, governance, and venture capital transactions. He collaborates with his clients through all stages of their business growth, as well as development. His 27 years of experience help him to serve as outside general counsel to certain clients while he assists large companies and private equity investors with specific projects.
A graduate of DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Mr. Woltjen also received his M.B.A. from DePaul University and earned his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the non-profit Exchange Club of East Dallas and the State Bar of Texas, as well as the Dallas, Illinois, and American Bar associations.
Bradley’s nationally recognized Corporate and Securities Practice Group advises clients by understanding and assessing the market and the business enterprise, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing in-depth, actionable strategies throughout the life of a company. From start-ups to large, high-profile corporations, the corporate team can initiate and formalize a corporate structure, work with equity and debt providers to finance a deal and negotiate critical transactions while creating value through our experience and client-centered service.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s almost 600 lawyers represent regional, national, and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

Contract Logix, a leading provider of data-driven contract management software, was awarded “Highest User Adoption” within G2’s Spring 2022 Mid-Market Contract Lifecycle Management Implementation Index and “Easiest to Use” within the G2 Spring 2022 Mid-Market Contract Lifecycle Management Usability Index for the second consecutive quarter. The company was also named a “High Performer” in all G2 Spring 2022 Grid ® Reports for Contract Lifecycle Management Software including Enterprise, Mid-Market and Overall for the fifth consecutive quarter. The company was also named a “Momentum Leader” for the first time due to its impressive year-over-year growth.

G2 rates products and sellers based on reviews gathered from its user community, as well as data aggregated from online sources and social networks. Momentum Leader awards go to products that rank in the top 25% of their category’s products by users.

Over the past two years, Contract Logix has seen a triple digit increase in the number of contracts and documents, digital contract requests, completed tasks, and automatic workflows triggered by its customers. This tremendous growth is evidence of high user adoption, its product’s ease of use, and the need and desire for nearly every industry to digitally transform and automate contracting processes. Digital contract transformation helps organizations increase compliance with key regulations like SOX and HIPAA, mitigate the risk of increasingly complex business relationships, and more quickly finalize agreements with suppliers, customers and partners.

A key differentiator and driver behind Contract Logix’s success is the company’s unique and proven customer success model. Every Contract Logix customer is assigned a Customer Success Manager (CSM) to help onboard, set up, and get the most value out of its platform in the fastest time possible. The company’s “Quality of Support” consistently ranks above average on G2.

“It is an honor to continue to be recognized as a CLM leader in G2’s reports because those ratings come from the people who use our software everyday to digitally transform their contracting processes – our valued customers,” said Jim Averill, Vice President of Customer Success, Contract Logix. “Contract Logix has been helping organizations streamline processes for over fifteen years and we will continue to help them accelerate and modernize the way they manage contracts moving forward in today’s increasingly digital and complex world.”

Katten announced today that it has begun moving into its new 125,000-square-foot New York home at 50 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, coinciding with the return to offices firmwide in a hybrid environment under a new flexible work policy.

“We are excited to have our New York office in this prime location, offering top workplace amenities and exciting new dining and retail that will make physical presence in the office more desirable for Katten team members as well as clients and other visitors,” said Katten CEO Noah S. Heller, who is based in New York.

“Moving to this premier spot is a great way to begin our hybrid work environment as the upgraded space is an improved option where our team can continue delivering superior client service,” Heller said. “Our return-to-work policy is built on trust in our people. They are working incredibly hard. This policy helps us seize a rare chance to redefine ‘normal.’”

The policy, called KattenFlex, allows Katten attorneys and business professionals, working with their practice and department heads, to decide when to work in the office or remotely. This approach applies to all firm employees, including those based in New York as team members there are relocating from the firm’s longtime office at 575 Madison Avenue.

“The move to Rockefeller Center, such a central and dynamic campus, will enhance Katten’s ability to expand in the world’s business capital, helping us continue to retain and attract top talent,” said Chris DiAngelo, managing partner of Katten’s New York office.

The firm plans to formally unveil the Rockefeller office with its many amenities later this year.

Katten signed a long-term lease for the new space in 2019 to occupy five floors in the 16-story building owned by Tishman Speyer and located near the legendary Radio City Music Hall, the storied NBC Studios, the popular Top of the Rock® Observation Deck and the famed Rink at Rockefeller Center.

Built in the 1930s, the newly renovated 50 Rockefeller Plaza is an Art Deco-style structure formerly known as the Associated Press Building that for decades housed that news agency’s headquarters. A distinctive part of the building is the façade’s 10-ton stainless steel sculpture by artist Isamu Noguchi titled “News” and located at the main entrance as a tribute to journalism. As part of its dedicated focus on hospitality, Tishman Speyer commissioned renowned design firm Studio Mellone to redesign the building’s lobby, which was recently completed. Last fall, Radio Park—a new green space on the roof of the building—opened, fulfilling the vision of the original architects.

As a new tenant, all Katten employees have access to ZO., Tishman Speyer’s comprehensive suite of amenities and services, including fitness programming, for tenants in its buildings worldwide.

The New York office move deepens the relationship between Katten and Tishman Speyer, the law firm’s current landlord in Chicago, and soon in Washington, DC, when Katten relocates its office there to 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue.

In leasing the new space, Katten was represented by its Real Estate partners Scott M. Vetri, chair of the New York Real Estate practice, and Andrew L. Jagoda, as well as its New York managing partner Chris DiAngelo and associate Ryan A. Gibbons. John Cefaly, Robert Lowe and Jon Herman of Cushman & Wakefield served as Katten’s real estate broker, and Cushman & Wakefield also provided project management services. J.T. Magen was Katten’s general contractor and Gensler was the design and architecture firm.

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm’s core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
For more information, visit katten.com.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its Minneapolis office with 11 lawyers, including four partners, joining its Commercial Litigation and Products, Pharma, Medical and Mass Tort teams. These lawyers join from Blackwell Burke P.A., a boutique trial law firm recently honored as Benchmark Litigation’s “Minnesota Firm of the Year” for the sixth consecutive year.

Joining Norton Rose Fulbright as partners are Jerry Alcazar, S. Jamal Faleel, Benjamin W. Hulse and Mary S. Young. Of counsel Corey L. Gordon, senior counsel Emily Ambrose, Andy Crowder and Charmaine K. Harris, senior associate Ted Hartman and associates Gene Hummel and Amarachi Ihejirika complete the group.

Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright’s US Managing Partner, said:

“We have been part of the Minneapolis business community since 1994. Bringing in Jerry, Jamal, Ben and Mary, as well as their team—who regularly represent many of the Fortune 500 and have a client base that is highly complementary to ours—is an ideal match, as our firm has a long history of trial success and litigation excellence.”

Tim Kenny, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Minneapolis Partner-in-Charge, said:

“This dynamic team comes from a firm known for its high-profile litigation achievements and outstanding client service. Having collaborated as co-counsel with some of these lawyers, I have seen firsthand the excellence and professionalism they bring to Norton Rose Fulbright.”

Young, who was trained along with the other members of the 11-lawyer team by celebrated trial advocate Jerry Blackwell, said:

“We are pleased and excited to join Norton Rose Fulbright, where we will continue to provide unmatched service for our clients in the Twin Cities and on a national scale. The firm’s rich history as a leading trial firm and proven commitment to diversity were extremely important to us. We are thrilled that our team is remaining together and can continue to build on the trial work that is the cornerstone of our practice. This is a natural fit for us.”

Blackwell, who is leaving private practice to pursue a career in public service, said:

“This group has been family to me and I will miss them. They have distinguished themselves in the profession by punching above their weight, achieving outstanding results in the cases that matter most across the country as well as in community service, year after year. They excel in both litigation and in trial work, and have the experience to know the difference. I am proud of them and delighted to see them joining such a fine firm, simpatico in the pursuit of excellence in trial work and in the commitment to the community. I wish them and Norton Rose Fulbright all the best.”

Norton Rose Fulbright, which won the “Innovations in Diversity and Inclusion” award at last month’s Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards, is focused on attracting diverse lawyers who are practice and sector leaders. With Alcazar, Faleel and Young, seven of the 10 US lateral partners who have joined the firm in 2022 are diverse in race or gender. In both 2020 and 2021, more than 40 percent of the US lateral partners added were diverse.

About the new partners
Alcazar serves as national litigation and trial counsel for major corporations. His practice includes product liability and high-stakes disputes. His trial and arbitration experience includes representing product manufacturers, food producers, grocery retailers, transportation companies and homebuilders.

Faleel serves as lead trial counsel and a trusted advisor to his clients on their most challenging high-stakes trials, litigation and regulatory matters. He has two decades of experience representing public and private companies across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer products, healthcare and life sciences. He also serves as corporate counsel for one of the world’s largest consumer goods private label manufacturers, helping his client navigate its dynamic global regulatory and litigation landscape.

Hulse focuses on class action defense, mass tort defense and commercial litigation. He represents leading companies from several different sectors, including medical devices, food, health and fitness, oil and gas as well as banking and insurance. He is an experienced trial lawyer and frequently represents clients on appeal.

Young represents clients in complex matters across a broad range of substantive legal areas, including product liability, consumer fraud class actions, mass torts, and commercial litigation. She serves as national counsel and national coordinating counsel for Fortune 500 companies, defending claims in state and federal courts across the country, including in multidistrict litigation and consolidated proceedings.

Young and Gordon also served pro bono, with Blackwell, as members of the prosecution team that secured the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. They applied their decades of experience in trying large, civil cases to synthesize complex medical issues in a way that was clear and understandable for the jury.

Buchalter recently added a number of new attorneys to round out its White Collar and Investigations Practice, including the former Acting United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Anthony Martin, as well as Adam Sechooler and Arielle Seidman. Launched in 2020, Buchalter’s White Collar and Investigations Group has quickly expanded into a robust practice, including over a dozen attorneys across the majority of the Firm’s offices.

“I am thrilled to welcome Anthony, Adam, and Arielle to the Firm,” said President and Chief Executive Officer, Adam Bass. “Anthony is a litigation powerhouse with an impressive government background and is a welcome addition to our Scottsdale office. Adam and Arielle bring extensive experience in high-stakes litigation disputes to Orange County. All three are incredible assets to our White Collar Group.”

Martin, who was also previously the Chief Deputy Attorney General of West Virginia, focuses his practice on government investigations, state attorneys general enforcement actions, and high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional litigation. Drawing on his extensive law enforcement and multi-state litigation background, he has managed civil and criminal litigation and investigations in a range of subject matter throughout his career. Martin’s diverse spectrum of experience dealing with government investigations has regularly received national attention and covered by the Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, CNN, Fox News, and others.

Sechooler and Seidman join Buchalter in its Orange County office. Sechooler focuses his practice on business litigation, high-stakes disputes, and white-collar defense. Before joining Buchalter, Sechooler practiced at an elite boutique litigation firm and clerked for the Honorable John W. Holcomb in the Central District of California. Seidman, formerly of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has represented clients in groundbreaking litigation, including the defense of Qualcomm against FTC antitrust claims and pursuing RICO and human trafficking claims against a major multinational religious organization.

These additions follow Sanjay Bhandari’s joining the group this past November, based the firm’s San Diego office. Bhandari, a former federal prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney, is an experienced civil and criminal trial lawyer, focusing on government investigations, white-collar defense, and intellectual property litigation. He has conducted numerous internal investigations, created and reviewed corporate compliance programs, and defended many individuals and corporations in government investigations and enforcement proceedings.

With the addition of Martin, Buchalter has now added four former federal prosecutors to its ranks. Combining their expertise with the firm’s substantial experience in defending government enforcement cases and other litigation in the financial services and health care industries, Buchalter now features one of the strongest white-collar practices in the western United States.

“Anthony, Adam, and Arielle are exactly the type of stellar talent we wanted to add to the team,” said Joshua Robbins, Co-Chair of the Firm’s White Collar and Investigations Practice. “Our group is putting down roots across the western region, and these attorneys will add tremendous value as we continue our expansion.”

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm has continued to grow its Salt Lake City office with the addition of R. Whitney “Whit” Johnson as a partner in its Electronics Practice Group. Johnson will bolster Foley’s growing team in Salt Lake City following the addition of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team in February and Real Estate Partner Melanie Clark in March.

Johnson brings 15 years of high-tech experience to the firm, with a concentration in technology, including computer software and hardware, Internet commerce, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, blockchain, electronics, software as a service, artificial intelligence, electromechanical technologies, automotive safety systems, energy utilization, and smart grid components. Johnson counsels clients on patent-related services, including U.S. and foreign patent procurement, patent portfolio management, and strategic counseling. This work encompasses patent preparation and prosecution, patent opinions, due diligence investigations, audits, and pre-litigation patent analysis.

“Whit’s holistic tech experience enables us to continue our growth in a region that is experiencing rapid growth in innovation,” said Paul Hunter, co-chair of the firm’s Electronics Practice Group. “His deep knowledge of technology and experience representing technology clients will be a boon to Foley’s presence in Salt Lake City.”

“We are excited to add Whit to our Salt Lake team and apply his knowledge as a senior-level patent counselor to expand our client offerings,” said David Wright, managing partner of the firm’s Salt Lake City office. “Whit is not only a strong fit for our team and existing clients, but his complementary practice serves as an attractive resource to prospects seeking a full-service firm.”

In addition to advising clients on developing, protecting, and utilizing intellectual property rights, Johnson counsels clients on intellectual property licensing and other transactions involving intellectual property assets and dispute matters. Johnson also provides non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, performs product clearance analyses and due diligence investigations, and provides guidance regarding designing around patents.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the Foley team as we work to support the rapidly expanding Salt Lake City tech market,” said Johnson. “Foley’s robust platform, unparalleled quality of work, and deep bench of resources are critical elements to help our clients foster innovation and thrive.”

About Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP looks beyond the law to focus on the constantly evolving demands facing our clients and their industries. With approximately 1,100 lawyers in 25 offices worldwide, Foley approaches client service by first understanding our clients’ priorities, objectives and challenges. We work hard to understand our clients’ issues and forge long-term relationships with them to help achieve successful outcomes and solve their legal issues through practical business advice and cutting-edge legal insight. Our clients view us as trusted business advisors because we understand that great legal service is only valuable if it is relevant, practical and beneficial to their businesses.

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