Moore & Van Allen Elevates Four to Firm Membership
Moore & Van Allen PLLC announced that the four attorneys have been elected as the firm’s newest members: Amanda Carrano Franklin, Andrew R. Price, Nader S. Raja and Nick C. Russell.
Their new designation went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. All four attorneys are based in Charlotte.
Amanda Carrano Franklin practices in the areas of business immigration and immigration related employer compliance. She works with large multinational corporations, mid-sized employers, and small business start-ups on the full range of employment-based nonimmigrant visas and permanent residence applications. Franklin additionally provides advice to employers on I-9 completion and retention, E-Verify, and H-1B and LCA compliance.
Andrew R. Price practices in the area of financial services. His practice focuses on representing banks, other financial institutions, and private equity sponsors in the structuring and documentation of secured and unsecured syndicated, club and bilateral credit facilities for companies in a wide variety of industries. His experience includes the representation of administrative agents and participant lenders in a broad range of corporate and commercial lending transactions, including acquisition-related financings, leveraged recapitalizations, and working capital facilities.
Nader S. Raja works with clients facing complex and high-stakes litigation, regulatory and reputational issues. He focuses on commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense. In addition, Raja serves as chair of the firm’s Housing Rights Pro Bono Project, as co-champion of the Charlotte Triage Eviction Project, and is a member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee, Diversity Committee and Public Service Committee.
Nick C. Russell handles intellectual property matters, with a focus on patent preparation, prosecution, patent portfolio management, and patent investigations, such as freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and invalidity investigations.
