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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
- 713-223-2300
- www.bgllp.com
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is an international law firm with 470 lawyers in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Seattle, Dubai, Kazakhstan and London. We serve Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, leading private investment funds, governmental entities, and individuals concentrated in the energy, technology and financial services sectors.
Main Areas of Practice
Bracewell provides guidance on business law, finance, litigation, government relations and regulatory policy. As a full services firm, Bracewell has considerable bench strength in all requisite practice areas including government relations, strategic communications, tax, trial, labor and employment law, intellectual property, real estate, government contracting and school and public law. In addition, the firm has developed highly regarded concentrations in specific industries and disciplines. These include:
- Energy
- Environmental Strategies
- Banks and Financial Institutions
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Investment Funds
- White Collar Criminal Defense
Contributing authors from Bracewell & Giuliani LLP:
Partner
Jim Bradley practices patent, trademark, copyright and general intellectual property law, with an emphasis in the area of mechanical devices.
He has experience in all phases of intellectual property l...
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John Brantley provides mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate governance advice to public and private companies operating in the United States and internationally. Mr. Brantley represents...
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John Brunjes is a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group of Bracewell & Giuliani, resident in the Connecticut office, and head of the Fund Formation practice.
John handles a wide variety of...
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Leslie Selig Byrd has more than 25 years experience in the counsel and representation of management in labor and employment issues and controversies.
Ms. Byrd represents public and private employers i...
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Robert Carey concentrates his practice on general securities law advice and the representation of bondholders in financial restructurings. In particular, he specializes in the representation of...
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Renée Dailey is a member of Bracewell & Giuliani's Financial Restructuring team. Ms. Dailey's practice focuses on representation of hedge funds and institutional investors in comp...
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Kevin Ewing counsels domestic and international companies seeking to cure systemic environmental problems through improved compliance infrastructure, corporate governance and disclosure, and auditing/...
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Jennifer Feldsher's primary area of practice is corporate restructuring and insolvency law. She represents interested parties in bankruptcy proceedings and complex corporate debt restructurings, as we...
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Evan Flaschen is the chair of the Financial Restructuring Group at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. His practice includes representation of many of the world's largest institutional investors,...
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Kelly Frels, the firm's managing partner from 1995 through 2001 and the managing partner of the Houston office from 2001 to 2003, has been an attorney for public and private schools, independent...
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Amy Halevy counsels and represents employers in all areas of employment law. Specifically, Ms. Halevy guides her business clients in the preparation and application of employment policies and procedur...
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Jonathan Halpern is a partner in Bracewell & Giuliani's litigation practice and focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, trials, appeals and comple...
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Cheri Hoff is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities section. Her practice focuses on providing advice to private investment funds, investors and advisers. Ms. Hoff forms and represents...
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Jarvis Hollingsworth provides legal counsel and strategic representation to public entities and officials, including municipalities, pension funds and retirement systems, educational institutions...
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Jeff Horner is the head of the firm's public law section. For 27 years, Mr. Horner has counseled school districts, colleges and private schools at all levels of education in real estate, contract...
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With more than four decades of experience, Joe Hull's legal practice concentrates on federal, state and local taxation, including both planning and controversy work. Mr. Hull has substantial expe...
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Jason Hutt advises manufacturers, refiners, project developers, investor groups and financial institutions about environmental risks and liabilities associated with regulatory compliance, sustainable...
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Mark Joachim regularly represents lenders (as well as creditors), official committees and ad hoc groups of creditors in connection with bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. His mult...
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Al Kimball represents litigants in patent infringement litigation for patentees and for those alleged to be infringers. He also represents multinational companies, both United States and foreign, in a...
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Practicing law since 1978, James (Jim) Kizziar represents and counsels the managers and owners of diverse companies and business entities in all aspects of labor and employment law, before federa...
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Alfred Kyle represents financial institutions, non-traditional lenders, real estate developers and investors in real estate, finance and business transactions. Mr. Kyle’s real estate practice fo...
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Marvin Lange’s practice focuses on the resolution of complex commercial disputes. He has represented clients in state and federal court, arbitration and mediation, in cases arising out of...
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Dee Martin assists clients in navigating the complex federal landscape by providing integrated advice that coordinates the political, judicial and public affairs components so necessary to success in...
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Elizabeth McGinley is a member of the firm's tax department. Her practice includes representation of funds and institutional investors in connection with acquisitions, recapitalizations and joint...
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Marc Mukasey is the leader of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense and Special Investigations practice. A former federal prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney, Mr. Mukasey represents corpor...
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Robert Nichols represents employers in litigation, administrative actions and arbitrations concerning discrimination and retaliation, harassment, wrongful discharge, occupational safety and health, un...
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Kevin O'Connor, former Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Justice, and United States Attorney for Connecticut, is a partner in the Co...
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David Perlman is a partner in the energy practice in Bracewell & Giuliani's Washington, D.C. office. He represents and counsels clients before regulatory bodies such as the Federal Energy Regulato...
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Jim Reardon's primary practice areas include private equity, mergers and acquisitions, partnership tax, financial products, and the taxation of cross-border transactions, including in-bound and out-bo...
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Constance Rhebergen is a registered patent attorney who counsels and represents business clients in the protection, maintenance, licensing and transfer of intellectual property assets and in providing...
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Michael A. Tomberg's practice concentrates in the area of employee benefits with a particular focus on the analysis and structuring of employee benefits in business reorganizations, acquisit...
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Greg Vojack represents and counsels clients in general corporate law, international securities transactions, joint ventures and oil and gas projects, and serves as legislative counsel for several gove...
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Jeffrey Whittle has experience representing clients in various technology-based transactions, including licenses, agreements for technology development, transfer, acquisition, joint development, colla...
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Greg Williams has, for over 20 years, counseled U.S. and Canadian clients in both the electric and natural gas industries on matters such as transmission development and operation (including merchant...
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Counsel
Jacqueline (Jackie) Java focuses her practice on antitrust counseling. She advises clients involved in transactions and day-to-day operations that raise antitrust issues regarding interactions among c...
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Judy K. Jetelina has practiced in the area of labor and employment law for more than 20 years. She represents management in the full range of labor and employment matters, including state and fed...
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Ms. Kassymbekova concentrates on corporate, investment, and other civil law transactions. She also has experience of litigation in courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has experience in both civi...
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Laurence (Larry) Levy brings a rich blend of skills developed over 35 years of practice to his position as counsel in Bracewell & Giuliani's New York office. Mr. Levy works with the White Col...
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Sandra Ramos White practices in Bracewell & Giuliani's labor and employment and employee benefits section. Her practice includes the representation of management in a full range of labor and emplo...
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Dr. Samardzija’s practice focuses on the prosecution of patents in biotechnology and the lifesciences, specifically physiology, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, pharmaceuticals, biol...
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Marshall White's practice focuses on public finance. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer counsel, and borrower's counsel on bond issuances in Texas, Alaska and the Pacific No...
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Matthew Armstrong is an associate in Bracewell & Giuliani's Environmental Strategies Group. Mr. Armstrong regularly counsels clients on a wide variety of project development (wind, fossil fuel, pi...
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Ms. Brown's practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property portfolio strategy, due diligence, infringement studies and op...
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Tracy Davis counsels and represents electric energy clients in regulatory proceedings and disputes before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE) and federal ap...
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Mark Dendinger is a member of Bracewell & Giuliani's Financial Restructuring team. Mr. Dendinger's practice focuses on the representation of institutional investors, fund managers and le...
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Ron Derrington has drafted, filed, and prosecuted numerous patent applications directed to oilfield exploration and production hardware (including sub-sea applications), refining processes, chemi...
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George Fatula is a member of the firm's energy practice. He focuses on energy-related transactions, regulatory matters, projects, and controversies.
Mr. Fatula advises clients in contract negotiations...
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Israel Garcia counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and related matters.
During law school, Mr. Garcia served as a law clerk at a law...
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Ms. Garver handles a wide variety of transactional and regulatory matters for financial institutions, with a particular emphasis on investment advisers and private investment funds. She regularly...
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Ryan Gum counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and related matters.
During law school, Mr. Gum was involved in an Intellectual P...
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Michael Hay is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Houston office of Bracewell and Giuliani. Mr. Hay focuses his practice on U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, licensing,...
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Alexander Jones' practice focuses on the federal income taxation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Mr. Jones' practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, partnership...
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LaShon Kell focuses her practice on securities regulation and enforcement, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. Ms. Kell was an attorney in the Division of Enforcement at th...
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Ashley Kirk is an intellectual property attorney whose practice includes patent and trademark prosecution, licensing and technology transfer, as well as intellectual property litigation. She has exper...
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Katherine Lindsay is a member of Bracewell & Giuliani's Financial Restructuring group. Ms. Lindsay's practice focuses on the representation of institutional investors, fund managers and lenders in...
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Michael Lombardino is a member of the firm's labor practice. He represents employers involved in federal and state court litigation and advises and represents them with respect to administrative claim...
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Andrew McLain is a member of the firm's energy regulatory group, where he focuses his practice on energy litigation and trading, projects development, and environmental matters.
Mr. McLain provi...
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Josephine Moon's practice focuses on advising private investment firms, corporations and financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions and the sale of corporate assets, private equity investments, f...
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Justin Murray counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and related matters. Mr. Murray also has experience counseling clients a...
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Raphael Parker is an associate in the litigation section of Bracewell & Giuliani's New York office. His litigation practice focuses on trial and appellate work in both general commercial litigatio...
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Andrew K. Rafalaf is an associate in the trial section of Bracewell & Giuliani's New York office. His litigation practice focuses on general commercial litigation, internal investigations, and whi...
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Michael Raspino is a member of Bracewell's intellectual property section. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property and commercial litigation. Mr. Raspino has experience with a vari...
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LaTasha Snipes counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and related matters.
Prior to entering the legal profession, Ms. Snipe...
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Sandra Snyder is an associate in Bracewell's Environmental Strategies Group. Ms. Snyder advises manufacturers, refiners, project developers, investor groups and financial institutions about envir...
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Jesse Steele is a member of Bracewell's financial restructuring group. His practice focuses on the representation of institutional investors, fund managers and lenders in complex workouts, insolvency...
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Jay Yates counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and related matters.
Mr. Yates was general counsel for State Senator Dan Patrick....
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Salo Zelermyer is an associate in the firm's Environmental Strategies Group (ESG). The ESG includes environmental and energy attorneys, public policy advocates, and strategic communications experts an...
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Josh Zive is an advocate for clients at the intersection of policy, law and politics. Mr. Zive assists clients in every stage of formal and informal policymaking. This includes drafting formal co...
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