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Covington & Burling LLP


In an increasingly regulated world, we have an exceptional ability to navigate clients through their most complex business problems, deals and disputes. 

Our distinctively collaborative culture allows us to be truly one team globally, drawing on the diverse experience of lawyers and advisors across the firm by seamlessly sharing insight and expertise. 

What sets us apart is our ability to combine the tremendous strength in our litigation, investigations, and corporate practices with deep knowledge of policy and policymakers, and one of the world’s leading regulatory practices. 

This enables us to create novel solutions to our clients’ toughest problems, successfully try their toughest cases and deliver commercially practical advice of the highest quality.

In an increasingly regulated world, we have an exceptional ability to help clients navigate their most complex global business problems. Covington professionals take a holistic approach to deals, disputes, investigations, and policy challenges—whether they are centered within a particular country or have international implications.

We use our extensive insight about the workings of governments around the world to provide practical business advice. Through our “Mini State Department,” our clients benefit from the experience of our more than 120 former government officials, diplomats, and regulators, who work seamlessly with our teams of litigators, regulatory lawyers, and deal makers.

Now in our tenth decade, the firm's good work and good works have continued. Today, the firm numbers more than 1,000 lawyers in 12 offices. Those lawyers and their practices are extraordinarily diverse, obviously more so than at the firm's creation almost 100 years ago. But importantly, the traditions handed down by the firm's founders—excellence, tolerance, integrity, and a commitment to public service and professionalism—endure today.

Partner
Through more than a decade of experience in private practice and positions within the FDA and on the Hill, Wade Ackerman has acquired unique insights into the evolving legal and regulatory…
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Senior Advisor
Christopher Adams advises clients on matters involving China and the region. A non-lawyer, Mr. Adams recently served as the Senior Coordinator for China Affairs at the Treasury Department.…
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Partner
Robert Amaee is a partner in Covington’s White Collar Defence and Investigations practice.  He is recognized internationally as a leading white collar crime lawyer specializing in…
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Partner
Simon Amies is a partner in Covington's London corporate practice group.  He advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions (public and private), IPOs and…
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Associate
Saurabh Anand is an associate in the firm’s Silicon Valley office.  Mr. Anand advises aerospace, pharmaceutical, and medical device clients on a range of regulatory, government contract,…
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Associate
Lucille Andrzejewski assists financial institutions with compliance, enforcement, and transactional matters, and also advises clients on consumer protection and data privacy issues.
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Associate
Shruti Barker is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she practices in the areas of health care, federal-state programs, and employee benefits. Ms. Barker advises state…
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Associate
Kevin Barnett represents a broad array of clients, ranging from large defense contractors to small technology companies in all aspects of government contracts law.
He has litigated claims…
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Partner
Thomas Barnett is a partner in the Washington, DC office and co-chair of the firm's Antitrust & Competition Law Practice Group. Mr. Barnett served as Assistant Attorney General in…
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Associate
Steve Bartenstein advises companies on the application of international trade controls, including export controls, sanctions, and antiboycott laws and regulations. Mr. Bartenstein also is a…
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Associate
Lucille C. Bartholomew is an associate in the financial institutions group. Her practice focuses on assisting financial institutions with enforcement, compliance, and transactional matters…
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Associate
Michael Beder is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.  He is a member of the Communications and Media, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Litigation practice groups.…
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Partner
Susan Cassidy advises clients on the complex rules and regulations imposed on government contractors, with a special emphasis on the defense and intelligence sectors. She combines a…
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Partner
Grant Castle is a partner in the London office practicing in the areas of life sciences regulatory law, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device regulation.
His advice on…
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Associate
Benjamin L. Cavataro is a litigation associate in the firm’s Washington office.
Pro Bono

Undertook six-month pro bono rotation with Bread for the City, providing representation and advice…
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Of Counsel
Damara Chambers advises clients on cross-border investment and national security matters, including national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (…
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Associate
Chanson Chang's practice focuses on patent litigation and advisory work in a variety of industries, such as medical device, pharmaceutical, wireless communication, and computer technologies…
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Associate
Ciarra Chavarria advises clients across a broad range of corporate and securities law matters. Her practice focuses on the representation of underwriters and issuers in capital markets…
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Associate
Josh DeBold represents companies in internal investigations and investigations by Congress, DOJ, the SEC, the Treasury Department, state attorneys general, and other federal and state…
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Partner
Matt DelNero represents companies in the telecommunications, technology and media sectors—advising them in policy development, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions, among…
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Special Counsel
Ross Demain represents clients in complex commercial and antitrust disputes across many industries, before a variety of courts and other decisionmakers. He defends class action and other…
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Partner
Bruce Deming is a partner in the corporate group of the firm's San Francisco office.
Mr. Deming has a broad-based corporate and finance transactional and advisory practice, with significant…
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Partner
Arlo Devlin-Brown represents individuals and companies in sensitive government investigations and enforcement actions, with particular expertise in securities fraud, anti-money laundering…
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Partner
Guy Dingley is a solicitor in Covington's London office, concentrating on taxation and employee benefits, with a particular emphasis on corporate taxation and value added tax, taxation of…
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Of Counsel
With significant experience in the U.S. Congress and White House, Layth Elhassani helps clients around the world navigate the U.S. political and regulatory landscape so they can achieve key…
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Senior Of Counsel
Don Elliott, co-chair of the firm’s Environmental Practice, has over 30 years of experience in environmental law, administrative law and product liability and toxic torts, including having…
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Partner
David Engvall advises public companies on a wide range of securities, capital markets, corporate governance and related matters. In the capital markets area, he has handled a range of…
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Associate
Tyler Evans has experience working closely with clients to resolve issues arising from their participation in government contracting.
Mr. Evans’s practice covers multiple subject-matter…
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Associate
Katharina Ewert is an associate in the London Life Sciences group, having joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2015. Ms. Ewert advises clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device,…
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Associate
Aimee Ezzell advises clients on consumer financial services, credit reporting, and financial privacy. She assists banks, consumer reporting agencies, and their vendors with regulatory,…
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Associate
Ashden Fein advises clients on cybersecurity and national security matters, including government and internal investigations, regulatory, and complex litigation matters.
For cybersecurity…
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Associate
Dena Feldman helps clients from across the health care industry navigate a range of complex regulatory and policy issues.
Ms. Feldman has particular expertise on health privacy issues…
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Of Counsel
Wendy Feng represents policyholders in insurance coverage cases in state and federal courts. Ms. Feng has obtained insurance recovery for clients under a broad range of policy forms,…
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Senior Of Counsel
Herbert Fenster focuses his practice on litigation, particularly, against the United States and on the subjects of procurement, environmental, administrative and tort law. He has extensive…
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Special Counsel
Heather Finstuen is special counsel in the firm’s Washington, DC office.  Her practice focuses on government contracts, litigation and internal investigations, and national security law.
Ms…
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Associate
Charles Fischette is a litigation associate in the Insurance Practice Group and White Collar Defense and Investigations Group at Covington & Burling.
Mr. Fischette represents…
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Associate
Andrew Garrahan represents and counsels clients at the intersection of law and politics. He guides them through both regulatory compliance issues and government investigations on matters…
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Senior Counsel
Theodore Garrett, a former Chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, represents companies and trade associations in federal and state litigation and administrative…
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Partner




Deborah Garza co-chairs the firm's global Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group. Ms. Garza has been a trusted advisor to firms from several members of the Fortune 10 to mid- and…
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Senior International Advisor
Earl Gast is a senior international advisor for Africa.  Mr. Gast, a non-lawyer, was the Assistant Administrator for Africa at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID…
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Associate
Katherine Gasztonyi is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the Privacy & Data Security and Intellectual Property Rights practice groups.  She counsels…
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Associate
Raj Gathani joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2014. His practice focuses on providing regulatory advice to companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, food, and consumer…
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Associate
Meena Harris is an associate in the Washington, DC office, where she practices in the firm’s Privacy & Data Security and Litigation groups. She counsels leading technology and media…
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Associate
Alex Hastings advises clients across a broad range of government contracting issues, including advising clients in transactional matters involving government contractors and assisting…
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Covington advises and represents pharmaceutical manufacturers, device manufacturers, hospitals, health plans, and other health care providers on issues involving reimbursement in the…
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Associate
Emma Heffernan advises public and private companies. on mergers and acquisitions, fundraisings, licensing arrangements, commercial contracts, and general corporate governance issues across…
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Associate
Matthew Hegreness is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, specializing in the regulation of food, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.  He counsels clients on…
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Of Counsel
Gary Heimberg’s practice focuses on public policy and government affairs matters for pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer health care clients. He has substantive knowledge of the…
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Associate
John Sorrenti advises clients across a broad range of complex government contracts law matters.
Mr. Sorrenti has experience representing contractors at all stages of litigation involving…
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Associate
Brandon Johnson advises clients in the television, telecommunications, and technology industries on a wide range of regulatory and privacy issues.
Representative Matters

Assists broadcast…
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Associate
As a trial lawyer, Chase Johnson represents clients in high-stakes cases. Mr. Johnson has extensive courtroom and advocacy experience: in the past year alone, he has first-chaired over…
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Partner
Dan Johnson has more than 30 years of experience helping government contractors and other clients successfully resolve litigation and employment disputes.
Mr. Johnson has extensive trial…
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Associate
Mia Spiker Johnson advises financial institutions and non-bank companies on a broad range of civil litigation and enforcement matters.
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Associate
Emilie Jones is an associate in the European corporate team who provides pragmatic and commercial advice on a broad range of international transactions.
Ms. Jones advises emerging and…
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Associate
Ted Karch advises clients in a range of industries on the legal and reputational risks inherent in today’s data-driven world. His practice involves advising on US federal and state data…
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Associate
Catherine Karia is an associate in the dispute resolution practice group in the London office, focusing in particular on energy disputes. 
Ms. Karia’s practice covers a broad range of…
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Associate
Stephanie received her law degree in 2012 from Yale, where she was submission editor for the Yale Journal of International Law. She was a summer associate in 2011. Following graduation from…
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Partner
Lee Kelley is a partner in the Washington office and a member of the Tax Practice Group.  Her practice focuses on corporate tax matters, including structural and transactional planning.
Ms…
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Associate
Brian Kelly is a partner in the London Life Sciences group, whose practice focuses on EU food and drug regulatory law, public and administrative proceedings, internal investigations,…
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Associate
Colleen Kelly is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office.  She is a member of the Food and Drug and Litigation practice groups.
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Partner
Andrew Lazerow defends domestic and international clients in some of their most important antitrust litigation, including class actions and competitor disputes. In addition to his…
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Of Counsel
Susan Leahy advises tax-exempt and not-for-profit organizations on a wide variety of matters. She counsels clients on Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, rules regarding private…
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Associate
Nooree Lee represents government contractors in a wide variety of litigation and counseling matters across the federal, state, and local government markets. Mr. Lee counsels clients on…
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Senior Advisor
Sir Michael Leigh, a non-lawyer, is a senior advisor in Covington’s EU Public Policy Practice Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of European and international politics…
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Associate and Policy Advisor
Jake Levine is a member of the firm’s Public Policy Practice Group, and its Clean Energy and Climate Industry Group. Mr. Levine advises clients on a variety of public policy, legislative,…
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Associate
Amy Leiser is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she is a member of the Food, Drug, and Device group. She advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies on…
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Partner
Sam Maruca has practiced exclusively in the area of federal income tax since 1983, focusing in recent years on large-case controversies, including complex transfer pricing disputes. He has…
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Kgabo Mashalane is a corporate and project finance associate in the international Project Development and Finance practice in the Johannesburg office, having been admitted as a South…
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Senior Counsel
Before joining Covington as head of its energy practice, William Massey served as a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for over ten years.
Working out of…
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Associate
Daniel Matro is an associate in the firm's Litigation, International, and Public Policy and Government Affairs Practice Groups.  From 2010 to 2011, he was a law clerk for Judge Merrick B.…
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Of Counsel
Richard Mattick advises and represents clients in connection with the resolution of disputes in a variety of fields, with particular emphasis on insurance and contractual disputes, as well…
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Of Counsel
Muftiah McCartin is co-chair of the Public Policy Practice Group. She specializes in providing advice and guidance to clients on legislative and regulatory strategies.
Ms. McCartin has been…
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Partner
Michael Nonaka is co-chair of the financial institutions group and advises banks, financial services providers, and non-bank companies on a broad range of compliance, enforcement,…
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European Policy Adviser
With more than 10 years of professional experience in both the public and private sector, I have developed a sound expertise in EU public policy & government affairs, in a demanding and…
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Associate
Bianca Nunes is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she is a member of the Food and Drug practice group.  She advises food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies…
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Associate
Weiss Nusraty advises clients on cybersecurity and national security matters, including cyber and data security incident response, and government and internal investigations.
Mr. Nusraty…
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Partner
Lisa Peets leads the Technology and Media practice in the firm’s London office. Ms. Peets divides her time between London and Brussels, and her practice embraces regulatory counsel and…
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Special Counsel
Phil Peisch helps clients navigate complex issues and disputes arising out of government-sponsored health care programs. Mr. Peisch has particular expertise regarding Medicaid, the Children…
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Senior Counsel
Alan Pemberton has practiced in the government contracts area since 1982, and chaired or co-chaired Covington’s government contracts practice from 2000 to 2016. His practice includes the…
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Senior International Adviser
Constance Anne Pence, a non-lawyer, is a senior international advisor in Covington’s Washington, DC office. As a policy-oriented economist for over 20 years, Ms. Pence has tremendous…
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Senior International Advisor
Anne Pence, a non-lawyer, provides clients with strategic advice to support their international business success in developed and emerging markets. She advises on international investment,…
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Of Counsel
Mark Perlis is a seasoned energy and environmental attorney with a broad-based federal regulatory and litigation practice encompassing all aspects of the electric utility industry.  He…
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Associate
Patrick Rawsthorne is an associate in the Insurance Recovery Practice Group. Before joining Covington, Mr. Rawsthorne clerked for the Honorable David W. McKeague of the United States Court…
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Associate
Peter Rechter is an associate in the Washington, DC office. He practices in the firm’s Public Policy, Congressional Investigations, and Life Sciences Litigation and Investigations practice…
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Partner
Ingrid Rechtin provides strategic legal advice to public and private companies in the life sciences, technology, clean technology, and fintech sectors, ranging from start-ups to global…
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Associate
Stephanie Resnik is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where she is a member of the Food, Drug, and Device practice group. She advises food, pharmaceutical, biotechnology,…
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Associate
Rafael Reyneri is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC, office. He is a member of the Communications and Media and Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice groups. Before joining the…
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Associate
Brett Reynolds practices in the areas of white collar criminal defense and high-stakes commercial civil litigation.  His experience includes all stages of civil litigation, including…
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Of Counsel
Esther Scherb’s practice focuses on healthcare and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs administered by the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Special Counsel
Cassie Scherer is special counsel in the firm’s food and drug practice group.  She advises companies on complying with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) premarket and postmarket…
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Partner
Matt Schlesinger represents policyholders nationwide in insurance coverage disputes and counsels clients on insurance-related issues. Legal 500 reports that Mr. Schlesinger “has a depth and…
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Senior Adviser
Witney Schneidman has nearly 40 years of experience working across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Drawing on his experience in the State Department, the World Bank, think tanks and his own consulting…
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Associate
David Schraub is an associate in the Washington, DC office.  He practices in the firm’s Energy, Environmental, and Food and Drug groups.  He also has considerable experience in Indian Law…
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Associate
Sarah Schuler is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She is a member of the Government Contracts Practice Group, advising clients across a broad range of government…
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Partner
Described as “a league ahead” in Legal 500, Henriette (Jetty) Tielemans advises global companies on data protection and cyber security.
Ms. Tielemans focuses on international data transfers…
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Partner
Lindsey Tonsager helps national and multinational clients in a broad range of industries anticipate and effectively evaluate legal and reputational risks under federal and state data…
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Senior Counsel
Allan Topol is a resident in the firm’s Washington office.  While practicing law with Covington, he has written ten novels of international intrigue and numerous articles dealing with…
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Associate
Luca Tosoni is an associate in the firm’s Life Sciences practice. He assists clients on a wide range of regulatory, legal, legislative and contentious matters.
Mr. Tosoni regularly counsels…
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Associate
Jade Totman is an associate and a former active duty Army officer.
A member of the firm’s Government Contracts practice, Mr. Totman represents large and small contractors involved in…
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Associate
Sarah Tremont represents clients in complex litigations and investigations, with particular expertise in defending government contractors against allegations of fraud and False Claims Act…
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Associate
Bart Van Vooren advises clients on EU regulatory law and EU public policy with a particular focus on pharmaceuticals, devices, cosmetics, and food.
Mr. Van Vooren has particular expertise…
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Partner
John Veroneau is a Chambers’ ranked international trade lawyer and is a partner in the International Trade Practice Group. Having served in senior positions in both Executive and…
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Partner
Jean Veta is described by Chambers USA as “one of the premier banking and financial regulatory enforcement litigators in the country.” She defends financial institutions and their officers…
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Of Counsel
Gina Vetere provides legal and strategic advice to clients on international trade and global policy matters. Ms. Vetere counsels clients on the negotiation, implementation and enforcement…
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Senior Of Counsel
Graham Vinter is chair of Covington’s International Project Finance Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, he was General Counsel of BG Group plc (2007-2015) and a member of BG Group’s…
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Associate
Anuj Vohra is a senior associate in the firm’s Government Contracts practice.  He advises clients in a range of contracting issues during all stages of the procurement process and regularly…
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Associate
Alexander Wang specializes in antitrust/competition law (especially the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property), government affairs and regulatory matters.
Mr. Wang is…
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Senior Advisor
Robert Wang advises clients on matters involving China and Southeast Asia. A non-lawyer, Mr. Wang previously worked at the U.S. Department of State as a career Foreign Service Officer for…
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Associate
Colin Warriner is an associate in Covington’s commercial technology practice, having joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2013.
Mr. Warriner’s practice covers a broad range of…
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Associate
Addar Weintraub is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office where she practices in the Litigation and International practice groups.
Ms. Weintraub is a member of the New York bar.  …
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Partner
Bert Wells is a partner in the insurance coverage and litigation practices of Covington & Burling LLP. He began representing commercial policyholders in connection with complex…
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Senior Counsel
Reeves Westbrook is the co-chair of the firm's tax practice group.  His practice concentrates on the needs of large corporate taxpayers, including both counseling and tax controversies.
Mr…
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