ArentFox Schiff Law Firm Profile

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ArentFox Schiff LLP

ArentFox Schiff LLP is internationally recognized in core industries where business and the law intersect. With more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals, the firm serves as a destination for an international roster of companies, governments, individuals, and trade associations.

Our attorneys know that being Smart isn’t just about having great legal skills. It means knowing your business, your industry, and your goals — and using that insight to solve challenges creatively and efficiently.

That’s our legacy and our future. It’s our mission and promise to you.

At Our Core, We Are

Practical

We deliver business-oriented legal counsel that helps clients achieve their commercial goals.

Entrepreneurial

We commit the necessary time, resources, and innovation to serve the best interests of our clients.

Trusted

ArentFox Schiff is deeply rooted in government service and committed to the administration of justice.

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Thomas W. Abendroth

Partner and Private Clients, Trusts & Estates Practice Leader

Deep knowledge of the tax law and estate planning techniques is critical for any private client's attorney. Tom pairs that knowledge with a strong sense of empathy that allows him to…

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Stanley H. Abramson

Counsel

Stan represents clients before EPA, FDA, USDA, and the Congress; assists clients in obtaining approvals for agricultural, industrial, and consumer products including pesticides, biologicals…

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Yusef Abutouq

Attorney

Yusef has advised clients in diverse industries including technology, fashion, fitness, finance, entertainment, aviation, and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, he worked…

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Scott Adamson

Partner

Scott Adamson represents public and private company clients in buy-and sell-side transactions, including leveraged buyout, carve-out, 363 asset sales, and going-private transactions. He…

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Sarah Alberstein

Associate

Sarah’s practice is focused on intellectual property, advertising, privacy, and consumer protection within the fashion, entertainment, tech, and retail industries.
Sarah assists in the…

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Debra Albin-Riley

Partner

Cementing her reputation as a tenacious health care litigator, Debra recently argued before the California Supreme Court and prevailed in establishing significant anti-SLAPP protections for…

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Vyasa Babu

ASSOCIATE

Vyasa is passionate about creating meaningful change through positive experiences. He has experience in immigration law, constitutional law, insurance law and Environmental Social Justice (…

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Andrew M. Banks

Counsel

Andrew Banks is a seasoned transactional attorney with a transatlantic perspective with ArentFox Schiff's New York office.
Andy advises public and private companies in mergers and…

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Banks & Other Financial Institutions

ArentFox Schiff's Banking and Financial Institutions Group offers a range of services to our clients who are regularly involved in complex financial transactions.
We represent banks,…

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David M. Barbash

Managing Partner

David's diverse practice includes representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, and licensing and strategic alliances. David acts as…

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Derek Barella

Partner

Resolving complex labor and employment disputes is the foundation of Derek’s practice.
Derek counsels clients on federal and state labor and employment laws, and frequently defends claims…

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Susan T. Bart

Partner

Susan helps clients transfer their wealth in meaningful, tax efficient ways.
Her practice focuses on estate and gift tax planning, trust and estate administration, charitable planning, and…

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Lee M. Caplan

International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Practice Co-Leader

Lee is a partner in our Washington, DC office and co-leader of the firm’s International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution practice.
Lee counsels private and sovereign clients in a wide…

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Margherita A. Capolino

Associate

Margherita assists on a variety of complex litigation matters. Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Margherita worked on a variety of high-stakes commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters…

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Karen Ellis Carr

Partner

Karen has experience in litigation and regulatory counseling, strategy, and advocacy, with a primary focus on products regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),…

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Robert K. Carrol

Rob is a veteran Labor & Employment practitioner, with an emphasis on traditional labor law and wage/hour class action matters.
Rob’s clients range from Silicon Valley startups to…

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Hunter T. Carter

Partner and International Practice Co-Leader

Co-Chair of AFSInternational, Hunter has his finger on the pulse of international business, focusing on Latin America.
Hunter regularly advises clients in foreign and domestic arbitration…

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Thomas R. Castiello

Partner and Real Estate Practice Leader

Tommy’s principal areas of focus are commercial real estate matters, joint ventures, transactional work, and finance.
Tommy represents a wide variety of clients in all aspects of their real…

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William D'Angelo, III

Partner

William D'Angelo, III is a Partner at ArentFox Schiff's Los Angeles office. A trusted corporate advisor, William helps clients execute complex mergers, acquisitions, capitalizations, and…

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Megan (Woodward) Daily

Associate

Megan advises clients on a wide array of transactional matters both within and outside the United States.
Megan’s practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, private equity…

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Jacob K. Danziger

Associate

Jacob K. Danziger’s practice is focused on antitrust and trade regulation matters. He has experience representing clients in patent litigation, including cases in the U.S. International…

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Riyaz Dattu

Canada Legal Practice Leader

During his more than 35 years of practice as a senior partner at two of Canada’s most prestigious national law firms, Riyaz has developed considerable, sophisticated, and wide-ranging…

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Amal U. Dave

Partner

Amal advises companies and investors on strategic transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and debt and equity financing transactions, across a variety of industries,…

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Ralph V. De Martino

Partner

For more than 30 years, Ralph V. De Martino has devoted his practice to the representation of public and private companies, the officers and directors who serve them, and financial…

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Robert G. Edwards, Ph.D.

Director of Regulatory Science

Dr. Robert Edwards is a member of the Food, Drug, Medical Device & Cosmetic practice. He is also a member of the firm’s Agricultural Technology, Cannabis, Consumer Products, Fashion…

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Energy and Public Utilities Group

Energy industry stakeholders face unprecedented challenges in everyday operations as they seek to comply with changing market rules, evolving compliance obligations, and potential…

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Nathan A. Engel

Partner

Nate provides strategic counseling to business and non-profit clients on a wide range of legal issues.
By focusing first on each client’s specific business objectives, he targets solutions…

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Craig Engle

PARTNER

Craig Engle has over 35 years experience advising political committees, nonprofits, candidates and office holders, corporations, media companies, foreign governments, lobbyists, celebrities…

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Caroline Turner English

Partner

Caroline is a nationally recognized commercial litigator and regarded as one of the best in the country when it comes to litigating in the fields of ERISA and bankruptcy.
As the leader of…

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Philip S. English

Senior Government Relations Advisor

Former US Congressman Philip English is a senior government relations advisor and co-chair of the government relations practice.
While in Congress, Phil developed an interest and rich…

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Michael Fainberg

Partner

Michael is a registered patent attorney with a background in computer engineering and wireless telecommunications. His practice focuses on IP counseling and global patent portfolio…

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Brian Farkas

Associate

Brian litigates complex commercial disputes. He represents business clients in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Prior to joining ArentFox…

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Mohammed T. Farooqui

Associate

Mohammed has conducted internal and external investigations to assess compliance with federal and state laws, advised companies on adopting strategies to ensure compliance with anti-bribery…

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Joanne B. Faycurry

Partner

Joanne B. Faycurry is a Partner at ArentFox Schiff's Ann Arbor office. Joanne focuses her practice on a wide range of state and local taxation matters.
Recognizing that every business faces…

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Patrick Feeney

ASSOCIATE

Patrick has experience representing clients in chapter 11 proceedings, asset sales, contested plans of reorganization, and SIPA liquidation proceedings.
Client Work
Patrick has been a…

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Timothy J. Feighery

International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Practice Co-Leader

Tim is a partner in our Washington, DC office and co-leader of the firm’s International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution practice.
Tim’s practice focuses on international arbitration,…

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Hugo A. Gallegos

Hugo is a member of the Corporate and Transactional group. He represents public and private companies, private equity funds, portfolio companies, and investors in a variety of complex…

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Matthew Galo

Partner

Matt Galo counsels private companies and their founders, investors and management teams in all aspects of their corporate activities, including formation and governance issues, capital…

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Yun Gao

Attorney

Yun Gao is an Attorney in ArentFox Schiff's International Trade practice and a member of the Forced Labor Task Force.
Yun’s practice is focused on trade remedies and customs laws. Yun…

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Alex Garel-Frantzen

Associate

Alex Garel-Frantzen is an associate at Schiff Hardin who works with the Environmental group on issues like EPA regulations, air toxins, and environmental law enforcement and compliance.…

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Scott L. Gates

Associate

Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Scott worked as a Law Clerk at a boutique firm in Washington, D.C. that specializes in affordable housing transactions and served in multiple roles in the…

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Darrell S. Gay

Partner

On behalf of management, Darrell handles employee-related issues, including hiring/discharge, discrimination matters, traditional labor/management relations, diversity, internal…

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Derek Ha

Associate

Derek is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff, based in the San Francisco office.
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Derek worked at an education start-up in China and was a paralegal in one of…

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Ariel Hairston

Associate

Ariel has worked on matters in a number of practice areas. She has experience drafting mediation memoranda, dispute resolution documents, real estate closing documents, life planning…

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Jay L. Halpern

Partner

Jay has three decades of experience helping clients achieve their growth objectives through acquisitions, financings, and joint ventures. He works with public and private companies, private…

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David R. Hamill

Partner

Dave's practice focuses on advising clients on international trade regulatory, including import and customs compliance, duty preference programs, in particular, the United States Mexico…

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David R. Hanke

Partner

David Hanke is a Partner at ArentFox Schiff's D.C. office. Dave represents clients at the intersection of business and national security on matters involving foreign investment screening (…

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Stephen P. Hanson

Partner

Steve focuses his practice in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and emerging companies, and general corporate counseling.
Steve is highly attuned to the…

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Intellectual Property Group

Schiff Hardin offers substantial experience and strength in handling intellectual property litigation, among other major areas of the law. More than 50 Schiff Hardin attorneys practice in…

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Steve E. Isaacs

Partner

Steve Isaacs is a corporate partner in Schiff Hardin’s Chicago office and the leader of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Group. He concentrates primarily in mergers…

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Linda M. Jackson

Partner

Linda represents clients in high-stakes counseling and litigation before federal, state, and appellate courts. She has a particular focus in the District of Columbia and the Eastern…

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Sarah B. “Cissy” Jackson

Counsel

Cissy is Counsel at ArentFox Schiff's D.C. office. Her broad experience enables her to support clients in the National Security group and the Government Enforcement & White Collar,…

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Kyle J. Jacob

Associate

As a first-year associate, Kyle Jacob is working in several practice areas to learn and gain experience before choosing a practice group.
Kyle gained valuable experience as a 2016 Schiff…

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Les Jacobowitz

Partner

Les has over 30 years of experience representing issuers, borrowers (including not-for-profits), governmental entities, underwriters, and financial institutions in domestic and…

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Aaron H. Jacoby

Los Angeles Managing Partner

Aaron is one of the most forward-thinking lawyers in the automotive sector, focused on cutting-edge and disruptive developments, including autonomous vehicles, ride-sharing, online sales,…

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Michael W. Jahnke

Partner

Michael counsels clients concerning antitrust and consumer protection issues in connection with litigation and proposed mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other business…

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Aman Kakar

Associate

Aman distills complex regulations into practical advice for US and non-US clients on a range of international trade and foreign investment and acquisition matters.
Aman has experience in a…

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Jeffrey J. Kennedy

Associate

Jeff assists public and private companies on a range of complex business transactions, including public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity fund…

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Justin A. Kesselman

Partner

Justin has extensive experience handling business bankruptcies, financial restructurings, out-of-court insolvency strategies, and commercial litigation. He has represented trustees,…

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Paula M. Ketcham

Partner

Clients frequently turn to Paula for high-stakes, high-pressure, time-sensitive litigation.
Many of Paula’s cases involve employers and their departing employees, but she frequently…

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Jivesh Khemlani

Associate

Jivesh Khemlani is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff's D.C. office. Jivesh’s practice focuses on tax planning and the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions.
Prior to joining…

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James Kim

Associate

James is an associate in ArentFox Schiff's International Trade & Investment practice and Electric Mobility Group. Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, James served as an attorney-advisor…

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Labor & Employment: ERISA

ArentFox Schiff ERISA lawyers regularly advise clients on benefit issues related to ERISA and other statutes that regulate defined benefit pension plans, health and welfare plans, executive…

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Labor & Employment Group

Schiff Hardin represents management in labor matters and employment-related litigation, and provides counsel to employers with respect to all legal aspects of employer-employee relations.…

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Richard LaCava

Partner and Patent Practice Leader

Rich provides strategic intellectual property counseling to technology, engineering, and manufacturing companies across the globe.
The focus of Rich’s legal advice is on understanding your…

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Gwendolyn Lemley Laurich

Associate

Gwendolyn Lemley Laurich is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff's Chicago office. She has experience in a wide range of practice areas.
Gwendolyn has drafted client memoranda on environmental…

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Annie Chang Lee

Partner

Annie advises hospitals and its medical staffs, health systems, medical groups, and health plans with an emphasis on quality and regulatory matters.
Annie is an experienced health care…

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Jieun Lee

ASSOCIATE

Ji's practice primarily focuses on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. Ji has experience in various stages of federal district court litigation, including pre-suit…

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Owen MacBride

Partner

Owen MacBride is an energy and telecommunications lawyer who focuses his practice on regulatory matters, including regulatory agency proceedings and appeals, and transactional matters. Owen…

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Ann H. MacDonald

Associate

Ann MacDonald guides companies and individuals through high-stakes trials and hearings, complicated discovery matters, confidential internal investigations and sensitive pre-litigation…

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Paul G. Mackey

Partner

Paul G. Mackey represents banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions. He has experience handling debt and equity financings of office…

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Evgeny Magidenko

Partner

Gene brings a strategic perspective to his clients’ matters, whether they involve tax counseling or disputes with the IRS, by drawing on his breadth of experience in the field. He also…

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B. Thorne Maginnis

Associate

Thorne works with clients in a variety of industries, including media and entertainment, fashion, and technology.
Thorne has broad intellectual property experience, with a focus on…

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Anna Mandel

Associate

Anna Mandel is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff's New York office. She focuses her practice on insurance-related litigation and regulatory matters. Anna has experience counseling insurers on…

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Pascal Naples

Associate

Pat is a trial and appellate litigator in the firm’s complex litigation group. Among others, Pat has represented healthcare providers in ERISA and managed care litigation, government…

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Shantazia J. Nash

Associate

Tazia was a Summer Associate at ArentFox Schiff. She also gained additional experience interning with Legal Aid South Africa during her summer in Durban where she participated in criminal…

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Alexandra H. Navratil

Associate

Alexandra is an Associate in the Health Care Group.
Alexandra advises health care-related businesses and organizations, including those backed by private equity, on transactional/corporate…

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Christopher A. Nelson

Associate

As a first-year associate, Christopher A. Nelson is working in several practice areas to learn and gain experience before choosing a practice group.
Chris gained valuable experience as a…

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Kevin M. Nelson

Partner

Kevin is an intellectual property attorney with a focus on large-scale complex patent infringement litigation.
For more than 15 years, he has guided clients through the legal and regulatory…

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Nicholas J. Nesgos

Partner

Nick has practiced for over 32 years and has extensive trial and appellate experience representing clients in various industries. The focuses of his practice is the prosecution and defense…

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Ucheora Onwuamaegbu

International Attorney

Uche regularly provides advisory services and acts as arbitrator in international disputes.
For more than a decade, Uche was Senior Counsel at the World Bank’s International Centre for…

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William Z. Ordower

PARTNER

Bill is a strategic advisor with more than 20 years of experience at Major League Soccer. He advises Sports, Entertainment, and Media industry clients on their complex business and legal…

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Aram Ordubegian

Partner

Aram has broad-based reorganization and bankruptcy litigation and appellate experience in a wide area of insolvency matters, from various perspectives, including: representation of…

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F. Alec Orudjev

Partner

Alec assists private and public companies with capital formation, corporate governance and compliance, and advises them on federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations. He…

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Samantha Overly

Associate

Samantha Overly is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff's D.C. office. Samantha has a broad federal tax practice with an emphasis on providing tax planning and transactional advice to U.S. and…

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Kristen Hosack Pace

Associate

Kristen Hosack Pace assists clients with general estate planning, including wills and trusts, lifetime gift planning, estate administration, and charitable planning.
Kristen was a…

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Gabriela E. Palmieri

Counsel

Gabriela advises clients on complex joint venture, private equity, venture capital, and real estate investments, as well as on the corporate governance of private companies.
Gabriela…

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Morgan R. Pankow

Associate

Morgan is an Associate in the Complex Litigation group focusing on complex commercial disputes and white collar defense.
Morgan focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes involving…

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Gus N. Paras

Attorney

Gus is an Attorney in the Automotive group, which has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of the best in the country.
Gus counsels automobile dealers on litigation and transactional …

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Nadia Patel

Partner

Nadia’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and government investigations.
Nadia regularly represents individuals and businesses involved in a variety of commercial litigation…

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Sailesh K. Patel

Partner

Sailesh K. Patel focuses on intellectual property litigation with an emphasis in pharmaceutical and chemical patent litigation. Mr. Patel has significant experience representing…

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Diana Quaia

PARTNER

Diana has a broad-based international trade practice with a focus on trade litigation and international dispute settlement litigation.
Diana provides advice to corporations and foreign…

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Christine R.W. Quigley

Partner

Christine R.W. Quigley’s practice is about relationships. She helps affluent individuals and families develop a wealth transfer and tax strategy, administer estates and trusts, and plan…

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Marina Rabinovich

Partner

Marina Rabinovich counsels investors, owners, landlords, and tenants in all aspects of their real estate needs. Her pragmatic approach towards the completion of sophisticated transactions…

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Marissa Rael

Associate

Marissa is an Associate in the Los Angeles office.
Marissa is an Associate in the Los Angeles office. She works primarily with the Labor and Employment group and Complex Litigation group.…

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Alex Rafuse

Associate

Alex represents employers in every stage of the litigation process, from prelitigation disputes to class certification hearings and trials. Alex specializes in labor and employment matters…

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Mike Ragan

Associate

Mike assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, complex commercial transactions, and other corporate legal needs.
Mike acts as outside general counsel to companies…

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Sonul Rao

Associate

Sonul (Sony) has assisted with a wide range of commercial litigation matters, including helping to file procedural motions, engaging in document review, and researching pretrial discovery-…

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Samuel A. Rasche

Associate

Samuel A. Rasche is an associate in Schiff Hardin LLP's Chicago office. He graduated from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2020.

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Kayvan B. Sadeghi

Partner

Kayvan is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in complex commercial and securities litigation, investigations, and enforcement proceedings. He…

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Luna M. Samman

Partner

Luna is a Partner in the Intellectual Property department.
Luna manages several large client portfolios at ArentFox Schiff and works closely with local counsel around the world to protect…

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Valerie C. Samuels

Partner

Valerie's practice focus includes discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, reductions in force, wage and hour, whistleblowing, and restrictive covenants. She specializes in…

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Heather H. Sanborn

Associate

Heather has experience in Corporate and Transactional and Finance matters. She has assisted in forming business entities; conducted due diligence for a $90.5 million acquisition; drafted…

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Candace C. Sandoval

Associate

Candace is an associate in the Health Care group. She counsels hospitals and medical staffs in regulatory and medico-legal matters, with an emphasis on peer review, privileging and…

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Angela M. Santos

PARTNER

Angela helps companies identify business solutions and structure their transactions to facilitate the importation of merchandise, ensure regulatory compliance, minimize duties, and…

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Jodi Tai

Associate

Jodi is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff based in the San Francisco office, where she represents companies and individuals in various business, commercial, and litigation matters.
Prior to…

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Jeffrey B. Tate

Partner and Tax Practice CO-Leader

Jeff specializes in transactional tax matters and is the Co-Leader of ArentFox Schiff’s Tax Practice.
Jeff advises corporate, financial institution, investment fund, and sovereign clients…

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Tax Practice Group

Virtually no business or investment activity is free from federal and state tax considerations and pitfalls. Schiff Hardin's tax attorneys advise clients on the tax aspects of the formation…

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Cynthia Thomas

Associate

Cynthia Thomas is an Associate at ArentFox Schiff's New York office.
Cindy advises on the purchase, sale, and financing of real estate in various sectors, including health care,…

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Ashley L. Thompson

Associate

Ashley L. Thompson concentrates her practice in environmental matters. Her experience includes a wide range of litigation, regulatory and transactional matters, including:

Resource…

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Clay A. Tillack

Partner

Clay Tillack brings an unusually diverse skill set to his practice. While he initially concentrated his practice on commercial litigation, once he discovered intellectual property and…

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Peter V. B. Unger

Partner

Peter concentrates his practice on defending clients in governmental investigations, including actions before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Department of Justice (DOJ),…

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Karen Van Essen

Partner

Karen represents clients in matters involving anti-corruption compliance, government investigations, and complex commercial disputes.
Karen has advised clients under investigation by the…

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Apeksha Vora

ASSOCIATE

Apeksha has experience handling a broad range of regulatory and civil and commercial litigation matters. In addition, Apeksha has helped advise clients through internal investigations and…

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Kimberly A. Wachen

Partner

Kimberly’s approach to practicing law is to partner with her clients and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines while being sensitive to costs. She is recognized as one of the top…

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Suzanne L. Wahl

Partner

Suzanne L. Wahl's practice is focused on antitrust and trade regulation. She has appeared before federal and state courts on general commercial litigation matters, including both antitrust…

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Brian P. Waldman

Partner

Brian is a nationally recognized food, drug, and advertising advisor for companies in the life sciences industry.
Skilled at developing strategies for introducing new products and ensuring…

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Joel Wallace

Associate

Joel M. Wallace works primarily in intellectual property litigation, with significant experience in patent and trademark litigation and non-litigation analyses across a range of industries…

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Katherine S. Walton

Associate

Katherine S. Walton represents clients in a wide range of environmental matters. Katie has extensive experience litigating disputes arising out of transactions involving contaminated…

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Sophia R. Wang

Associate

Sophia is an associate in ArentFox Schiff’s Los Angeles Office.
Sophia represents debtors, creditors, trustees, businesses, and individuals in various bankruptcy and litigation proceedings…

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Felicia A. Xu

Associate

Felicia advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial transactions, and general corporate counseling in the fashion, sports, and blockchain industries.
Felicia acts as…

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Tiffany O. Yadegar

Associate

Tiffany represents clients in various industries, including food and beverage, cannabis, fashion, and automotive, in a wide variety of commercial transactions, including corporate…

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Dylan J. Yamamoto

Associate

Dylan is an Associate in the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring group.
Dylan advises companies in various business and financial restructuring matters and regularly counsels companies…

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Jin Yan

Associate

Jin has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. He represents clients across multiple industries and routinely counsels them on issues of…

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Jennifer A. Yelen

Partner

In her employment law practice, Jennifer represents both employees and employers in all types of employment matters, including those involving discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation…

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Alexander B. Young

Partner

Alexander B. Young counsels public companies, private companies, private equity firms, and mezzanine and other investors on their day-to-day corporate activities and guides them through…

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Brett Young

Associate

Brett advises employers in multiple industries on labor and employment matters.
Brett defends employers in single-plaintiff and class action litigation involving federal and state labor and…

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John P. Zaimes

PARTNER

John regularly defends companies in class action suits, including those claiming violations of California’s unique wage and hour laws, as well as the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. He…

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Mohammad Zaryab

Patent Agent

Mohammad is a patent agent that has prepared and prosecuted patent applications for clients from a wide range of industries including media guidance, virtual reality, network communications…

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Peter R. Zeidenberg

Partner

Peter’s practice focuses on the representation of scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, and other individuals and business organizations accused or suspected of economic espionage, theft of…

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Laura Zell

Associate

Laura specializes in intellectual property litigation, with a focus on trademark, trade dress, and copyright infringement, and complex litigation, as well as white collar defense and…

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Jason L. Zgliniec

Partner

Whether the question is about an acquisition, securities law, a governance issue, capital raising or banking regulations, Jason provides answers and advice clients count on. A corporate…

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Constance Zhou

Associate

Constance’s practice focuses on corporate and financings, including with respect to real estate and portfolio acquisitions and sales.
In addition to her corporate practice, Constance helps…

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Election Law

Fox News Defamation Case

The National Law Review names ArentFox Schiff LLP a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of Election Law. In March of 2022, authors Adam Diederich and Kirstie Brenson authored the article “Big Lie Could Mean Big Trouble for Fox News in Defamation Case,” which discusses at length Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News for its coverage of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.” The article gained significant traction for its timeliness and thorough coverage, and is but one example of the firm’s outstanding thought leadership.

Estates and Trusts

COVID Legislation Estates & Trusts Impact

The National Law Review recognizes Christopher M. Floss and Stephen Liss of Schiff Hardin as 2021 Go To Thought leaders for their contributions regarding the Estate and Trust Law implications of the Build Back Better Act and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. NLR readers value Mr. Floss' and Mr. Liss' extensive, gift and income tax experience which they use to break down the tax implications of the complicated and extensive pandemic-related legislation. Their insightful analysis of topics ranging from temporary changes to the gift and estate tax exemption, to state and local tax deduction changes and the valuation of non-business assets, provides practical information and strategies readers can use.

Environmental

Environmental Regulation

Schiff Hardin LLP has been selected for a 2018 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership Award for their coverage of Environmental law and regulations. With a steady stream of changes in the environmental regulatory landscape, the attorney-authors at Schiff Hardin provide NLR readers with timely and thorough analysis of developments as they occur.