Areas of Practice

Business & Commercial Litigation
Handling sophisticated and complex commercial litigation including securities class actions, insurance coverage disputes, regulatory and administrative law, Lanham Act and unfair competition, restrictive covenants and all manner of contractual disputes.

Corporate
Advising leading area and global corporations and other businesses and financial institutions on the full range of corporate law matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, licensing, corporate finance, commercial lending, capital raising, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, tax and specialized business transactions requiring novel solutions, as well as serving as outside general counsel.

Criminal Defense
Investigating and defending against allegations of business, accounting, securities, bank, insurance, tax, healthcare and government contract fraud. The department attorneys have been involved in many high-profile investigations and prosecutions of alleged political corruption and business crime, particularly in the pharmaceutical and communications industries.

Employment Law
Representing employers in Federal and state court, in litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, employment contract, restrictive covenant, wrongful discharge, employee benefits and ERISA claims. Providing the full range of preventive and compliance counseling and training with an emphasis on discipline and discharge, harassment, disability-related leaves and accommodations, work-force restructurings, restrictive covenants and executive compensation; as well as workplace investigations and audits of employment practices.

Financial Restructuring & Creditors' Rights
Representing creditors, debtors and various other fiduciaries in all aspects of business insolvency issues, including federal bankruptcy cases and proceedings, state court receiverships, attachments, replevins and foreclosures, out of court "workouts" and related debtor and creditor relations counseling.

Government Affairs
Comprehensive State and Federal government relations counseling for entities in the public, private and nonprofit sectors including legislative lobbying, regulatory counseling and interaction with state agencies.

Intellectual Property
Full range of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, E-commerce, trade secret, and computer and Internet law experience in the areas of litigation, strategic licensing and transactional work, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright registrations, corporate due diligence, intellectual property audits and general intellectual property counseling.

Products Liability
Defending and advising manufacturers of ethical pharmaceuticals and medical/surgical devices, as well as diagnostic laboratories, in complex matters involving issues such as purported adverse effects, design, warnings and/or manufacturing defects, and results of laboratory analyses. A team of attorneys is also dedicated to the defense of manufacturers of a diverse array of products such as industrial equipment, automotives and consumer products.

Real Property & Environmental
Extensive real property practice handling sales, purchases and development of all types of properties, including office buildings, industrial and flex buildings, retail centers, apartment buildings and hotels. Environmental Team is comprised of attorneys with both public and private sector experience who are capable of supporting clients' litigation, regulatory and transactional needs.