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Antitrust

Jennifer Coon
Jonathan Faria
Christina Lynn
Leigh Pope
Janelle Filson Wrigley*

Arbitration

Alex Hiendl
Victoria Kummer
Claire Lipman*
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve
Carol Mulcahy
Suzanne Noble
Steven Skulnik
Bianca Tam

Bankruptcy & restructuring

Caroline Danford*
Ira Levee
Jordanna Nadritch
Aliza Reicher
Michael Tarro
Ella Vincent
Ilissa Watnik


Capital markets & corporate governance

Valerie Bifulco 
Vanessa Browder
Jerry Carannante
Keith Collado
Ian Combs
Amanda Lamson
Sharon Makower
Heather McMaster*
Robert Pelgrift
Christopher Roehrig
Justin Slane
Wentao Yuan

 

Central editorial

Brock Berglund
Stephanie Budge
Thomas French
Laura Garbe
Matt Hart
Amy Johnson
Philip Kowalczyk* 
Josh Larsen 
Mark Lazar
Jill M. Marks
Jamie Sotiropoulos
Peter Stelter
Cheryl Waldron

Commercial transactions

Peggy Barber
Janet Brown
Charles Donefer
Steve Foley
Paul Horowitz
Emily Howard
Lawrence Hsieh
Sharon Kohn
Erin Neff
Brandan Oliver
Mari Orser
Joseph Perry
Dan Schaeffer
Laszlo Serester
Paula Shakelton
Tom Smolders*
Cassandra Soltis
Deborah Verdile
Bob Williams

 


Corporate and M&A

Karl Ahlm
Karen Bertulli*
Catherine Chang
Matthew Eilers
Chris Fischer
Melanie Arad Fitzpatrick
Ana Guzmán
Susan Kang
Hannah Kong
Bob Kuhns
Marika Lawrence

 

Emma Lee
Melissa Lovell
Anne Maglione
Sara McLeod
Barbara Oikle
Nausheen Samdani
Carl Smith
Kiana Stephens
Natalie Torsiello
Matthew Welker
Ann Williams

 

Data privacy & cybersecurity

Tina Amin
Jaime Barwig
Ashleigh Bearden
Melodi (Mel) Gates
Lindsey Gillespie*
Tony Jones
Leah Kempel
Beth Magnuson
Sarah Muhlstock
Amanda K. O'Keefe
Victoria Southern
Candice Teitlebaum
Jilian Vallade

 

 


Editorial leadership

Catherine DiFiglia
Kevin Elphick
Philip Kowalczyk
Laura Sulem

Employee benefits & executive compensation

Amy Adams
Jessica Cherry
Jessica Faith
Ray Kaplan
Megan Kosse
Kyle Murray
Derek Nelson
Heidi Winzeler*

Finance

Stephanie Backes
Maria Barclay
Eric Berman
Caroline Danford*
Sara Ehrlich
Jeremy Estabrooks
Timothy Fanning
Jim Froberg
Shivani Grillo
Richard Katz
Heather McArn
Erlyne Nazaire
Ikhlas Rashid
Vince Salvatore
Brian Sheridan
David Wiles


Government practice: Federal

Gay F. Chase
Grace I. Cheng*
Brett T. Egusa
Christine Krell
Anna Pohl

Government practice: State & local

Grace I. Cheng*
Cathy Cunningham
Teneé Frazier
Beth Hoffman
Roger Horner
Ian Williams

Healthcare

Rachel Byrne*
Donna Cameron
Elizabeth H. Goldman
Jeannie Ho
Jane Kuesel
Christy Naylor
Hyorim Suh


Intellectual property & technology

Rita Berardino
Michael Burling
Michael Chiappetta
Jessica Davis
Ellen English
Frank Forman

 

 

Meryl Gordon
Elise Hamm
Patricia Harley*
Ulana (Uli) Holubec
TJ Jones
Eric Lee

 

Laura Lee
Kevin McNamee
Matthew Riportella-Crose
Bryan Schwartz
Kevin Spivak


Labor & employment

Christine Alber
Rachel Byrne*
Gay F. Chase
Katherine Crockett
Raymond Franklin
Hannah Furst

 

Larissa C. Garriga
Barbara Harris
Allison Hatchett
Inayat Ali Hemani 
Belle Hsu
Rosemary Joyce
Sarah Laimo

 

Terence McGuire
Lorna Peterson
Anna Pohl
Jonathan Remshak
Helena Sung
Matthew Wolin
Mark Zmolek


Law department

Frances Faigenblat
Michelle Graham
Helen Respass
Tom Smolders*


Litigation

Lora Alexander
Chris Beyer
Brian Birke
Jessica Brand
Kevin Caton
Elaine Cedrone
Priscilla Cheng
Amera Z. Chowhan
Victoria Cioppettini
Beth Crawford
Mike Floyd
Rob Foster
Matt Gayle
Kelly Griffith
Nicholas Haddad
Benjamin Heiss
Yen Hope

 

Lauren Hornsby
Robert Iscaro
Tara James
Irina Kobylevsky
Victoria Kummer
Brian Lavin
Brandon Levitt
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve
Alyssa Chrystal Manness
Ruth Marshall*
Noelle McCall
Brandon Moss
Vlad Pavlovic
Kirill Pennington
Joseph P. Rindone
John-Paul Rodriguez
Diana Rubin
Pamela Christine Rutkowski

 

Kim Hendrix Scheidt
Michael Schillaci
Stephanie Sklar
Steven Skulnik
Lauren Sobel
Beth Tagliamonti
Jennifer Marino Thibodaux
Katie Thompson
David von Ebers
Robert Weisz
Matthew Wholey
Tom Witz
Jeffrey Yurcak
Polina Zhong


Oil & gas

Matt Baab
Curt Magee
Maria Victoria Vargas

Practical Law The Journal

Emily Adler
Kristin Fisher*
Ria Rana
Joan Sim
Erica Smith

 


Real estate

Julie Antalffy
Regina T. Baldwin
Jill H. Blumberg
Brenda Cooper
Alyssa Dunn
Tamela K. Eady
Christa Eilers
Ed Gentilcore
Lilly Gerontis*
Kelly Guarnieri

 

Kimberly Keller
Andrew Lettington
Shana Marchand
Seong-Mi Oh
Mike Plambeck
Larry Plavnick
Julie Schwartzberg
Bruce Sherman
Suprina Sheth
Lori Smith

 

Andy Sonin
Nicky Sonntag
Kevin Ulrich
Mike Wheeler
Justin Xenitelis


State Q&A team

Jane Anderson
Michael Blissenbach
Cass Chapman
Elizabeth Citurs*
Alexa Fields
Linda Gressen
Beth Johnson

 

Maxi Moroni
Calista Menzhuber
Kris Palmer
Alexis Schmitt
Adrienne Stanley
Christopher Winchester
Katie Ziomek

Trusts & estates

Lindsay Mishcon Cohen
Ann Houha
Robert Hull
Samantha Brinn Merel
Carol Ina Neely
Miranda Patton
Kelina Peterson
Rebecca Rock
Heidi Winzeler*

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