ANTITRUST/CARTEL REGULATION
SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
Beau Buffier, Partner
Julian Joshua, Of Counsel
Matthew Jennejohn, Associate
Shearman & Sterling has been advising many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and governmental organizations for more than 135 years. With over 30 years of active practice in the area of anti-corruption, Shearman & Sterling’s experience is broad and deep. Shearman & Sterling has been involved with many of the largest, most complex, and far-reaching anti-corruption cases subject to the oversight of the DOJ, SEC and international governmental authorities.
COMMERCIAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW
TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Franklin G. Snyder, Professor of Law
Professor Frank Snyder joined the Texas Wesleyan faculty in 2000, after teaching at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the University of Idaho. Professor Snyder is nationally known for his work in contract law. He is the creator and editor-in-chief of the official web log of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Contracts. Before going into teaching, Professor Snyder was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins, where he represented high-technology clients in a range of litigation and transactional matters.
JUDD & JACKS, P.L.L.C.,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Constance K. Hall
Founded in 2008, Judd & Jacks, P.L.L.C.’s mission is to provide value and excellence to clients. The firm provides a depth of experience in transaction- and litigation-based legal support to high-tech, service, or manufacturing based businesses. The practice assists in areas related to partnership matters, contracts, advertising and DTPA matters, employment policies and issues, capital transactions, and state and federal regulatory compliance.
CORPORATE LAW
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Steven P. Buffone, Partner
Katherine A. McCord, Associate
Scott J. Calfas, Partner
Mark S. Lahive, Partner
Peter J. Hanlon, Partner
Peter W. Wardle, Partner
Michael H. Davis, Associate
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 1000 lawyers and 16 offices in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. Gibson Dunn's representative clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals.
The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the 2010 Litigation Department of the Year, dubbing Gibson Dunn's litigators the "Game Changers," adding, "when other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues."
CORPORATE TAX IMPLICATIONS OF MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER
& FLOM LLP AND AFFILIATES
Cliff Gross, Partner
Jessica Hough, Partner
Jared Binstock, Associate
With 23 offices, approximately 1,800 attorneys and more than 40 distinct areas of practice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates serves clients in every major international financial center. Firm clients include approximately 50 percent of the Fortune 250 industrial and service corporations, financial and governmental entities, start-up companies and nonprofits.
Skadden rose to prominence in the ’60s and ’70s by taking on the proxy fights and hostile tender offers that white-shoe law firms deemed “ungentlemanly”. In the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, a publication of the Chamber of Commerce, 202 Skadden lawyers were ranked as leading individuals in their practices — more than any other firm. The firm received top-tier rankings in 33 practice categories; 84 practices in total were recognized.
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Earl (Chip) M. Jones III, Shareholder
Littler Mendelson is the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in every aspect of labor and employment law. Since the firm’s founding in 1942 by Robert Littler, who chose to represent management clients in what were mostly disputes involving unions, Littler has adhered to and expanded its continuous representation of corporate America, and the global reach those companies have realized, in all areas of employment and labor law. Littler’s single focus on employment and labor law has created a cartel of attorneys who practice in more than 36 areas of law and whose knowledge of and experience in these areas of law is unsurpassed. There is no employment issue a company has faced that hasn’t been addressed by one of Littler’s attorneys.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
CHADBOURNE & PARKE
John P. Cahill, Counsel
Susan Cowell, Counsel
Andrew E. Skroback, Associate
One of the old–line New York firms founded in 1902 by Thomas L. Chadbourne, the firm currently has some 400 lawyers and tax advisors in 13 offices in ten countries. Chadbourne is probably best known for its global practice in project finance and energy, international insurance and reinsurance practice, multi-jurisdictional litigation in courts from Rhode Island to Russia, and corporate transactions. In February 2008, Chadbourne formed a climate change practice as part of its expansion in the Environmental area, led by former New York Gov. George Pataki and his former chief of staff, Mr. John Cahill. The practice draws on the experience of Chadbourne’s transactional, insurance, regulatory, energy, environmental, litigation and public policy attorneys, and includes expertise in market-based carbon cap and trade programs.
ESTATE PLANNING FUNDAMENTALS FOR CEOS
MCLAUGHLIN & STERN, LLP
T. Randolph Harris, Partner
Established in 1898, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP is one of the oldest law firms in New York. Through its offices in New York City, Millbrook, NY and West Palm Beach, the firm provides a diverse range of legal services with expertise in investment advisory and hedge fund matters; private equity matters; sophisticated commercial, securities and estate litigations; corporate and securities transactions; real estate; intellectual property; and trusts and estates.
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS
KUTAK ROCK LLP
Juliana Reno, Partner
John E. Schembari, Partner
Autumn G. Long, Associate
Kutak Rock LLP is national law firm with over 430 attorneys in 17 offices around the country serving local, regional and national clients in a multidisciplinary practice. The firm's practice has three principal concentrations—corporate law, public and corporate finance and litigation—with numerous areas of specialization within each of these main areas. The firm is particularly noted for its expertise in employee benefits and health care regulatory matters and is often called upon to advise on the Stark Law, Anti‑kickback Statute and reimbursement implications of existing and proposed arrangements between hospitals and physicians.
HEALTH CARE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
James R. Napoli, Senior Counsel
Proskauer, founded in 1875, is a global law firm providing a wide variety of legal services to clients worldwide and best known for financial services, health care, entertainment and media, advertising, insurance, life sciences. Proskauer’s Health Care Reform Task Force, comprised of more than a dozen lawyers from our Employee Benefits, Health Care and Labor practices, is helping clients develop and deploy effective legally-compliant strategies to implement health care reform in a manner consistent with client business strategies. The firm achieved Band One level in the 2012 rankings of Chambers USA, the directory of leading U.S. business lawyers, for its Health Care practice, and well as several other practices.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
JONES DAY
John V. Biernacki, Partner
With more than 2,400 lawyers, including more than 400 lawyers in Europe and 200 lawyers in Asia, Jones Day ranks among the worlds largest law firms. As one of few global firms with a full-service IP Practice, and operating as One Firm Worldwide, Jones Day provides clients with access to IP lawyers in the United States, Europe, and Asia who are experienced in litigation, prosecution, licensing and technology transfer, and IP counseling. The firm’s nearly 250 IP lawyers, many of whom who have advanced degrees and industry experience in cutting-edge scientific disciplines; create the "bench strength" and depth to handle any IP issue imaginable. Moreover, they take great pride in working with in-house IP counsel to achieve their desired results in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL LAW
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
Marcellus A. McRae, Partner
Tzung-Lin Fu, Associate
Daniel L. Weiss, Associate
George H. Brown, Partner
Jim Walden, Partner
Daniel J. Chirlin, Associate
Stephenie Gosnell Handler, Associate
Kacie A. Lally, Associate
Debra Wong Yang, Partner
Justin S. Liu, Associate
Meredith A. Smith, Associate
Susannah Stroud Wright, Associate
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 1000 lawyers and 16 offices in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. Gibson Dunn's representative clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals.
The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the 2010 Litigation Department of the Year, dubbing Gibson Dunn's litigators the "Game Changers," adding, "when other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues."
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Malone M. Lankford, Counsel
Earl (Chip) M. Jones III, Shareholder
Littler Mendelson is the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in every aspect of labor and employment law. Since the firm’s founding in 1942 by Robert Littler, who chose to represent management clients in what were mostly disputes involving unions, Littler has adhered to and expanded its continuous representation of corporate America, and the global reach those companies have realized, in all areas of employment and labor law. Littler’s single focus on employment and labor law has created a cartel of attorneys who practice in more than 36 areas of law and whose knowledge of and experience in these areas of law is unsurpassed. There is no employment issue a company has faced that hasn’t been addressed by one of Littler’s attorneys.