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![Dennis Brennan Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Brennan_Dennis_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=VMpGar6C)
Dennis Brennan helps companies navigate the legal risks they face when they enter into mergers and acquisitions, purchase agreements and other major transactions. Dennis represents clients in the insurance industry, such as carriers, brokers, TPAs and agencies, as well as clients in other industries...
![Cathleen M. Devlin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Devlin_Cathleen_LinkedIn.jpg?h=16f15343&itok=kaM0Wp_V)
Cathleen Devlin is chair of the firm's Litigation Department, a role in which she guides the Department's strategic focus and initiatives, manages its daily operations, and oversees nearly 200 litigators across the firm's 18 offices. She is the first woman to serve in the role at the firm. A...
![Tricia Duffy Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Duffy_Tricia_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=Al1VMYQn)
Tricia Duffy maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes. Tricia has experience advising institutions of higher education on matters involving Title IX and affirmative action, as well responding to OCR investigations. Recently, she...
![James S. Gkonos](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gkonos_James_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=qquekTYd)
Jim Gkonos focuses his practice of almost 40 years on insurance and reinsurance regulatory matters, contract and treaty interpretation and reinsurance disputes. As a former division general counsel of a large domestic property and casualty carrier, Jim has significant experience with the regulatory...
![Jeffrey C. Hampton](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Hampton_Jeffrey_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=NZZ9rRhh)
Jeffrey Hampton is chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice. He concentrates his practice on restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court workouts, loan restructurings, corporate reorganizations and general insolvency law. He also represents the...
![Amy S. Kline](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kline_Amy_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=95IaVzul)
Amy Kline is a commercial litigator whose practice is focused on the representation of insurers and reinsurers in complex civil litigation. She is co-chair of the firm's Insurance Group and a member of the Executive Committee. Amy has extensive trial and appellate experience in federal and state...
![Lisa M. Koblin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Koblin_Lisa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=1e634fa0&itok=qFNleWGk)
Lisa Koblin assists employers with labor and employment disputes, including litigation of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unpaid wage and class action claims in state and federal courts as well as mediation. She provides counseling on employee handbooks and policies, non-compete agreements...
![Megan Moyer](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Moyer_Megan_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=PdlJlKoJ)
Megan Moyer is a real estate attorney who assists clients with matters involving property sales and acquisitions, development projects and financings. She also has vast experience advising on leases, having negotiated for millions of square feet of office, medical office, institutional, retail...
![Kevin T. O'Brien](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/O-Brien_Kevin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=zdAfOpzn)
Kevin T. O'Brien, Ph.D., is a patent agent who focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP) matters including patent preparation and prosecution, patent landscape analyses, and freedom to operate analyses. Kevin practices in the physical and life sciences space, where he works on technologies...
![Sean T. O'Neill](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/O-Neill_Sean_LinkedIn.jpg?h=7670f36c&itok=R4E_9cs1)
Sean O'Neill handles commercial and real estate litigation matters for energy companies, developers, higher education institutions and insurance companies, among others. He also advises clients on environmental social and governance (ESG) related issues and provides counsel in connection with...
![Valerie L. O'Shea Murray](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/OShea-Murray_Valerie_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e88f149d&itok=N0WuB4e6)
Valerie O'Shea Murray, Ph.D., is a registered patent agent who prepares and prosecutes patent applications in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, immunology, chemistry, and life sciences. Valerie's intellectual property experience includes work for a variety of clients...
![David G. Shapiro](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shapiro_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=lYdSn35e)
David Shapiro advises clients on international and domestic business tax planning, including domestic and cross border expansion, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. David's practice includes entity formation and structure planning, securities offerings and hybrid...
![Domingos Silva](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-05/Silva_Domingos_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=bUPRAoSj)
Domingos Silva is co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, diagnostics, biochemistry, and materials science areas. Domingos has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Princeton University and conducted his post...
![Shane P. Simon](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Simon_Shane_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=HFurh8az)
Shane Simon is a litigator who represents clients from a variety of industries, including higher education, energy, public utilities, insurance, health care and corporations. His experience includes work on cases in both state and federal courts. In addition to assisting with the challenges posed by...
![Mark D. Simpson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-11/Simpson_Mark_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=G0Um1Gl5)
Mark Simpson counsels technology and intellectual property innovators to assist them in developing, protecting, and monetizing the results of their creative endeavors, with a focus on IP strategy and branding. He protects their IP assets via patent preparation and prosecution, IP counseling and...
![Matthew J. Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Smith_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=gHlVj7IN)
Matthew Smith represents clients facing complex commercial litigation and has experience handling cases from the earliest stages of litigation through to jury trials, non-jury trials, and arbitration. He also has experience navigating lawsuits at the appellate level in Pennsylvania. In his Higher...
![Caitlin Strauss Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Strauss_Caitlin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=7126a54b&itok=Djv5WTHm)
Caitlin Piccarello Strauss is a commercial litigator who represents companies in disputes involving insurance, employee benefits and ERISA, real estate, and restrictive covenants. As a leader of the Firm's Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation team, she regularly defends insurers in life, health...
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