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![Ted Baines Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Baines_Ted_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=fIOAgw0B)
Ted Baines is a partner and past chair of Saul Ewing's Litigation Department. He focuses his litigation practice on commercial contract, insurance, shareholder disputes, including shareholder demand responses, real estate, construction, and the defense of mass torts involving deaths or catastrophic...
![Eric G. Orlinsky Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Orlinsky_Eric_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=dje76Rlz)
Eric Orlinsky co-chairs the firm's Corporate Practice and its Private Equity/Venture Capital subgroup and concentrates his practice in general business and securities law and counsels clients in private equity and venture capital investments, public and private offerings of debt and equity...
![Charles Kelly](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Kelly_Charles_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=A_p5d0Tf)
Charles Kelly is a highly regarded litigator with extensive experience handling media, health care and complex commercial litigation. He regularly litigates cases in federal, state and bankruptcy courts. Charlie's clients range from Fortune 100 to small start-up companies that he represents for...
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Michael Petrizzo brings nearly 30 years of experience to his work guiding clients through mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and corporate formations, reorganizations and restructurings. Public and private companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and high-net-worth...
![Steven Appelbaum Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Appelbaum_Steven_LinkedIn.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=aC6rEQFP)
Steven Appelbaum is an experienced commercial litigator who represents individuals and companies involved in disputes related to real estate, creditor’s rights, corporate divorces, employment matters, and theft of trade secrets. Steven enjoys gaining a deep understanding of his clients’ business...
![Kermit J. Nash](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Nash_Kermit_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=WuwzF_c8)
Kermit Nash counsels domestic and international clients on legal issues connected with their business operations, governance, strategy and investments. Privately held domestic and international corporations rely on Kermit to advise them on transactions ranging from mergers and acquisitions and sales...
![John L. Ropiequet Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Ropiequet_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=915cd633&itok=8WvtKGdz)
John L. Ropiequet has practiced for more than 30 years, focusing on consumer finance class action defense and other commercial litigation. He has a nationwide civil litigation practice at both the trial and the appellate levels, including a substantial amount of experience handling alternate dispute...
![David G. Shapiro](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shapiro_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=RYwjh6Rm)
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...
![Casey Grabenstein](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Grabenstein_Casey_LinkedIn_1.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=6LZXFk1t)
Casey Grabenstein handles complex commercial litigation for clients nationwide across an array of industries. His litigation experience includes class actions involving securities, consumer fraud, and ERISA, including defeating class certification in multiple cases for a leading insurance company...
![Rohit Kapuria](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kapuria_Rohit_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=yUmd8OH4)
Rohit Kapuria focuses his practice in general corporate and securities law, representing both public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of securities and SEC disclosure, and corporate governance. His corporate/securities practice also...
![Matthew Young](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Young_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=RLhG3B2D)
Matthew Young represents clients who are involved in commercial lending and real estate disputes, as well as intellectual property litigation. Businesses and government entities, among others, rely on him to handle matters ranging from allegations of fraud and negligence to unfair competition and...
![Teresa Tracy](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Tracy_Teresa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=YGnCJvO3)
Teresa "Terri" R. Tracy represents management in labor and employment litigation and related legal matters. Her experience includes issues involving wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour, class action, union organizing campaigns, grievances and arbitrations, and collective bargaining...
![Steven Ziven](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Ziven_Steven_LinkedIn.jpg?h=77788d13&itok=hGune3mq)
Steven Ziven, who is the firm's Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and an Executive Committee member, advises clients primarily on corporate law and legal issues associated with business transactions, real estate transactions and financings. He has extensive experience in buying and selling...
![Nikhil A. Mehta](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Mehta_Nikhil_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e90e346b&itok=nnWVCCsY)
Nikhil Mehta works closely with clients and their management teams to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including contracts for purchase and sale of goods, distribution and supply agreements, services agreements, manufacturing agreements, licenses and leases. Nikhil also represents...
![Patrick G. Oakes](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Oakes_Patrick_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=IP5EpJ14)
Patrick Oakes is a partner in Saul Ewing's Insurance Practice and Health Care Practice. He represents a wide array of business and individual clients with varied economic interests involved in national and international pursuits, including real estate, health care, banking and insurance matters. His...
![Ronald R. Fieldstone](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Fieldstone_Ronald_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=aRkOpM3c)
Ronald "Ronnie" Fieldstone draws on more than 45 years of legal experience to advise clients on sophisticated commercial and real estate transactions. His focus includes matters involving corporate, real estate, securities and tax law. His advice is also shaped by insights arising from his...
![Richard B. Ivans](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Ivans_Richard_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=1Q2VDq0Y)
During more than 30 years of practice, Richard Ivans has served as lead counsel in numerous complex business, corporate, real estate and real estate finance transactions. These transactions have involved mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, formations of business entities and joint ventures...
![John J. Ghingher III](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Ghingher_John_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=FFA_s_Xp)
Jay Ghingher practices general business law, with an emphasis on the representation of private companies, nonprofit organizations and real estate investment trusts. He handles the formation of various types of business organizations, as well as the planning, governance and transactional needs for...
![Howard Berrington](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Berrington_Howard_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=Jx9eUsV0)
Howard M. Berrington focuses his practice on business and corporate law, counseling clients on transactional and contractual matters, mergers and acquisitions, financial and corporate restructuring, ownership and management succession planning, and resolving partnership and various other types of...