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![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...
![Thomas Laser](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Laser_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=TIFeU1uj)
Tom Laser is a member of the Litigation Department in the Firm's Chicago office. He maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes, including servicing claims for consumer financial services companies. Before joining Saul Ewing, Tom was...
As institutions of higher learning face increasingly public regulation from the Department of Education as well as state and other federal agencies, plaintiffs’ lawyers have taken note and begun to file class actions with increasing frequency. These claims tend to follow current events. Whether they...
![Peri Berger](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-02/Berger_Peri_TempLI.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=vSgLfRjO)
Peri Berger represents clients facing complex commercial disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, business ownership and control, intellectual property, trade secrets and other threats related to their operations in state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey and across the country. Peri...
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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...
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Pia Aklian is a corporate and transactional attorney who advises clients ranging from emerging businesses to multinational, public companies across various industries including technology, software, manufacturing, life sciences and health care. Pia advises clients on a broad range of matters that...
![Thomas Spain](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-12/Spain_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=OGNPOeHe)
Tom Spain assists clients with complex insurance coverage disputes, particularly those arising under professional liability policies and directors and officers (D&O) liability policies. Tom represents major insurers and other commercial clients in a range of matters that include claims for...
![Laurie A. Kamaiko](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Kamaiko_Laurie_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=IVYWSuNu)
Laurie Kamaiko advises clients on emerging and complex risks associated with cybersecurity and privacy incidents and the rapidly developing legal landscape. She helps them limit their exposure to such risks and respond to incidents and related litigation. Laurie has extensive experience in...
![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...
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Patrick Rodriguez's practice focuses on business and tax planning law. A certified public accountant, Patrick is experienced in representing clients in mergers and acquisition. He represents both buyers and sellers in a broad range of transactions, which encompasses stock purchases and asset sales...
![Danielle Guerrero](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Guerrero_Danielle_LinkedIn.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=CIrfJw-x)
Danielle Guerrero provides guidance to clients on estate planning, trust administration, probate, special needs planning, succession planning, and litigation settlement planning. High-net-worth individuals requiring comprehensive tax planning to business owners seeking advice on business succession...
![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...
![Lisa LaFourcade](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/LaFourcade_Lisa_LinkedIn.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=JcfJhfYb)
Lisa LaFourcade is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law by the California State Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice focuses on advising high-net-worth individuals, privately held businesses, and charitable organizations. Her areas of practice include: Estate, gift...
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Dawn Eyerly is a trial attorney with substantial litigation experience, including jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations. She also has extensive appellate experience in both state and federal courts. Dawn represents individuals as well as entities, ranging from small, family-owned...
![Jerad Beltz LinkedIn Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-07/Beltz_Jerad_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=4pXL5Fp1)
Jerad Beltz focuses his practice for individual clients on estate planning, wealth preservation, business succession planning and trust administration. He also counsels nonprofit organizations and privately held businesses in formation, governance, compliance, contract negotiation and charitable...
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Bill Adams draws on 30 years of legal experience in his work as a trial lawyer who represents businesses, lenders and municipalities in commercial and real estate disputes. He works with both plaintiffs and defendants through verdicts and appeals in jury trials and court trials in both state and...
![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...