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Melissa Clarke advises clients in a variety of industries in matters involving environmental permitting, counseling and litigation. She assists with the acquisition, development and siting of pipelines, power plants, solar and wind projects. Melissa negotiates and drafts environmental contractual...

The Inflation Reduction Act is driving unprecedented investment in renewable energy development in the United States, while the Energy Information Administration forecasts that natural gas development in the United States will continue to grow through 2050. Concerns about climate change are driving...

Tom Prevas is a leader in environmental and energy law. Tom's environmental litigation practice includes mass-product environmental litigation, including MTBE, PFAS and climate change, as well as enforcement and private actions relating to pollution and contamination. Recently, he has advised...

Francis "Trip" Riley represents clients who are facing complex civil litigation filed by a single plaintiff, as well as class actions, arising from commercial and consumer financing, consumer-facing services and product sales, and business-to-business transactions and competition. He prides himself...

George Magnatta is chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice. His practice focuses on serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and tax counsel for states, cities, economic development authorities, housing authorities, and non-profit entities in the implementation and...

Erik VanderWeyden has a multi-faceted legal practice in which he assists clients with issues involving condominium and common interest associations, tax controversies, and cybersecurity and data privacy. In his work with condominium and common interest associations, Erik advises leadership on...

Justin C. Danilewitz draws upon his trial and investigative experience as a former federal prosecutor to zealously defend entities and individuals facing criminal and civil enforcement actions, conduct internal investigations, and respond to whistleblower complaints and false claims (qui tam) suits...

Practical Guidance Throughout Various Stages of Growth Companies and organizations of all sizes continually strive for growth—growth into new markets and regions, growth in their operational efficiencies, growth through transformative transactions and partnerships, and growth in revenue. Maintaining...

Robert Christoffel is a tax attorney who advises clients on U.S. domestic and cross-border transactional as well as international tax matters. Public and private companies and private equity funds look to him to structure and negotiate taxable and tax-free corporate mergers and acquisitions (share...

Robert Gill has more than 35 years of experience as a commercial litigator. Robert handles cases both locally in the Washington, D.C. metro area and throughout the United States, and has tried a number of cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration tribunals. He has particular...

Mark Gruhin is a business lawyer who has been practicing law for more than 40 years. In addition to his legal practice, he has co-founded and been involved in several start-up businesses, including Careerbuilder.com. Mark has an extensive amount of general corporate experience in venture capital...

Jay Reilly represents biotech, medical device and diagnostic companies, as well as universities and nonprofits, in strategic transactions in the life sciences industry, particularly complex collaborative arrangements and technology acquisitions and dispositions. Jay has extensive experience...

Justin Crotty brings both a scientific and business sensibility to his work helping clients protect their intellectual property through patent prosecution, inter-partes review proceedings and litigation, particularly for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. His experience...

Judith B. Kassel provides legal advice and representation pertaining to a broad array of issues relating to doing business with the federal government and state governments. These issues include acquisition planning, proposal preparation, source selection, rights in and protection of intellectual...

A patent attorney with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Alireza Behrooz assists companies and universities in protecting intellectual property connected to inventions in the life sciences. Drawing on years of private practice experience, Alireza prepares, files and secures patents as...

Chihao Wang is a registered patent agent who draws on his scientific background in biochemistry to assist clients in protecting their innovations. Chihao has intellectual property experience in a broad spectrum of technology areas, including biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology...

Jason McElroy is a trial lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience representing clients in complex litigation in federal and state courts. He has obtained verdicts and judgments in jury trials, bench trials and arbitration proceedings throughout the country. Jason litigates a wide range of matters...

Connor Park is a patent agent who assists companies ranging from startups to large corporations with patent prosecution, counseling and patent portfolio development. His experience includes work across a broad range of: Software development Quantum computing Blockchain Cryptography Computer vision...

Monaf Awwa, Ph.D., is a patent agent who helps clients in the biopharmaceutical, medical device and chemical industries protect their intellectual property by drafting their patent applications, preparing USPTO office action responses, and handling patent prosecutions. He also provides clients with...