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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...

Jeryll Cohen is the co-chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. She advises clients on complex trust and estate administration and estate and business succession planning as well as multi-faceted litigation and alternative dispute resolution with regard to trusts and estates, family business...

Valisa Carney handles estate planning for clients who wish to provide for a responsible, tax-efficient disposition of their hard-earned wealth. A compassionate and knowledgeable attorney, Valisa establishes a close personal relationship with clients to foster comfort and trust. When a client's loved...

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...

Peter Murphy advises domestic and international clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including transactions and governance matters. Peter also leads the firm’s Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Team, which guides domestic and foreign entities registered in the United States to...

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...

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...

Matthew Gerber assists commercial clients with real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, and purchase and sales agreements. He also handles leases, mortgages and financings. Matthew draws on his experience with corporate transactions to advise clients involved in mergers and...

Arthur H. Evans is affiliated with the firm's Financial Services and Tax practices. After graduation from law school, Arthur practiced with two Chicago law firms and from 1978 to 2016, he was managing partner of Evans, Loewenstein, Shimanovsky & Moscardini, Ltd. Arthur is also a certified public...

Joel's practice often places him in the role of "outside general counsel" to clients, working closely with and advising company executives, boards, and members to successfully close transactional matters and manage corporate governance matters. Joel's experience includes negotiating, drafting and...

Marielle MacMinn represents businesses and individuals in their tax matters, with a focus on tax disputes from the federal to the state and local levels, including matters involving income taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes, and penalty controversies. Marielle’s work with tax controversy includes...

Emily Kelsay Strine is a member of the Transactional Department in the firm's Baltimore office. She maintains a general corporate practice and assists with a variety of deals. She has experience with matters involving commercial contracts, director and officer fiduciary duties and shareholder...

John Heurich advises companies on a wide range of deals and corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, business formation and restructuring, and corporate governance. He also has experience with private equity and securities offerings, IP licensing, commercial...

Adam Fayne assists companies and individuals, nationally and internationally, on corporate and tax issues. As a corporate attorney, Adam routinely advises management or in-house general counsel on various legal matters affecting their day-to-day corporate activities. His experience includes handling...

Carl Everett has more than 42 years of experience helping manufacturers, oil and gas companies and many other types of businesses resolve disputes with the government and other parties over environmental remediation of polluted sites. He is deeply involved in cases involving the Superfund, including...

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...

Jenni Oprosko assists companies with contractual matters, particularly those involving intellectual property and technology. Her experience includes reviewing and drafting intellectual property licensing agreements, master services agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and software-as-a-service...

Vanessa Schoenthaler's practice focuses on corporate, securities and regulatory matters, with a particular emphasis on securities transactions, disclosure obligations, corporate governance, investment management and regulatory compliance. Vanessa's corporate finance experience ranges from advising...

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...

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...