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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...
![Shivani Govani](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-06/Govani_Shivani_LinkedIn.jpg?h=915cd633&itok=Ob3hngQv)
Shivani Govani is a member of the Litigation Department in the firm's Chicago office. She maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial disputes. While earning her J.D. at University of Illinois College of Law, she was a summer associate for...
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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...
![Jonathan A. Singer Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Singer_Jon_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=zzSysqrZ)
Jon Singer is a litigator and business lawyer who serves as a trusted advisor to companies on legal issues affecting their operations. Jon represents publicly-traded and privately-held international, national, and local businesses in trials and on appeal in state and federal courts across the...
![Thomas Larounis](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-12/Larounis_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=7f06ba23&itok=hQqrievG)
Thomas Larounis is in the Litigation Department in the firm's New York office. He maintains a general litigation practice and handles a variety of matters involving complex commercial and insurance coverage disputes. His experience includes drafting and responding to complaints, discovery demands...
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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...
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Julia Taylor advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance, and general corporate and commercial matters. Public and private companies, both international and based in the United States, rely on Julia to assist them from pre-deal structuring and planning and due...
![Robert C. Gill](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gill_Robert_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=WaDgveuP)
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...
![Thomas S. Schaufelberger](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Schaufelberger_Thomas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=5XCLtQtk)
Tom Schaufelberger is a commercial litigator with 40 years of experience handling complex insurance coverage disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country. His representations include matters involving insurance coverage and bad-faith issues arising primarily out of professional...
![Henry A. Platt](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Platt_Henry_LinkedIn.jpg?h=0afe7b08&itok=rLMmotst)
Henry Platt brings more than three decades of experience to his work representing management nationwide in labor and employment disputes in industries ranging from government contracting to retail sales and higher education. Henry is a skilled trial lawyer who litigates jury and non-jury cases...
![Ira M. Shepard](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shepard_Ira_LinkedIn.jpg?h=15cce482&itok=XYgMk_oj)
Ira Shepard has practiced labor and employment law, representing management, on a nationwide basis for more than 50 years. He has worked as a counselor, negotiator and litigator in a broad range of industries and now focuses on working with clients in the higher education and advertising industries...
![Mark I. Gruhin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gruhin_Mark_LinkedIn.jpg?h=915cd633&itok=g3bjzJcQ)
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...
![Garry Boehlert Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Boehlert_Garry_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=fhjc5jPu)
Garry Boehlert focuses his practice on resolving claims and disputes arising from significant infrastructure projects. He regularly assists owners, contractors, sureties, specialty subcontractors and engineering/design firms with the drafting, review and negotiation of contracts and the evaluation...
![Matthew Antonelli](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Antonelli_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=f-Ix15W0)
Matt Antonelli is a commercial litigator who concentrates his practice on port and maritime law, as well as insurance coverage. Matt's experience in the maritime area includes assisting ports, ocean carriers, marine terminal operators and other entities dealing with matters under the Shipping Act...
![Jay Reilly Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Reilly_Jay_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=ONANoM5H)
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...
![William D. Nussbaum](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Nussbaum_William_LinkedIn.jpg?h=1e634fa0&itok=1HCxRpCz)
Bill Nussbaum handles complex litigation for colleges, universities and other institutions of learning that are facing sensitive disputes around issues such as racial and gender discrimination and employee misconduct. His skill at managing legal teams to present difficult cases comes from more than...
![Michael A. Gold](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Gold_Michael_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=zHUuQROw)
For more than 25 years, Michael Gold has assisted clients in a wide variety of industries in corporate and transactional matters. He is a trusted advisor to general counsel, senior management and boards of directors across the country. Michael is a "closer" with a record of negotiating complex...
![Ian A. McLin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/McLin_Ian_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=zqIIWbBO)
Ian McLin concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, including business torts and contract disputes. His experience spans state and federal courts and includes preparing pleadings, drafting motions, taking depositions, and arguing motions. Ian also provides guidance regarding complex...
![Clarence Y. Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Lee_Clarence_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=n7UO1jXB)
Clarence Lee is an experienced litigator who represents insurers in a wide range of insurance coverage counseling and litigation. Clarence provides insurance coverage advice and litigation representation on a variety of insurance issues, including managed care, errors and omissions, hospital...
![Judith B. Kassel](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Kassel_Judith_LinkedIn.jpg?h=818fce8b&itok=l5aXzIQm)
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...