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With a past as a securities regulator in the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation, Joel has deep expertise in the federal and state securities laws—and the practical insight it takes to navigate today’s financial markets successfully. Whether you’re an operating company seeking early stage or later round financing, Joel will help you structure capital-raising transactions and prepare disclosure documents that have every “i” dotted and every “t&rdqu...
Chuck is a trial lawyer of over 37 years whose practice focuses primarily in the defense of national and international corporations in product liability, employment, toxic tort, commercial, intellectual property, and catastrophic personal injury matters. Licensed in Alabama and Tennessee, Chuck’s extensive litigation experience is national in scope. He has handled a wide variety of cases in Alabama, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, California, Massachusetts, Georgia, Mississippi, Tenness...
Laurie L. Dawley is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll. Her work focuses on business law, banking and finance law, real estate law, and mergers and acquisitions. She serves on the Firm’s board of directors and is past chair of the Firm’s business practice group and associate/recruiting committee; Past Chair of the Iowa Real Estate Commission; Past Chair of the Cedar Rapids Area Board and the Regional Executive Board of Junior Achievement of Easte...
David B. Schulz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law. David B., who practices law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2010. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Scott Schallhorn is a business attorney with extensive experience advising individuals and businesses in complex commercial transactions, finance and real estate matters. He represents corporate borrowers, institutional lenders and major developers in loan transactions involving construction financing, bridge loans, permanent/end loans, and loan restructuring. Scott counsels real estate owners, developers, and property managers concerning the conveyance, purchase, development and leasing of r...
Raymond G. Areaux is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Raymond G., who practices law in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Raymond G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Thomas R. Mack is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Thomas R., who practices law in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lisa Pirozzolo is a partner in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, former co-chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, a member of the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Practice Group and a former member of the Executive Committee. She is also a co-chair of the firm’s Associates and Work Life Balance Committees. She joined the firm in 1993.
Michele L. Stocker is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience representing clients in the financial services industry including local and national banks, consumer finance companies, mortgage bankers, credit card companies, and third-party debt collectors. She also regularly advises clients in employment-related matters involving discrimination, harassment, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour issues.
Anthony L. “Tony” Farese is 55 years of age and is the President of the firm of Farese, Farese & Farese, P.A. in Ashland, Mississippi. He received a B.PA. from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1985. He was a member of the Moot Court Board and Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. He has practiced law for 31 years with the family firm in Ashland. He is licensed to practice law in the states of Mississippi an...
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Margaret W. Scott concentrates her practice on estate planning, fiduciary and tax litigation, estate settlement, trust administration, charitable planning, charitable solicitation law and exempt organizations. Margaret is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. She is the past chair of the Nonprofit Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and is the Secretary of of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. She is the President of the Atlanta Estate Plannin...
John C. Spinrad is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental. John C., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2008. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Dietrich L. Snell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Dietrich L., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dietrich L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Bud Bourke has extensive experience in business, residential and commercial real estate and tax planning for individuals, partnerships and corporations. He works with individuals (regardless of net worth), executives, closely-held business owners and professionals within Colorado, across the nation, and internationally, to manage their legal and legacy concerns and their multi-generational family businesses. He has years of experience with the preparation of simple and complex estate plans an...
Ashley Brightwell is a partner in Alston & Bird's Labor & Employment Group. Ashley has extensive experience representing management in all areas of employment law, including litigating discrimination and harassment suits, counseling employers on their obligations under various federal and state statutes (such as the Family and Medical Leave Act) and litigating class-action cases alleging violations of the wage and hour laws. Ashley's practice also has a safety and health component tha...
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, Diane’s practice focuses on complex litigation and dispute resolution. Prior to joining the firm in 1978, she was an extern to the Honorable Herbert Choy, Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Diane is involved in a number of professional and community activities, servicing on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court, as a national director of Easter Seals, Inc., as well as a director of Easter Seals Hawaii and ...
Barbara E. Shiers is a partner in our Estate Planning & Administration Group. Ms. Shiers previously served as co-chair of the group, and as a member of the firm’s management committee, for many years. Ms. Shiers represents high net-worth individuals, professionals, and entrepreneurs in domestic and international estate , gift, and income tax planning, estate and trust administration, IRS audits, and probate and tax litigation. She has extensive experience advising individuals and fi...
Robert C. Ashley is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance. Robert C., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Peter H. Wickersham practices Health Care, Corporate, and Business Transactions Law, specializing in the representation of physicians and other health care providers in connection with business transactions, entity formations, federal and state regulatory matters, physician recruitment and employment arrangements, and practice operations. He represents a wide range of health care providers across Texas, including individual physicians, physician group practices, independent diagnostic testing...
Mr. Frazier is a member of the Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Secretary-Treasurer, 1981-1982, Vice Chairman, 1982-1983, Chairman, 1983-1984, Employment Law Section); and Alabama Bar Institute (Member, Continuing Legal Education, Employment Law Committee and Faculty, 1988 to present). He has been listed in all seven editions of Super Lawyers magazine (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Martindale Hubbell, a peer review rating system, has given him an &l...
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