Highlighted Lawyers & Firms
The Year’s Best in the Eyes of Their Peers
“Lawyer of the Year” Honorees
Caroline D. Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, is a partner with Kostelanetz LLP and a founder of its Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on federal and state civil tax controversies, including representation in sensitive audits, administrative appeals, and litigation, providing related tax advice, conducting internal investigations, and representing individuals and entities in criminal tax investigations and pro...
Paul Campellone brings to his public finance, M&A, commercial finance and intellectual property practice more than three decades of sophisticated high-profile experience in serving the needs of corporations, closely-held businesses, governmental entities and educational institutions. His experience includes acting as disclosure counsel to the State of Rhode Island on various bond issues, handling $150 million in complicated, tax-exempt bond financing for a noted university, helping a not-...
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants since 2012 and Environmental Litigation since 2010 Practice Concentration & Experience Summary: Ms. Lee has a variety of trial, pre-trial, mediation, and appellate experience in the fields of energy and environmental law. Her practice includes legacy lawsuits, contract and property disputes, tax and royalty claims, lien claims, class actions, and regulatory matters with the Louisiana Of...
Michael has been practicing law for over 35 years, of which the last 20 have been devoted to insurance defense litigation. He tries significant product liability cases where there is catastrophic damage and/or serious injury or death. Michael also defends doctors, dentists, hospitals, and their employees, as well as other professionals such as lawyers, in malpractice suits and claims brought against them. To date, Michael has tried over 300 cases to verdict. Michael has also handled matters i...
David Ratterman is a Senior Member of the firm's Construction Service Group, concentrating his practice on the fabricated structural steel industry in the United States and internationally. His immersion in the construction industry began as a water boy on construction sites at age 10 and evolved through a series of engineering and construction positions with the U.S. Navy, government and private industry. David has been an officer or advisor to 12 industry trade organizations and professiona...
Gretchen M. Wallacker is a Certified Family Law Specialist and has practiced family law exclusively for three decades. In that time, she has helped countless families transition out of their marriages, settling a full spectrum of complex family law matters that involve child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, and property division, including division of high net worth estates. Drawing on her geographical focus in San Francisco, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley, Gretchen und...
Frank’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. Frank has successfully tried patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright cases in Federal Courts nationwide, the Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Federal Circuits, and the International Trade Commission. As a registered patent attorney, Frank is authorized to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Frank has been lead counsel for a wide variety of clients, from individuals to major corporations, in intellec...
"Ones to Watch" Recipients
Nicole Bergstrom is a partner in the Litigation Group. Nicole focuses her practice on content and speech in a variety of forms. She is an experienced litigator with significant expertise in copyright, defamation, right of publicity, false advertising, and related areas of the law. Her clients include publishers, creative agencies, brands, media companies, filmmakers, and video game developers, among others. Ms. Bergstrom’s recent representative litigation matters include: Representing a...
Amy Francis Lemanski is an associate in the Family Law Department at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. In her family and matrimonial law practice, Amy helps clients navigate the emotional and financial challenges often associated with family disputes, including those involving divorce, domestic violence, alimony, equitable distribution of assets, child custody/relocation, child support, and post-judgment matters. She also handles Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) inve...
Sarah Vonderbrink Geiger practices in the firm’s Litigation Group, assisting clients in all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution. Sarah’s practice is concentrated in the area of litigation, with a focus on general civil litigation, business and commercial litigation, and personal injury/wrongful death litigation. She has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation and business disputes, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, arbitrations, mediations, ac...
TAC Hargrove is an associate attorney on the RPWB consumer class action team who works to bring financial relief to consumers throughout the United States who have been wronged by unfair trade practices, including fraud, deception and corporate greed. He began with Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman as a law clerk in May 2015, and worked in both plaintiff and defense work for two years before returning to RPWB in 2018. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., he and his wife, Jaclyn, have tw...
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