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Paul Bondor is a partner of Desmarais LLP, where his practice focuses on the litigation of complex, technology-driven disputes, particularly patent infringement jury trials. Mr. Bondor started his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Louis L. Stanton in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. After his clerkship, he began private practice with Kenyon & Kenyon, where he was elected a partner in 2001. In 2004, John M. Desmarais asked him to join the New York office...

Mr. Cohen is one of the leading matrimonial lawyers in the United States. He has been counsel in some of the most important equitable distribution and custody matters in New York. Mr. Cohen regularly represents many of the most accomplished individuals and their spouses in the fields of finance, real estate, business, public service and entertainment. Due to Mr. Cohen’s extensive record of accomplishment and reported decisions, he is also frequently called upon to represent individuals ...

David G. Samuels is a partner at Perlman & Perlman, a nationally recognized law firm dedicated to representing the charitable and social impact sector for more than sixty years. Mr. Samuels is a recognized expert on a wide range of issues involving charitable organizations, including compensation, governance, fiduciary duty, self-dealing and conflict of interest. He has extensive experience representing numerous and varied public charities and private foundations, including social service...

Michael A. Smith is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Construction Law. Michael A. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Michael A. Smith since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Michael A. Smith is held by other lawyers.

For nearly two decades, Heidi Tallentire has focused her practice exclusively on complex matrimonial and family law matters, from complicated financial issues to pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements to same-sex divorces to custody disputes. Her cases often involve multi-jurisdictional issues, and she has particular experience representing executives (or their spouses) in the hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital sectors, as well as other high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth in...

Attorney Lucarelli graduated from Yale University in 1995 and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame School of Law in 1999. She entered private practice in 2000 and then joined ELSM in the Fall of 2002. Attorney Lucarelli was named a Partner of ELSM in 2010 as a result of her compassionate and dedicated representation of victims suffering from Mesothelioma. Over the course of her career, Attorney Lucarelli has represented over 1,000 victims of Mesothelioma and has person...

Josh Sussberg is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and is a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group. Bloomberg Law News reported on October 5, 2022, that “Josh Sussberg is possibly the most ubiquitous bankruptcy attorney in the US, appearing often in courts from New York to Texas.” Josh is consistently recognized as one of the country’s leading restructuring lawyers and was recently ranked Band 1 both in New York and Nationwide by Chambers USA, America&rsq...

Kevin J. Culligan is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent. Kevin J. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Kevin J. Culligan since 2005. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kevin J. Culligan is held by other lawyers.

Carlos Cucurella, a Barcelona native who practiced law in Spain, focuses on international IP and brand protection. He manages worldwide trademark portfolios and advises clients on international trademark clearance, registration, licensing, anti-counterfeiting, policing, and enforcement. He also represents and advises clients in domain name disputes, online enforcement, and social media. His work frequently includes counseling clients on complex trademark filing programs and multicountry oppos...

Annika K. Martin is a partner in the firm’s New York office and head of the firm’s Sexual Abuse Survivors Practice Group . She has represented plaintiffs since 2005 in environmental , mass tort , consumer protection , and sexual abuse cases. Annika currently represents plaintiffs in litigation against xAI alleging that xAI knowingly designed, marketed, and profited from an AI image and video generator (Grok) capable of turning innocent photos of real children into sexually explici...