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Ari Karen is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Ari practices law in Washington, District of Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Ari Karen since 2027. 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 Ari Karen is held by other lawyers.

The focus of my practice has always been family law and I pride myself in being able to assist clients during one of the most difficult and emotional times in their lives. My goal is to provide you zealous representation, while also guiding you through this challenging time. I handle all family law matters including divorce, property division, support, custody and visitation matters, protective order hearings, and post-divorce modification issues. Regardless of the issues, I make sure that my...

Jaime A. Santos is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - ERISA. Jaime A. practices law in Washington, District of Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Jaime A. Santos since 2023. 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 Jaime A. Santos is held by other lawyers.

Matthew Martens is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers who represents clients in their toughest civil and criminal investigations and litigation. He is one of the few lawyers who has appeared—and won—at trial at “all four tables”: civil plaintiff, civil defendant, criminal prosecution, and criminal defendant. In all, he has tried 26 cases ranging from securities fraud to patent infringement to consumer fraud to murder to employment law to money laundering...

Swain Wood, formerly the first assistant attorney general of North Carolina and general counsel to Attorney General Josh Stein, serves as co-chair of the firm’s State Attorneys General Practice. While serving in government, he was one of the most highly regarded leaders in the state attorney general community nationally and is a proven problem-solver in private practice, working closely with clients to successfully anticipate, navigate and resolve complex legal disputes.

Ian A. Herbert focuses his practice on all areas of employee benefits law. He has counseled clients on all aspects of the establishment and administration of pension and profit sharing plans, ESOPs, non-qualified deferred and executive compensation programs, equity and similar compensation plans, welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans and VEBAs. In addition, he has wide-ranging experience in performing compliance reviews of qualified plan operations and assisting clients in correcting qualifi...

Hugh focuses his practice on business and intellectual property litigation. His business litigation practice focuses on complex financial transactions and commercial disputes across multiple sectors. His intellectual property litigation practice includes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation in diverse technological areas across many industries. Hugh has more than two decades of experience utilizing his considerable knowledge to counsel clients in a wide variety of industr...

Benjamin P. Smith is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law and Real Estate Law. Benjamin P. practices law in Potomac, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Benjamin P. Smith since 2027. 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 th...

Paul Brinkman is an intellectual property partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Paul focuses his practice on Section 337 litigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has won 17 of 19 trials at the ITC and won or favorably settled many more prior to trial. Chambers described him as “great on his feet in court” with a “calm, practical and reasonable demeanor which works well with ITC judges.” His work for plaintiffs has led...

Personal injury lawyer Joseph Cammarata is a dual board-certified civil trial attorney, nationally known for his tenacity and perseverance in zealously representing clients in all stages of litigation. Mr. Cammarata's practice is concentrated in the areas of serious personal injury, brain injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice. He also successfully champions the rights of victims of discrimination and civil rights abuses. He has litigated against insurance companies, governmental enti...