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James (Jay) W. Kapp, III, focuses his practice on corporate bankruptcies, reorganizations (including prepackaged and prearranged bankruptcy filings), out-of-court restructurings (including distressed financings and workouts), and creditor rights representation (with an emphasis on representing bondholders, indenture trustees and other secured creditors). Jay has significant experience representing debtors and creditors (secured and unsecured) with respect to such bankruptcy and restructuring ...

Marisa is a partner in the law firm of Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante. Marisa is an experienced litigator who primarily focuses on medical malpractice , personal injury , and other complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal state courts. Throughout her career, Marisa has achieved many successful outcomes for her clients both in and out of the courtroom. She has secured numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of her clients, including a $4 million ve...

Marc S. Whitfield is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Marc S., who practices law in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marc S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

As an eighth-grader, Mike McClory told his slightly skeptical teacher that he planned to attend the University of Notre Dame and that he would eventually be a lawyer. Mike did both. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 (B.A. in English) and from Notre Dame Law School in 1989. Mike began his legal career in California. Working with several national firms, he gained valuable experience in the areas of employment litigation, employer counseling, and affirmative action/OFCCP com...

Bob King has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of litigation and environmental matters, and has been widely recognized as a leading litigator and trusted advisor by clients and peers. Representative examples of Bob’s work can be found in the "Experience" tab. Bob also serves as the Firm's General Counsel and previously served as the Chair of the Firm’s Associates Committee. Bob has been honored by election as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Bob has e...

Jack L. Brown is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Elder Law, Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates. Jack L., who practices law in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jack L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

LISA A. KRUPICKA is a member of the law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, in Memphis, where she heads the firm’s Labor and Employment Law group. She received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Rhodes College, and her J.D. degree, with high honors, from Duke University where she was a member of the Duke Law Journal and the Order of the Coif. From 1986 to 1987, she was law clerk to the Honorable Julia Smith Gibbons (then United States District Judge for the Western District o...

David R. Fricke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. David R., who practices law in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeremiah D. Wood practices in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. His practice includes experience in the design, implementation, administration and termination of tax-qualified retirement plans (including traditional pension plans, cash balance plans, profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, and ESOPs), 403(b) plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans (including 457(b) and 457(f) plans and deferral compensation arrangements for executives) and healt...

Lori B. Alexander has extensive experience representing companies throughout Connecticut in a range of labor and employment matters, including: Complex employment litigation Discrimination claims Wrongful discharge Retaliation cases Labor arbitrations Administrative charges Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefits litigation Employment arbitrations Other disputes between employers and employees She represents clients in state and federal courts and before the Equal Employment Opportun...