Eric S. Hochstadt

Nicky S. Rooz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Nicky S., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Nicky S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jennifer Filippazzo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Jennifer, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jennifer is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ronald A. Hewitt is a partner in Seward & Kissel’s Global Banking and Corporate Trust Group. Ron has extensive experience representing clients in connection with corporate restructuring, finance, and capital markets transactions. He also represents participants in an array of derivatives transactions and related regulatory compliance. Ron regularly represents clients in connection with complex distressed and non-distressed financial transactions.

Craig Mende’s unique, broad practice spans trial and appellate litigation, complex transactional work, and client counseling – all relating to different aspects of intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, right of publicity, and diverse new media issues. Perhaps most importantly, Craig provides sought-after counsel to clients seeking answers to new kinds of questions, frequently involving rebranding and innovative uses of social media, including issues with celebri...

Gordon Mehler is a white-collar criminal and civil litigator who has over 30 years of experience as a lawyer. This includes more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, where he supervised public corruption cases as Chief of Special Prosecutions. After serving as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., Mr. Mehler moved back to New York to open his own firm in 2000. Mehler Law concentrates on all aspects of white-collar criminal defense as well as regu...

Aliza F. Herzberg is an employment law attorney at Herzberg Law Group in New York, New York, where she represents employers in managing all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. Her practice focuses on Employment Law – Management , with an emphasis on practical, business-minded counseling. She advises U.S. companies, as well as U.K.- and E.U.-based companies with U.S. operations, on a wide range of employment law matters. Her work includes compliance with federal, state, and lo...

Richard H. Block is a partner in Barton’s labor and employment practice. Dick routinely represents management clients in collective bargaining negotiations and complex employment litigation. He regularly conducts human resource investigations, discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, and contract litigations. Dick represents both companies and executives in the negotiation of employment, equity, and severance agreements. He advises and trains clients on employment and labor issue...

An established thought leader in the digital media space, Allison Fitzpatrick brings to her clients a thorough understanding of the power of social media, influencer marketing, native advertising and other forms of emerging media. Allison has witnessed firsthand the explosive growth of influencer marketing on social media. As popular bloggers transformed themselves into social media influencers — with marketers signing them to lucrative contracts — she was instrumental in shaping ...

Vered Rabia joined Skadden, Arps in 1998 and is active in all areas of the firm’s real estate practice, including acquisitions, dispositions, developments, financings, restructurings, partnerships and joint ventures, lodging and restaurant development, and real estate debt and equity fund formations. Ms. Rabia has represented many clients in connection with the acquisition, financing, development and disposition of office buildings, hotels, resorts and residential developments, includin...

Chris DiAngelo, managing partner of Katten's New York office, offers clients a comprehensive understanding of wholesale finance, the critical process through which banks and finance companies fund their lending activities. His intimate knowledge of the industry's business, legal and policy-making arenas have allowed him to execute some of its most innovative deals. For large banks, finance companies and government entities, Chris offers decades of experience in structured finance and securiti...