Francis J. Aquila

Rachel Strom is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Media Law. Rachel practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Rachel Strom 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 Rachel Strom is held by other lawyers.

Few U.S.-based lawyers know more about global trademark strategies and managing global trademark conflicts than Nadine Jacobson, who has searched, cleared for use, and prosecuted for registration thousands of trademarks of all types globally. Nadine has also litigated and defended hundreds of international Opposition and Cancellation proceedings as well as infringement actions around the world. She registers and defends design patents and industrial designs in various countries, including tho...

Valentina Shaknes is a founding partner at KSTM. For nearly 20 years, she has practiced exclusively in matrimonial and family law. Valentina represents clients in a wide variety of complex matrimonial matters involving equitable distribution and custody disputes, child and spousal support, prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements, as well as international child custody and international child abduction disputes, including proceedings arising under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of In...

Roger S. Kobert is a Partner in Barton’s Litigation Group in New York. As a trial attorney with more than 35 years’ experience, Roger represents foreign and domestic businesses, individuals, and governments in litigation, arbitration, and appeals, leading cross-border, multinational, and domestic dispute resolution teams focused on resolving disputes. Roger handles a wide range of matters, including commercial, financial, and real estate disputes; banking; directors and officers l...

Richard A. Krantz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Corporate Law. Richard A. practices law in New York, New York Best Lawyers has recognized Richard A. Krantz since 2010. 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 Richard A. Krantz is held by other lawyers.

Laurence ("Larry") Tribe joins the firm following over five decades at Harvard Law School, where he has gained a reputation as one of the Nation’s foremost scholars of constitutional law and continues to serve as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus. Larry has argued before the Supreme Court thirty-five times in his storied career and is frequently retained to assist individuals, governments and large corporations to weigh in on their most complex legal i...

Firm chair Kevin Lauri guides the overall growth and strategic direction of Jackson Lewis while ensuring the firm’s path never veers from the firm’s collaborative culture and dedication to exceptional client service. Throughout his various leadership roles at the firm over the last 25 years, Kevin’s mission has been to serve people — the employers he advises and defends and the extended Jackson Lewis family he supports. He has made it his mission to ensure every Jackso...

Adam Gordon is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance and Public Finance group. His practice concentrates on infrastructure, economic development, and project finance. Adam serves as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters’ counsel, and bank counsel on tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances. He has worked on private activity, nonprofit, housing, transportation, pooled lending, waste management, and public power financings, and has written and published articles on publ...

Sophisticated real estate matters call for pragmatic and efficient counsel. Institutional lenders rely on Gerard for all aspects of complex real estate finance. He represents institutional lenders in all aspects of real estate financings and restructurings and investors in the acquisition, development, and operation of commercial properties, including retail, office, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Gerard has represented investment and national banks and other lenders in the origination,...

Mark E. Brossman is co-head of Schulte Roth & Zabel's Employment & Employee Benefits Group. His areas of concentration include employment law, ERISA, labor relations and related litigation. Mark is well known for his expertise in education law and representation of educational institutions including independent schools, colleges, universities, professional training programs and education-related associations. Mark is a frequent public speaker and author. He has served as an instructor...