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Eric Landau is a partner and Chair of the Real Estate Department at Paul Hastings, based in the firm’s New York office. He has developed a real estate practice representing a diverse group of clients and interests, focusing on sophisticated joint ventures, hospitality, borrowing, preferred equity, acquisitions and mixed-use development transactions. Representative of the clients who Mr. Landau regularly represents on their most complex real estate transactions include Millennium Partner...

Kim M. Longo represents debtors, trustees, creditors and other parties in interest in bankruptcy proceedings of varying sizes. Her bankruptcy experience spans the many stages of reorganization and liquidation, including general estate administration, the assumption and rejection of contracts, the sale of some or all of a debtor's assets, the prosecution of avoidance and other actions, and the determination of claims. Most recently, Ms. Longo has been a supervising attorney in the firm's repre...

Laurie Ruckel concentrates her practice on estate planning, succession planning, estate and trust administration and estate taxation. Her experience encompasses wills and trust agreements, estate and gift tax audits, succession planning for closely held businesses and prenuptial agreements. Laurie's principal clients are high net worth individuals, closely held businesses, real estate clients and executives of publicly held companies. Laurie also lectures on the subject of estate planning and...

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.

David Fox was a member of Kirkland’s Global Executive Management Committee until 2019 and played a pivotal role in the leadership, culture and success of the Firm, and oversaw Kirkland’s New York office and its tremendous growth. David also established an elite M&A platform at Kirkland that is now recognized as a leading practice playing a major role on many of the market’s most significant transactions. Prior to joining Kirkland, David spent 25 years with Skadden Arps w...

Laurel FitzPatrick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law. Laurel, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laurel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Eva Ciko Carman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy). Eva Ciko, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eva Ciko is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

With over two decades of experience in private practice and in-house, Po Yi provides cross-purpose, multidisciplinary legal counseling on transactional and regulatory matters in advertising, entertainment and digital media. She works with clients in strategically assessing competitive and regulatory compliance challenges; negotiating business alliances, including sponsorships, tie-in arrangements with sports and entertainment properties, co-promotion deals, agency agreements, and talent endor...

Jerrold F. Goldberg has been practicing in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law since 1979, including the traditional labor/union-management area, employment discrimination, executive employment, severance agreements and wage and hour laws. He represents management clients in diverse enterprises, including the health care, entertainment, hotel, restaurant, building service, construction, retail and service industries in matters ranging from state and federal administrative procee...

Lynn A. Neils is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Lynn A., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lynn A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.