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David Groome represents corporate clients, insurance companies and their insureds in litigation matters involving professional liability, product liability, property loss, and personal injury. When faced with pending litigation, David’s clients look to his industry specific knowledge to help reach an end result quickly and efficiently. For more intransigent matters, he focuses on quickly understanding the industry specific issues pertinent to the pending litigation and providing his cli...

Michael J. Lebowich is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor Law - Management. Michael J., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Susan M. Corcoran is a principal in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis, P.C. Susan is a seasoned employment counselor and litigator and is often thought of as the “go to” person on national workplace law issues for her clients. She is a co-leader of the firm’s Background Checks group, and serves as a resource on fair credit reporting act issues, as well as “ban the box” strategies. She taught a graduate employment law class for many years at Manh...

Jeffrey W. Van Wagner is the Managing Shareholder of BSPH. His career as a litigator and trial attorney has now spanned three decades. He is a 1979 graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Law and has extensive litigation and trial experience in the areas of nursing home liability, medical malpractice defense of physicians and institutions, and product liability. He has extensive experience in defending physicians and institutions where opioid prescription practices are at issue and is well...

Kristen J. Nesbit is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kristen J., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kristen J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Nancy Collier LeGros is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law. Nancy Collier, who practices law in Houston, Texas, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Nancy Collier is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Blachly represents middle-market and growth companies, their owners and management, entrepreneurs, and investors on a range of matters, including business organization, capitalization, acquisitions and sales of businesses, leveraged buy-outs and recapitalizations, private offerings of equity and debt, succession planning, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology licensing, and commercial contracts. Mr. Blachly's clients come from diverse fields, including software development and d...

Craig Christensen is the manager of the Appleton office. He began his legal career in Milwaukee in 1985, and started working in our Appleton office in 1988. Since that time, Mr. Christensen has worked exclusively for people who have been injured in car accidents, work-place injuries, and animal attacks to ensure they receive fair compensation. Mr. Christensen has tried many cases throughout Wisconsin and because of his trial experience, the National Board of Trial Advocacy has certified him a...

Joseph F. Rich is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance. Joseph F., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joseph F. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Smith has a broad-based practice with emphasis in antitrust, business, healthcare, utility and telecommunications law. His extensive experience includes handling trial and appellate work in state and federal courts as well as regulatory, transactional and legislative assignments for clients in each of these sectors. Mr. Smith has more than forty years’ experience in assisting individuals and business clients with all aspects of their legal representation. He serves as outside counse...