John M. Clifford

Dara Levy helps pharmaceutical and medical device companies on a wide range of issues relating to product communications, marketing, and import/export. Dara assists clients with products in all stages of development to design engaging communications compliant with FDA legal and regulatory requirements. In the pre-marketing stage, Dara works with companies to strategically communicate with investors, potential marketing partners, and the scientific community, as well as implement effective dis...

Nicholas D. SanFilippo serves as a first chair trial lawyer representing employers in actions involving restrictive covenants, employment contracts, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and tort claims, including defamation, conversion, wrongful discharge, conspiracy, and tortious interference. He advises management on employment issues related to termination, hiring, reduction in force, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, discipline, and handbooks. Nick represents closely-held businesses...

Jonathan S. Jeffress served the District of Columbia as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for 14 years, regularly taking on – and defeating – the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in court. Jon specializes in representation for clients under investigation for alleged false statements, bribery, and campaign finance violations. Since entering private practice at Kaiser Law, Jon has worked with clients in all phases of federal criminal cases, including thr...

Tom Lynch primarily represents construction clients, including owners, general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors on private and public construction projects. In addition to his construction practice, Tom has represented government contracts clients in claims against the government and bid protests as well as contract reviews. He has also represented lenders and loan servicing clients in a variety of lien priority and mortgage-related litigation in federal and state courts...

Smith R. Brittingham IV is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Patent. Smith R., who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Smith R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tyrone P. Thomas is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals and Sports Law. Tyrone P., who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tyrone P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matt Wetzel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law. Matt, who practices law in Washington, District of Columbia, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matt is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Kate Mueting is a Partner in the Washington, DC office of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland, and a Co-Chair of the firm’s Title VII Practice. She received her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and her B.J. from the University of Nebraska. Kate represents employees in a broad range of employment claims, including discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, race, and s...

With a legal career beginning in 1988, Tom Teodori serves as a shareholder at CHASENBOSCOLO Injury Lawyers in Greenbelt, Maryland. He dedicates his practice to advocating for individuals involved in negligence and personal injury cases. His legal experience encompasses a wide range of cases, including catastrophic injury, construction and workplace injuries, transportation accidents involving airplanes, buses, and trains, product liability, wrongful death, and medical product injuries. Tom's ...

Howard Shapiro is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has more than 35 years of courtroom experience as a trial lawyer in civil and criminal matters, and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s leading litigators in high-stakes cases, ranging from bet-the-company contractual disputes to mass torts to white-collar litigation.