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Livia Barndollar is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Livia, who practices law in Westport, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Livia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Joaquin L. Madry is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Joaquin L., who practices law in Stamford, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joaquin L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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Mr. Maya grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended New York University. While at NYU, he worked as a paralegal for Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell & Petty (now Sidley Austin Brown Wood). He also interned for the Legal Aid Society of New York and Legal Services of New York City. Upon graduating from NYU, Mr. Maya worked full time as a paralegal prior to attending law school at the University of Michigan. Upon graduating from Michigan Law School, Mr. Maya began his legal career at Rogers &...

Leonard Braman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation - Construction. Leonard, who practices law in Stamford, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Leonard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

The son of Irish immigrants, Mr. Filan grew up in Derby, Connecticut and graduated from Duke University where he was a member of the Duke University lacrosse team. Patrick earned his law degree from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. While in law school he worked in New York City for a Wall Street law firm, O'Dwyer & Bernstien. This experience included the successful defense of an extradition proceeding brought against an alleged member of the Irish Republican Army charged w...

Charles W. Pieterse is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Trusts and Estates. Charles W., who practices law in Stamford, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Charles W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David is an experienced transactional attorney whose diverse practice includes a broad range of business, real estate, finance and securities transactions. David regularly advises clients in a wide range of industries with respect to structuring and documenting complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, venture capital and private equity transactions, joint ventures, preferred equity investments, distressed investments, and private offering transactions. Dav...

SETH L. COOPER is a principal of Brody Wilkinson and a member of the firm’s Business and Real Estate Groups. His areas of practice span a variety of transactional practice areas which include commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions, lending, loan workouts, leasing, hospitality service contracts, business entity organizational matters, art law, general contract law and debtor-creditor rights. Mr. Cooper frequently plays an active role in assisting with the structure of the busin...

James Berman is a partner with Zeisler & Zeisler. During his over 30 years of experience, he has represented a wide array of parties in workouts and bankruptcy proceedings. These include public and private companies, creditors’ committees, buyers and sellers of assets, investors, and high net worth individuals. Jim’s most recent Chapter 11 cases include: Derecktor Shipyards, LLC; The Fletcher-Terry Company; Pratt-Read Corp; Technipower Systems, Inc., the SageCrest hedge funds,...