Svetlana Yordanova

Ryan A. Lopez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Ryan A., who practices law in Tampa, Florida, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ryan A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Annelisa D. Smith is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Collaborative Law: Family Law, Family Law, Family Law Arbitration, Family Law Mediation and Juvenile Practice. Annelisa D., who practices law in Portland, Oregon, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Annelisa D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Caren Beth Nichol is a member of Evans Petree’s Property Tax Group where she litigates commercial property tax appeals before state boards of equalization and state courts. From 2017-2018 she served as President of Evans Petree PC, a full-service law firm founded in 1907 that has grown to include 49 attorneys. Prior to being elected President, Caren served as the firm’s Secretary, as a Director for over 15 years, and as Chair of the Marketing Committee and Litigation Practice Grou...

Mr. Storke has over 40 years of experience in the employee benefits field, and specializes in representing regional, state-wide and local multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans, including the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, the largest Taft-Hartley trust in the United States. With this background, Mr. Storke has developed substantial expertise in reconciling the diverse and sometimes conflicting perspectives, interests and opinions of the individual trustees se...

Michael A. Hacker is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law. Michael A., who practices law in Miami, Florida, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jay Farris concentrates his practice on commercial real estate investment, joint ventures, borrower financing, development and leasing involving all major property types. He represents institutional investors (including REITs and pension funds), well-capitalized developers and corporate owners. Jay has extensive experience in representing developers and owners of industrial distribution facilities and mixed use developments. Jay is featured as one of the leading Georgia lawyers for real estat...

Basil represents companies in the asset management industry with in regulatory and transactional matters. He regularly counsels clients in connection with structuring and forming private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, commodity pools, commingled funds, alternative investments and credit funds, group trusts and collective investment trusts, new product development, securities offerings, and related filing obligations, investment management compliance matters, ac...

Richard T. Bernardo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants. Richard T., 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 Richard T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Keith is a shareholding partner at Selikoff & Cohen PA, where he represents unions and union members in labor and employment matters. He practices primarily in Labor Law - Union and is based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. For more than 25 years, Keith has appeared on behalf of unions and union members before the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Public Employment Relations Commission, the Office of Administrative Law, and other state agencies, as well as in TEACHNJ tenure proceedings. His pract...

Christopher M. Wells heads Proskauer’s Hedge Fund Group and has been a leading lawyer in the hedge fund industry for more than 30 years. Chris advises on all aspects of fund formation, compliance and operations, has been described as "one of the deans of the hedge fund bar," and has led hundreds of hedge fund launches, counselling fund managers as they grew from often very modest beginnings to become some of the world’s largest and best known hedge fund managers.