McDermott Announces 2010 Partner Promotions
CHICAGO (December 7, 2009) — McDermott Will & Emery LLP is pleased to announce that the following lawyers have been promoted to partner effective January 1, 2010.
Corporate
Amy Ferrer (Boston) focuses on corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions, as well as advises clients on general corporate governance matters. (Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2003; Villanova University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1999)
Nava Hazan (New York) focuses on creditors’ and debtors’ rights, corporate reorganizations, bankruptcy proceedings and commercial transactions. (Columbia Law School, LL.M., 1999; University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master's Degree, 1997; University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Paris), Master's Degree, 1996; University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Paris), J.D., 1995)
Andrew T. Turney (Los Angeles) focuses in the areas of corporate securities and capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions and finance, as well as assisting clients with commercial contracts and transactions. Mr. Turney regularly counsels clients on compliance and corporate governance matters. (University of California-Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2003; George Washington University, B.B.A., 1991)
Employee Benefits
Ira B. Mirsky (Washington, D.C.) focuses on tax controversy matters related to employee compensation, fringe and welfare benefits, and deferred compensation arrangements. In addition, Ira handles many employment tax and information reporting issues, as well as, IRS examinations and tax due diligence matters. (Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 2005; George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1993; University of Maryland, B.S., 1990)
Sandra Urban-Crell (Düsseldorf) advises German and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective labour and employment law. Her areas of specialisation include inter alia transaction related labour law issues and restructuring through until post-merger integration as well as consultancy on outsourcing activities and co-determination of employees (including negotiations with the works council). (Certified employment law specialist (Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht), 2006; University of Bochum, Dr. jur., 2000; University of Bochum, 1998)
Health
Esther Chang (Los Angeles) focuses her practice on general health regulatory and transactional representation of health care clients, including hospitals, academic medical systems, ambulatory surgery centers, durable medical equipment companies and medical groups. She regularly counsels clients on federal and state health privacy laws, licensing requirements, fraud and abuse and compliance matters. She also has extensive experience representing clients in connection with acquisitions, mergers and general corporate matters, including drafting professional services agreements, affiliation agreements and medical directorships. (University of Southern California - Gould School of Law, J.D., 2002; Boston University School of Public Health, M.P.H., 1999; Dartmouth College, B.A., 1997)
Jerry Tichner (Boston) maintains a general health law practice, focusing on the representation of hospitals, health systems and other health care clients. He regularly provides regulatory and transactional representation to such clients in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic affiliations, conversions to tax-exempt status, and other transactional matters. Jerry also has significant experience advising health care providers and pharmaceutical industry clients with respect to health related matters impacted by the Internet and HIPAA. (Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1998; University of Rochester, B.A., 1993)
Intellectual Property, Media & Technology
Mary B. Boyle (Silicon Valley) focuses in the areas of intellectual property litigation in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. She has broad experience in litigating commercial disputes and providing advice to investment banks and companies in the biopharmaceutical and high-technology segments. (George Washington University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000; Yale University, Ph.D., Physiology, 1983; Barnard College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1976)
M. Todd Hales (Orange County) focuses on strategic intellectual property portfolio prosecution, management, and counseling. His practice also involves conducting due diligence investigations in connection with funding, acquisition, and merger transactions, preparation of legal opinions on patent validity and infringement, and preparing portfolio and landscape evaluations and prelitigation analyses. (Brigham Young University Law School, J.D., 2003; Brigham Young University, B.S.M.E., Tau Beta Pi, 2000)
Christian L. Masch (Munich) focuses his practice on IT, intellectual property, media law, telecommunication law and data protection/privacy law. He is an experienced trial lawyer who frequently represents clients in commercial law litigations before German courts. (Universities of Augsburg and Passau, Dr. jur., summa cum laude)
Matthew McCloskey (Boston) focuses his practice on U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, patent portfolio management and trademark prosecution, in addition to analysis and opinion work for patent validity, infringement and patentability issues. He also supports patent infringement litigation, intellectual property licensing, and intellectual property due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions. (Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 2001; Tufts University, M.S.E.E., 2006; University of Massachusetts Lowell, Graduate Certificate, 2003; California Polytechnic State University, B.S., 1998)
Regulatory & Government Affairs
Gregory E. Heltzer (Washington, D.C.) focuses on defending mergers and acquisitions before the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, state antitrust authorities and foreign competition authorities. In addition, his practice also includes complex antitrust litigation, government investigations and antitrust counseling. (Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2003; Dartmouth College, A.B., 1999)
Tax
Leah Samit Robinson (New York) focuses her practice on state and local taxation with particular emphasis on multi-state controversy matters and multi-state tax planning. Ms. Robinson regularly provides income/franchise tax, sales and use tax, and FIN48-related advice and representation to her clients. Prior to joining McDermott in 2006, Ms. Robinson was with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel’s Large and Mid-Size Business Division where she was a member of the strategic trial attorney team litigating the largest transfer pricing case in history. (New York University School of Law, LL.M., 2004; Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 2002; Rutgers College, B.A., 1999)
Trial
Kevin M. Bolan (Boston) focuses his practice in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, antitrust, intellectual property, professional liability and white-collar defense. (Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2003; Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.Ed., 1999; Harvard College, B.A., cum laude, 1992)
Gregory R. Jones (Los Angeles) focuses his practice on commercial litigation, securities litigation, white-collar criminal defense, corporate investigations and entertainment litigation. (Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2003; University of California-Santa Barbara, B.A., summa cum laude, 2000)
Eugene S. Litvinoff (Silicon Valley) focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations and antitrust litigation. As a former federal prosecutor, Mr. Litvinoff has tried numerous felony jury trials, presented many cases to the grand jury for indictment, and negotiated plea dispositions in hundreds of cases. He also has extensive experience arguing motions at motions hearings, evidentiary hearings and sentencings, and has argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (University of California-Hastings College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000; University of California-Berkeley, B.A., 1997)
Joshua D. Rogaczewski (Washington, D.C.) focuses on general litigation matters as well as appellate, class action, insurance disputes and professional responsibility law. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. (Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 2003; Harvard College, A.B., magna cum laude)
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.
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