Lawyers in United States

A. Jeff Ifrah

Jeff Ifrah’s legal skills and record of success have earned him international recognition as a white-collar criminal defense lawyer and litigator. He is an advocate keenly focused on delivering results for his clients – on understanding the problems they face and developing innovative strategies to resolve them. As the government expands the scope of statutes like RICO, The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and The Money Laundering Control Act in its investigations and prosecutions, white collar defendants are increasingly subject to higher monetary penalties and added jail time. Clients at the top of their fields turn to Jeff because of his ability to successfully manage, navigate, and negotiate high profile federal investigations. With a focus on government investigations, complex litigation, and white-collar defense, Jeff operates on the leading edge of matters involving the intersection of business and the internet. He represents companies and their senior executives in criminal and civil matters throughout the United States and also serves as a trusted business advisor to emerging industry clients doing business online. Leveraging his decades of experience in betting and wagering law, Jeff represents clients in the sports betting arena, including FanDuel, Delaware North, Sportradar, Bet365, Playtech, and Worldpay. He advises startups in the eSports space, including both real money and skill-based p2p competition sites, on compliance with both state and federal law. Jeff and his team also represent players and agents in the NFL, NBA, and NHL, and advise teams in MLS, the WNBA, and emerging sports leagues. Jeff cut his teeth as a trial lawyer and officer in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps and as trial counsel to the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth. He then gained invaluable experience as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey. He went on to become of counsel to the global law firm Paul Hastings and then a shareholder in the litigation department of another global firm, Greenberg Traurig. Often litigating cases against the federal government, he achieved a string of victories in cases involving criminal and civil antitrust laws, securities laws and the Civil False Claims Act. He defended some of the most well-known businesses in the country in industries such as pharmaceuticals, health care and technology. Jeff is a member of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court, an invitation-only professional organization devoted to white collar practice that includes federal and local judiciary members in the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice officials, and some of the most established defense attorneys in Washington, D.C. Jeff also serves as an Adjunct Professor for the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law’s “Advanced Regulation of Sports Betting” course; the first-ever law school certificate program dedicated to the regulatory and legal aspects of sports wagering law and integrity issues. He is also active in the publishing arena. Jeff’s commentary has been featured in national media like The Baltimore Sun, and he is a frequent speaker at industry events around the world like the Esports Bar Association Convention. A leading national authority in federal sentencing laws, Jeff is co-author of Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes, the only comprehensive treatise on federal sentencing in the context of business and white-collar crimes.

Ifrah Law

A. Kristina Littman

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

A. Scott Ruygrok

Principal

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A.J. Ericksen

Partner

White & Case LLP

A.J. Frey

A.J. Frey is a partner in the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group. A.J.'s practice focuses on the formation and operation of private investment funds across a variety of fund strategies, including private equity, growth equity, venture capital, credit and real asset funds. In addition to fund formation, he has significant experience advising on the acquisition and sale of minority stakes in fund sponsors, as well as spin-outs of fund businesses and management teams. A.J. frequently works with sponsors seeking to establish private funds for the first time. He also advises investment firms on their operation, regulation and internal governance arrangements.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

AJ Zottola

Venable LLP

Aakash Jariwala

Associate, Silicon Valley

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Aalok Sharma

Partner

White & Case LLP

Aaron Abraham

Aaron represents owners and developers in both transactional and litigation matters in the construction law area. Aaron's clients include prominent corporate and institutional owners and developers as well as real estate and hospitality industry companies, that turn to him for guidance on some of the largest commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects nationally and internationally. Chambers USA ranks Aaron as a top construction attorney. Aaron drafts and negotiates a full range of development, design, and construction agreements, and resolves and litigates complex construction and design-related disputes. He counsels clients on the structuring of major construction projects, including complex development, joint venture, budget, design, project management and controls, risk management and mitigation, insurance, and dispute resolution issues.

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Aaron Adams

Aaron Adams is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Global Finance Practice Group. He represents borrowers and lenders in connection with senior credit facilities, note offerings, mezzanine financings, asset-based financings and other banking and credit matters. ​

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Aaron Amundson

Aaron Amundson, former director of the Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Information Technology Controls Division, advises clients on a full spectrum of US export control matters. Aaron draws on nearly 20 years of government experience and a sophisticated understanding of cutting-edge technologies to help companies navigate export control transactions, compliance, enforcement, and investigations involving: Artificial intelligence Quantum computing Cloud computing Cybersecurity Encryption Advanced semiconductors Data centers He also brings extensive experience in export control issues involving deemed exports, technology transfers, IP licensing, cloud computing, and cyber security. Aaron regularly advises clients on Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and related technical issues, as well as on commodity classifications, licensing, and CFIUS applications, all of which he dealt with directly during his tenure at BIS. He combines deep legal, technical, and regulatory acumen to guide global innovators and emerging startups through rapidly changing policy environments. A recognized thought leader, particularly on Category 5 Part 2 of the Commerce Control List (CCL), Aaron speaks frequently at seminars and conferences on a range of export control topics. He also represented the US in bilateral and multilateral export control groups and trained foreign governments on export controls as part of the US State Department’s EXBS program.

Latham & Watkins

Aaron Beim

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Aaron Brian

Counsel

Nixon Peabody LLP

Aaron Burstein

Partner

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Aaron C. Yen

Senior Partner

Ascendant LLP

Aaron Charfoos

Aaron Charfoos serves as co-chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group in the firm's Chicago office. He is a Chambers-ranked accomplished cybersecurity, privacy, class action and data protection trial lawyer. Aaron has litigated a variety of privacy and cybersecurity cases including data breach class actions, Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and other pixel and third-party tracking technology cases. Aaron also defends clients in regulatory investigations brought by various U.S. and international regulatory bodies. He has guided his clients through numerous data breaches, including breaches involving tens of millions of impacted individuals. Aaron is particularly skilled in guiding clients through cybersecurity vulnerability disclosures, including the Meltdown and Spectre computer chip vulnerabilities, supply chain interdictions, and various other matters, some of which have involved both congressional and regulatory investigations.

Paul Hastings LLP

Aaron Chiu

Aaron Chiu defends sophisticated clients in complex, enterprise-defining antitrust disputes and advises on emergent and antitrust issues. Aaron leverages experience litigating marquee matters that test antitrust law’s boundaries and his acutely commercial focus to represent market-leading clients in precedent-setting cases involving: Antitrust risks for digital platforms Issues at the intersection of sports and antitrust Sprawling class actions He advises household names on preserving their ability to innovate while limiting the risk of litigation or investigation. Aaron regularly handles complex cases in sports, entertainment, and technology, defending clients from plaintiffs’ evolving theories. Aaron maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly handling appeals through the Ninth Circuit’s Pro Bono Program. As an active member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, he serves on its Joint Conduct Committee and on the Editorial Board for its Antitrust Law Developments treatise. Aaron also participates on the Education Subcommittee of the California Lawyers Association’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section. Aaron served as a law clerk to Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Latham & Watkins

Aaron Colodny

Partner

White & Case LLP

Aaron Cutler

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Aaron Frankel

Partner, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Aaron Friberg

Aaron Friberg is a counsel in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins. Aaron represents clients in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions, particularly in the hospitality, gaming, and energy industries. These transactions have included real estate acquisitions and dispositions of: Hotels Senior living communities Multifamily housing Hospitals Office buildings Shopping malls Casinos Sites for riverboat gaming and retail developments Power generation facilities

Latham & Watkins

Aaron Gafni

Aaron Gafni represents clients in a wide variety of corporate and transactional matters, ranging from entity formation and structuring to equity financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Aaron advises entrepreneurs, start-ups, and middle-market companies across a broad range of business sectors, including technology and digital media, food and beverage, health and wellness, apparel, and branded consumer products. He has particular experience representing venture-backed growth companies, often working with such clients from initial formation to successful exits. Founders rely on Aaron’s experience with convertible note and SAFE financings, preferred stock financings, corporate governance, day-to-day transactional matters, and mergers and acquisitions. Aaron is the head of partner and associate recruiting at Greenberg Glusker.

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Aaron Gilbride

Aaron Gilbride advises clients on complex matters involving federal securities and banking laws. Leveraging over 15 years of experience across government and private practice, including with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, Aaron represents: Investment advisers Private funds Registered funds Fund directors Financial institutions Aaron regularly advises clients on SEC examination and enforcement investigations. He also counsels corporate clients on matters that could give rise to regulatory issues under the Advisers Act and 1940 Act, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financings, and emerging company matters. Before joining Latham, Aaron spent nearly six years in senior leadership roles at the SEC, including as Branch Chief in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, where he oversaw no-action letters, exemptive applications, and interpretive guidance. Aaron also collaborated closely with the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (now Division of Examinations) and Division of Enforcement, with a focus on examinations and enforcement actions involving investment advisers and private funds. While at the SEC, Aaron also served as Senior Counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management and as a principal staff member on the Volcker Rule Interagency Group, where he focused on issues relating to private funds. Aaron also served on the staff of three Members of Congress, where he focused on a variety of regulatory matters including financial services, economic policy, budget, and trade. Aaron is an active thought leader and has spoken at numerous events, including conferences hosted by the Investment Adviser Association, Investment Company Institute, and NSCP. He has also served as a member of the New York City Bar Investment Management Regulation Committee and as a member of the Investment Company Institute Outside Counsel Advisory Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Aaron Gillett

Partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP