Lawyers in United States

Steven Pearlman

Steven J. Pearlman is a partner in Proskauer's Labor & Employment Law Department, where he is Head of the Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets & Unfair Competition Group and Co-Head of the Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group. Employment, Whistleblower, Restrictive Covenant and Trade Secret Practice. Steven’s national practice focuses on defending companies in federal and state courts and arbitration against claims of: discrimination, retaliation and harassment, including claims brought by high-level executives; whistleblower retaliation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and similar state laws; restrictive covenant violations; employee raiding; theft of trade secrets; and wage-and-hour violations (including class, collective and PAGA actions). Illustrating his versatility, Steven has successfully handled bench and jury trials in multiple jurisdictions (e.g., Illinois, California, Florida and Texas); sought and defended against applications for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in restrictive covenant and trade secret cases and obtained permanent injunctions; defended one of the largest Illinois-only class actions in the history of the federal courts in Chicago; and prevailed following his oral arguments before the Seventh Circuit and state appellate courts. Steven brings his litigation experience to bear in counseling clients to minimize risk and avoid or prepare for success in litigation. Investigations. Reporting to boards of directors, their audit committees, CEOs and in-house counsel, Steven conducts sensitive investigations and has the unusual experience of testifying in federal court in connection with investigations. His investigations have involved complaints of sexual harassment involving C-suite officers; systemic violations of employment laws and company policies; and fraud, compliance failures and unethical conduct. Steven was appointed to Law360’s Employment Editorial Advisory Board and selected as a Contributor to Forbes.com. He has appeared on Bloomberg News (television and radio) and Yahoo! Finance, and is often quoted in leading publications such as The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has engaged Steven to serve as lead counsel on amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts of appeal. He was appointed to serve as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois in employment litigation matters. He has presented with the Solicitor of the DOL, the Acting Chair of the EEOC, an EEOC Commissioner, Legal Counsel to the EEOC, and heads of the SEC, CFTC and OSHA whistleblower programs. He is also a member of the Sedona Conference, focusing on trade secret matters.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Steven Peck

Steve Peck is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department and member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Group and its Structured Private Capital Group. He represents sophisticated private investment funds, multi-national corporations and other market participants in their most challenging transactional matters. Steve's broad practice focuses on private equity buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, growth equity, minority investments and distressed transactions. His buyout and M&A experience includes transactions ranging from middle market to multi-billion dollar transactions in a variety of industry sectors, including healthcare, software and SaaS based companies, financial services (including fund manager M&A), other human capital management companies, manufacturing and consumer/retail. As a member of the Structured Private Capital Group, Steve has deep experience with non-traditional equity transactions, including debt-like preferred equity as third party financing, equity kickers and co-investments for private credit investors and debt for equity swaps, lender remedies and related transactions involving troubled companies.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Steven Porzio

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Steven Poulathas

Co-Managing Shareholder Board of Directors Member

Flaster Greenberg PC

Steven R Shoemate

Steven R. Shoemate is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and previously served as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Private Equity Practice. Steven has extensive experience in public mergers, tender offers, exchange offers, joint ventures and a variety of cross-border transactions, as well as leveraged acquisitions, going private transactions, club deals and recapitalizations. Experienced in a variety of industries, including consumer and retail, financial institutions, healthcare, mining, building products and construction. Clients include L Catterton, TPG, Trilantic Capital Partners, Eurazeo, Apollo, Oaktree, Marsh & McLennan, Coeur Mining, Morgan Stanley, and Summit Materials, among others.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Steven R. Pacynski

Member

Clark Hill PLC

Steven Raffaele

Partner

Holland & Knight

Steven Reisman

Steven Reisman advises clients on a wide range of insolvency, restructuring and creditors' rights matters. His work helps creditors to protect their interests and maximize their recoveries, helps debtors to restructure or wind down their businesses in an orderly manner, and helps investors to locate hidden opportunities. Steve regularly represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, as well as boards of directors and independent directors in all aspects of insolvency matters. Steve is highly experienced in all aspects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as well as insolvency issues arising from in-court and out-of-court restructurings. He is particularly well-versed in the unique needs of parties to Chapter 11 cases, such as debtors, secured lenders, governmental entities, creditors' committees, indenture trustees, liquidators, secured and unsecured creditors, shareholders, and defendants in avoidance actions. Steve also advises investors seeking opportunities in Chapter 11 through the purchase of assets or interests in a creative manner in order to acquire the company or its assets. His clients benefit from his understanding of the needs of all stakeholders, which allows them to negotiate more effectively during the in-court or out-of-court process. His insolvency experience does not end at the US border. Steve has been involved in proceedings with clients in markets such as Mexico, Argentina and Canada, among other jurisdictions.

Katten

Steven Richardson

Senior Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Steven Richman

Partner and Vice Chair of Institutional Investors Practice Group

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Steven Roosa

Norton Rose Fulbright

Steven Rosato

Associate

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Steven Rudgayzer

Steven Rudgayzer advises our clients on all corporate real estate matters, including complex joint venture transactions, platform formations, entity-level investments, and acquisitions and dispositions of real estate assets. Clients also benefit from Steven’s significant experience with preferred equity real estate financings and real estate restructurings.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Steven Rutkovsky

Sidley Austin LLP

Steven Sandretto

Steven Sandretto is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Practice Group and is based in the New York office. Steven has extensive transactional and advisory experience on a wide range of domestic and cross border transactions, particularly in Brazil, Mexico and throughout Latin America. Prior to joining the Firm, Steven worked for several global law firms in their New York and São Paulo offices, and in-house at a large multi-national media company.

Baker McKenzie

Steven Saunders

Steven G. Saunders is a partner and chair of Nutter’s Intellectual Property Department. Clients of all sizes, from emerging companies to multinational corporations, rely on Steven’s counsel for managing all of their intellectual property needs, including IP portfolio development, strategy and evaluation, patent preparation and prosecution, product clearance, inter partes reviews (IPRs), litigation management, reexamination, and licensing. Drawing on his experience as both IP counsel and angel investor, Steven also conducts due diligence analysis in preparation of angel or venture capital investments, mergers, or acquisitions. As a high tech patent lawyer, Steven frequently handles complex investigations on behalf of clients, which ultimately demonstrate that their products do not infringe on third-party patents, or that the third-party patents are invalid. In addition, he often helps clients in designing around third-party patents.

Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

Steven Schaffer

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Steven Scholes

Steven (Steve) S. Scholes is the global head of McDermott’s Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses on SEC investigations, shareholder litigation, including class and derivative actions, and internal investigations. Steve is an experienced trial lawyer, and he has tried civil, criminal and administrative cases in federal and state courts. He regularly represents clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities regulators and self-regulatory organizations, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and stock, options and futures exchanges. He has served as the global operations partner for the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group and the partner-in-charge of both the Chicago Trial Department and the Firm’s SEC Defense Group. Please visit McDermott website for full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/scholes-steven-s/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Steven Schwartz

Partner

Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

Steven Segal

Of Counsel, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Steven Seidman

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Steven Serajeddini

Steven Serajeddini is a partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Steven advises companies, ad hoc committees, private equity firms and other investors on capital structure, liquidity and other strategic solutions for public and private companies across industries, including liability management transactions, exchange transactions, refinancings, amend and extend transactions, mergers and acquisitions, out-of-court restructurings and court proceedings. Steven also advises boards of directors and senior management on fiduciary duties and corporate governance. Steven has led some of the largest and most complex liability management transactions and restructurings of all time. Steven has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the space by numerous national and international publications. Steven was awarded an “MVP of the Year” by Law360 for 2024. He was also recognized as an “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer 2024” by Turnarounds & Workouts. Steven was previously recognized as a member of the “40 Under 40–Emerging Leaders” by the American Bankruptcy Institute, where he was described as “the consummate tactician. He can see around corners to anticipate issues and is able to find common ground in the most complex and contentious situations.” He has been recognized as a runner-up for “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer and cited as leading Turnaround & Workouts “Successful Restructurings” in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He received an award for Turnaround of the Year 2023 from the Turnaround Management Association for leading the Pipeline Health Systems turnaround. He has been individually profiled by Bloomberg Law, LevFin Insights and other publications. Steven is a frequent lecturer, speaker and writer on capital structure-related topics. He has published articles in notable industry publications, including Journal of Corporate Renewal and Law360, among others. Steven also regularly serves as a guest lecturer, moderator and panelist on liability management, restructuring and debt investing at top academic institutions and industry forums, including the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Northwestern University, the ABI and INSOL.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Steven Shaw

Steve Shaw is a nationally recognized authority on ethics, compliance, and suspension and debarment in federal contracting. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force and the Department’s first Air Force Suspension and Debarment Official (SDO), where he oversaw hundreds of contractor responsibility cases, including many involving alleged False Claims Act violations. In his capacity as the Air Force’s first SDO, Steve helped shape modern federal suspension and debarment policy.

Nichols Law

Steven Silverberg

Steven M. Silverberg is a seasoned litigator and first-chair trial attorney with a focus on matters in federal courts. He routinely litigates employment actions and complex commercial and business disputes on behalf of clients in the media, hospitality, healthcare, and financial services industries, as well as municipal entities, transportation authorities, and law enforcement agencies. Steve has a breadth of experience handling high-value and high-profile impact litigation and frequently represents prominent public figures and institutions, including public sector clients, in cases that receive national media attention. He zealously executes litigation strategies that simultaneously achieve positive results in the courtroom and favorably portray his clients in the press. At the same time, Steve appreciates the importance of negotiated resolutions where possible and has settled more than 200 matters in advance of trial. A leading voice on civil rights and Fourth Amendment litigation, Steve has defended public officials in hundreds of federal cases involving wrongful arrest, excessive force, overturned conviction, and other high-stakes claims—often where government policies and practices themselves are on trial. His experience, along with bylines in the New York Law Journal and Bloomberg Law and his teaching at Rutgers University, has established him as a trusted authority on litigation and strategy in this field.

Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP