Lawyers in United States

Adrienne M Baker

Partner

Dechert

Adrienne Thompson

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Adrián Reyes

Associate

Greenberg Traurig

Adé Heyliger

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Agathe Richard

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Agnes Dover

Senior Counsel

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Agnès Dunogué

Partner

Freshfields

Ahmed Sidik

Ahmed Sidik is a partner in the Houston and Austin offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ahmed advises clients on complex corporate transactions, including carve-out transactions, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity, growth equity and project development investments, recapitalizations, joint ventures, commercial arrangements and related general corporate counseling, with a particular focus on the energy, infrastructure and technology sectors. Prior to law school, Ahmed worked for an oilfield equipment and services company, where he was involved in projects with clients primarily from Southeast Asia. Ahmed has been recognized in The Legal 500 United States for Renewable/Alternative Power and Energy Transactions: Electric Power, by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leaders in Energy, and has been named a Texas Rising Star for Mergers & Acquisitions by Thomson Reuters.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Ahsan Shaikh

Ahsan Shaikh serves as the head of McDermott’s Patent Prosecution practice. He focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio management and client counseling for computer-related technology companies. Please visit McDermott website for full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/shaikh-ahsan-a/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Aidan Synnott

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Aileen Hunter

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Office Managing Partner

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Aileen McGrath

Aileen M. McGrath | Morrison Foerster Aileen McGrath, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice, leads high stakes appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts across the country, with a particular focus on courts in California. Aileen’s clients describe her as “one of the best writers I have ever seen,” uniquely skilled at developing “the most effective strategy” in bet-the-company cases, and “extraordinarily knowledgeable.” (Chambers USA) A broad range of sophisticated clients turn to Aileen to lead their appeals. Aileen has a robust track record, including arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court and leading many other Supreme Court matters at the merits and certiorari stages. She has also argued multiple appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and California Courts of Appeal, and she has led representations at the California Supreme Court. Aileen is recognized as a rising star in appellate litigation in California. She is ranked in the "Up and Coming" category for Litigation: Appellate in California by Chambers USA. Additionally, The Legal 500 has named her a "Next Generation Partner" in the Appellate: Supreme Courts (States and Federal) practice area. Aileen possesses deep expertise in multiple areas of law, including class actions, consumer protection cases, constitutional and civil rights issues, labor and employment matters, state and local government litigation, and state and federal administrative proceedings. Beyond her appellate engagements, she is actively involved at the trial court level, collaborating with clients as a creative problem-solver and trusted strategic advisor. Before joining Morrison Foerster, Aileen was the Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. Previously, she served as Deputy City Attorney on the Complex and Affirmative Litigation team. Throughout her service in the Office, she acted as lead counsel for San Francisco in numerous significant matters at all levels of the California state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and California Supreme Court. Aileen is an active member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Northern California chapter. Aileen maintains a robust pro bono practice, and she has been recognized by the International Municipal Lawyers Association and the California County Counsel’s Association for her dedication to local-government public interest work. She regularly guest lectures about oral advocacy and effective appellate writing at law schools across the country, including Yale Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law, UC Law San Francisco, and American University Washington College of Law. Aileen also frequently speaks publicly about the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court. Aileen served as a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court and then-Chief Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She also served as a chambers attorney at the California Supreme Court for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. Aileen earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she was awarded the prestigious Sears Prize, recognizing the top two students in her class. She also served as president of the Harvard Law Review. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University. Representative Experience Sheetz v. County of El Dorado (audio recording). Argued on behalf of California local government in a U.S. Supreme Court property-rights case with significant national implications for land-use planning. Successfully opposed a U.S. Supreme Court petition for certiorari in a Fourth Amendment case involving a circuit conflict. Armstrong v. Michaels Stores, Inc. (audio recording). Argued and won a Ninth Circuit appeal in a case seeking to upend the standard for analyzing waiver of the right to move to compel arbitration. Successfully defeated class certification on behalf of a leading telecommunications company, and successfully led appellate representation to defeat plaintiffs’ Rule 23(f) petition for Ninth Circuit interlocutory review. Successfully represented American Indian tribe before the Second Circuit in a significant Indian law case challenging New York State officials’ operation of state highway across tribe’s reservation. City & County of San Francisco v. Barr (audio recording). Successfully challenged federal government’s denial of Byrne JAG funding for sanctuary cities, including briefing and arguing appeal before Ninth Circuit and opposing petition for certiorari. Successfully briefed and argued appeal in landmark California water rights case challenging the operation of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Rivera v. Garland (audio recording). Argued and won a Ninth Circuit immigration victory in a case seeking asylum for a mother and her young daughter who fled gang violence in El Salvador. Defeated petition for en banc review in D.C. Circuit appeal challenging Department of Interior’s tribal land trust decision. Successfully defended local government retail ordinance against a dormant Commerce Clause challenge. Served as key drafter of the U.S. Supreme Court merits briefing in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which secured marriage equality in California. Defeated election challenge to a San Francisco ballot initiative.

Morrison Foerster

Aimee Cummo

The most active issuers, originators, investors, and financial institutions seek Aimee’s counsel and guidance on capital markets and the regulatory environment. She helps large financial institutions and nonbank lenders in all asset classes navigate the structured finance market. She advises commercial and investment banks, hedge funds, REITs, and other capital market participants on all aspects of the finance, acquisition, management, and disposition of financial assets. She has extensive experience with repurchase and warehouse facilities, syndicated lines of credit and other secured lending programs, securitizations and other structured finance arrangements, acquisition finance transactions, and structured asset sales. Aimee’s practice involves such diverse assets as performing and distressed residential, investor, and commercial mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, single-family rental properties, servicing rights, consumer and small-business loans, and equipment and auto leases. In addition, she has experience with workouts and restructuring distressed facilities.

Alston & Bird LLP

Aimee DeFilippo

Partner

Jones Day

Aimen Mir

Partner

Freshfields

Airi Hammalov

Airi Hammalov is a partner in the New York office of Baker McKenzie and a member of the Firm's Transactions practice. Prior to joining the Firm, Airi practiced at top international firms in Europe.

Baker McKenzie

Akiba Stern

Partner

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Akshay Deoras

Akshay Deoras is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s Bay Area office focusing on patent infringement and trade secret litigation in federal courts and the US International Trade Commission. Akshay’s practice involves a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications, computer networking, computer graphics, computer security, content protection, semiconductor technology, mobile devices, and pharmaceuticals.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Akysia Resper

Attorney

Offit Kurman

Al Pfeiffer

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr., former Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department and former Co-Chair of the Antitrust & Competition Practice, represents clients in civil antitrust matters and other complex commercial disputes. Al, a trial lawyer, represents Fortune 500 companies across industries in high-stakes antitrust and complex commercial litigation. Drawing on more than 30 years of trial experience, he guides clients to successful resolutions, regularly winning at all stages of litigation, including when cases go to trial. He has developed a particular focus on antitrust claims involving dominant firm conduct. Al's work includes representing clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in dozens of jurisdictions across the country, including: Federal district courts United States Courts of Appeal for the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits Arbitration tribunals He has also successfully represented clients involved in investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice and the California Attorney General. Al has been active for many years in the leadership of the ABA’s Section on Antitrust. He serves on the Long Range Planning Committee and previously served on the leadership Council, as chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, on the Committee Operations Task Force, and as chair of the Communications Industry Committee. He co-authored the ABA Antitrust Section’s Telecom Antitrust Handbook.

Latham & Watkins

Al Saikali

Partner and Co-Chair, Privacy and Data Security Practice

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Alamdar S. Hamdani

Alamdar Hamdani is a highly regarded trial lawyer who joined Bracewell following a 17-year career with the United States Department of Justice in which he held various leadership roles. He draws on his leadership and experience as a federal prosecutor in large, complex national security and white-collar cases to advise companies and corporate executives on government investigations and compliance matters related to cybersecurity, national security, regulatory enforcement and procurement fraud. Alamdar served as the 24th presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas from December 2022 until January 2025. He led one of the largest US Attorney’s Offices in the Department of Justice with 400 employees, including 200 federal prosecutors across six offices. Under his leadership, the office handled more than 10,000 criminal cases and maintained an average conviction rate of 95 percent in cases involving official corruption and national security matters. At the same time, the Civil Division filed over 2,500 cases, including a historic $85 million settlement against a cardiac imaging company.

Bracewell LLP

Alan Annex

Shareholder/ Co-Chair, Global Corporate Practice

Greenberg Traurig

Alan Appel

Senior Tax Consultant - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner