Lawyers in United States

Richard Hofstetter

Counsel

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Richard Holwell

A nationally respected commercial litigator recognized as a National Law Journal “Litigation Trailblazer,” the Hon. Richard Holwell has spent his career advocating and adjudicating high-stakes legal disputes, including during his nine years as a federal judge in the Southern District of New York. Before founding Holwell Shuster & Goldberg in 2012, he presided over two of the most significant securities fraud matters to reach trial in recent decades: the insider trading trial of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, and a securities class action (In re Vivendi Universal, S.A. Securities Litigation) establishing significant law regarding the application of U.S. law to alleged securities fraud involving a foreign plaintiff. Judge Holwell represents, and has represented throughout his career, clients in complex commercial litigation matters involving securities, antitrust, and bankruptcy issues; in investigations undertaken by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and other government agencies; and in his leading appellate practice. At HSG, clients have called on Judge Holwell for his advocacy skills, as well as his unquestioned judgment, in engagements ranging from his representation of Visa in antitrust litigation with the largest retailers in the United States to his appointment as independent monitor of a major financial institution under the terms of an agreement with the SEC. Judge Holwell also served as interim general counsel for the Port Authority in the aftermath of the “Bridgegate” scandal, and in 2012 was appointed to the three-member NFL appeals panel, along with retired federal Judge Fern Smith and Georgetown professor James Oldham. Judge Holwell’s many career appellate arguments include one resulting in a decision, still significant today, establishing important precedent on the extraterritorial application of U.S. securities laws and antitrust standing under the Clayton Act. At HSG, he secured a Second Circuit reversal of an order enforcing a $932 million arbitration award against one of the largest telecommunications companies in Turkey. Before his confirmation to the federal judiciary, Judge Holwell practiced with HSG co-founding partners Michael Shuster and Daniel Goldberg at White & Case, where he led the firm’s global dispute practice and served on the Management Board. There, Judge Holwell and Mike Shuster litigated more than 30 civil and criminal suits in the U.S. and abroad arising from the insolvency of Crédit Lyonnais, including a highly publicized fraudulent transfer action against Kirk Kerkorian relating to his sale of MGM Film Studios. In addition to representing clients in domestic and international arbitrations, Judge Holwell is frequently asked to act as either the chair or member of the panel in ICC, AAA, ICDR, and ad hoc arbitrations. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Federal Bar Council.

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

Richard Horvath

Partner

Dechert

Richard Hung

Richard S.J. Hung | Morrison Foerster “ I love working with the brightest legal talent to help clients with their toughest IP litigation matters. Rich is the Global Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Litigation Department. He previously co-led the firm’s IP Litigation Group and the cross–disciplinary Intellectual Property Group for over a decade. He brings his knowledge as a registered patent lawyer and a Federal Circuit clerk to lead complex technology matters for clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in high–stakes patent litigation, competitor‑on–competitor cases, non–practicing entity assertions, and trade secret misappropriation disputes—obtaining consent judgments in multiple cases. Rich also represents clients in adversarial proceedings before the U.S. PTO and counsels clients on strategic offensive and defensive patent licensing and acquisition issues. His matters have spanned a broad range of technologies, including: Internet search Cryptography Programmable logic devices Graphical user interfaces Smartphones Water filtration consumer appliances

Morrison Foerster

Richard Husseini

Richard has extensive knowledge of privilege and ethical issues affecting tax practice. He regularly counsels clients on their interactions with outside auditors, tax issues affecting financial disclosure issues, and tax investigations. He has deep experience in every facet of the tax controversy practice. His experience includes handling matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in examination, mediation and appeals proceedings, before arbitrators in private party tax disputes, and before courts and regulatory bodies, including those before the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts, state courts, and public utility commissions. He also has an active federal transactional tax practice, with specific experience in tax issues affecting the energy, oil and gas, and electric and gas utility industries (including tax normalization issues).

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Richard J Wilson

Norton Rose Fulbright

Richard J. Giusto

Co-Chair of Global Real Estate Practice

Greenberg Traurig

Richard J. Grossman

Of Counsel

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Richard J. Maire Jr.

Rich Maire’s practice focuses on general corporate law and financial transactions. His representative clients are high-growth middle market private companies where he acts as a “hands-on” outside general counsel and business advisor. He has wide experience in matters of interest to these types of clients, including for example, private equity and debt transactions, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, and corporate governance matters. In addition, in his role as outside general counsel, he is experienced in overseeing typical types of non-corporate legal issues that arise for clients of this nature—focused on achieving client objectives, by selecting and managing Manatt specialists with the appropriate experience. These issues include real estate leasing, construction and acquisitions, commercial litigation, labor litigation and intellectual property services. In this context, he represents clients in a diverse set of industries, including multi-unit retail, multi-unit restaurants, entertainment, health services, financial services and manufacturing.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Richard J. Preminger

Member

Berkowitz, Trager & Trager LLC

Richard Jones

Co-Chair

Dechert

Richard Jones

Rich is the director of Sullivan’s Tax Department. He concentrates on state and local tax (SALT) litigation and transactional planning involving corporate, personal income and sales/use tax matters. He has more than two decades of experience before the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board, the Supreme Judicial Court, various state Departments of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service on a range of issues, including corporate nexus, domicile, apportionment, step transaction, and unitary reporting. He has served clients across sectors including technology, financial services, retail, media, manufacturing, telecommunications, e-commerce, software and construction. Rich has developed a strong record in representing clients in SALT controversies over the years, including a string of recent victories in landmark Massachusetts tax cases. In 2021 he argued and prevailed before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Oracle v. Commissioner of Revenue, which affirmed the right of businesses to apportion sales tax on software used in multiple states. The Oracle decision was named a top SALT case of 2021 by Law360 and a Top Indirect Tax Dispute Worldwide for Q2 2021 by International Tax Review. In 2023, Rich notched another win before Massachusetts’ highest court in Reagan v. Commissioner of Revenue, reversing the state’s policy of assessing sellers of exempt urban redevelopment projects; the case marked an important victory for taxpayers as well as urban renewal and affordable housing. See also Akamai Technologies v. COR (ATB, 2021; manufacturing corporation benefits for CDN software provider); VAS Holdings, Inc. v. COR (SJC, 2022 (representing amicus curie); Mass. lacked authority to tax out-of-state corporation – adopting position first raised in our amicus brief). In 2024 and 2026, Rich was named a "Go To" Tax Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. In 2022, Rich was selected as a finalist for Litigator of the Year by The American Lawyer. In 2021, the editors of Law360 selected Rich as Tax MVP and published a profile story on his career and recent achievements. In 2021, Rich was also named a "Lawyer of the Year" by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Rich has been recognized by International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders’ Guide for the past six years and in August 2020, 2022 and 2023 was shortlisted by ITR Americas for the North America Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year. He has been recognized and ranked by The Legal 500 U.S., Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America©. Rich formerly taught State and Local Taxation as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University, D’Amore-McKim Graduate School, MS in Taxation Program. He is active with the American Bar Association’s Tax Section, and co-chairs the SALT Subcommittee on Income & Net Worth. He previously served as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Section and its State Tax Committee. Rich is co-author of “Taxation,” Vols. 4 - 4C of Thomson Reuters’ Massachusetts Practice Series and frequently writes and speaks at seminars on SALT topics. He has been quoted on tax matters in numerous publications, including Tax Notes, Bloomberg, Law360, The Boston Globe and Boston Herald. Rich has also appeared as a guest on National Public Radio (NPR) programs to discuss SALT issues, including: SCOTUS Says States Can Collect Sales Tax From Online Retailers, Radio Boston with Meghna Chakrabarti (2018); Massachusetts Tries Something New To Claim Taxes From Online Sales, All Things Considered (2017); and Mass. Online Sales Tax Raises Legal Questions, Radio Boston (2017).

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Richard Jones

Member and Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions Practice Group Chair

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Richard Kebrdle

Partner

White & Case LLP

Richard Kim

Richard Kim advises clients on capital markets transactions and counsels public companies within the technology and life sciences sectors. Richard leverages a pragmatic approach and forges relationships across the capital markets space to guide issuers and investment banks on: Initial public offerings (IPOs) Follow-on and secondary offerings Debt offerings, including convertible notes offerings Within his public company representation practice, he develops a comprehensive understanding of his clients’ business objectives and helps them navigate complex issues relating to securities law compliance and corporate governance. Richard also represents late-stage private companies as they prepare to go public. Richard serves on the Mentoring Committee and previously served on the Recruiting Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Richard Kinyon

Partner

Shartsis Friese LLP

Richard Klawiter

Senior Counsel

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Richard Krainin

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Richard LaCava

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Richard Lapp

Mr. Lapp is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices. His practice centers on high-consequence litigation. Fortune 500 companies have sought Mr. Lapp’s unique combination of legal expertise, business acumen, and strategic focus in contexts ranging from litigation to high-sensitivity boardroom investigations. He has successfully defended his clients against allegations of worker misclassification, discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, whistleblower retaliation, and wage and hour class actions before regulatory agencies and state and federal courts. Mr. Lapp has also represented Fortune 500 companies in affirmative commercial litigation, non-compete and trade secrets litigation. His diverse, cross-sector corporate clientele spans logistics, retail, consumer products manufacturing, financial services, technology services and products, and healthcare. An active litigator, Rich's practice currently extends across the nation, with recent victories secured in significant matters in California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New York. A cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Law, Rich previously clerked for the Honorable Daniel A. Manion on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rich is a contributing member of several Seyfarth specialty groups, including its Appellate team, Whistleblower team, Employment Whistleblower team, Fraud & Abuse, False Claims and Internal Investigations team, and Corporate Internal Investigations team. In 2015 he was recognized by Best Lawyers (Woodward/White Inc.) as a best lawyer in Chicago for labor & employment litigation, and The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) called him "truly outstanding." He has been recognized in the area of Labor & Employment Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) recognized Rich in the area of Labor & Employment Litigation (2015-2020), and he was selected for mention in the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Law Business Research Ltd.). Rich speaks and publishes on a variety of issues facing employers, and he has authored law review articles on significant labor issues in scholarly journals including The University of Wisconsin Law Review and The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor Law.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Richard Lincer

Richard S. Lincer is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Lincer’s practice focuses on corporate and financial matters, including international project financings and debt restructurings, corporate and asset acquisitions, joint ventures and high yield and leveraged finance transactions, as well as public and private offerings of corporate securities and investment funds.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Richard Lorenzo

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Richard Mandel

Partner. Richard is a litigator with more than thirty years of experience handling intellectual property cases, including copyright, trademark, unfair competition and Internet-related matters, as well as other complex commercial disputes. He regularly represents clients in federal court actions, contested proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and arbitrations and other alternative dispute proceedings. Richard’s clients include companies in the music, television and motion picture, sports, fashion, and food industries.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Richard Marooney

Partner

King & Spalding