Avocats – United States

David Wille

Partner Practice Group Chair - Trade Secrets Litigation (Firmwide)

Baker Botts L.L.P.

David Willingham

Partner

King & Spalding

David Wolff

David Wolff is the co-head of the US real estate practice and head of the Chicago real estate group. He represents private equity sponsors, real estate investment trusts, developers, capital providers and other institutional and non-institutional investors in commercial real estate, real estate finance and other related transactions. David advises clients in the structuring, negotiating and documenting of all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including financing, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and development of various property types located throughout the US. David also has experience representing businesses in corporate mergers and acquisitions (including healthcare transactions), and in the formation and ongoing administration of commercial and private trust companies.

McDermott Will & Schulte

David Wolfsohn

Partner

Duane Morris LLP

David Woods

Partner

Jones Day

David Wright

Partner and head of the Real Estate Capital Markets practice

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

David Yohai

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

David Yohay

Counsel

Offit Kurman

David Young

DLA Piper LLP (US)

David Zaheer

Corporate Partner

Latham & Watkins

David Zilberberg

Counsel

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Frye

Butler Snow LLP

Davis Lee Wright

Partner Co-Chair, Bankruptcy + Reorganizations Practice Group

Robinson & Cole LLP

Dawn Lurie

Senior Counsel

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dawn Mertineit

For more than a decade, Dawn Mertineit has represented corporations and their directors and officers in a number of industries in complex commercial litigation, litigating partnership, franchise, real estate, and whistleblower disputes, with a special emphasis on noncompete and trade secrets litigation. She understands that many clients rely on noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements to protect their most valuable assets, while others face hurdles in recruiting and onboarding new employees bound by such restrictive covenants. Dawn brings her experience and knowledge of state and federal laws to help her clients navigate these issues, from drafting agreements and executing rollout and enforcement strategies, to analyzing competitor agreements and proposing recruitment and onboarding plans and prosecuting or defending against claims related to breach of restrictive covenants or misappropriation of trade secrets.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dawn Stern

Partner; Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Government Contracting Sector

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Dawn Yamane Hewett

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Dawson Robinson

Bartlit Beck LLP

Dayna Chikamoto

Associate, New York

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Dean Agnos

Dean Agnos is counsel in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices of Latham & Watkins. He focuses on corporate and transactional work in the insurance industry, including capital markets transactions, public and private merger and acquisition transactions, start-ups, and joint ventures. Dean regularly advises clients on complex alternative capital reinsurance vehicles and has been an integral member of the team advising on multiple completed and ongoing complex transactions to date. Dean received his BA in 2003 from the University of Pennsylvania and his JD in 2006 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was the executive editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law.

Latham & Watkins

Dean Baxtresser

Dean Baxtresser represents clients in high-profile government litigation and investigations, particularly involving major contract disputes and False Claims Act allegations. Dean leverages a sophisticated understanding of the government contracting ecosystem and extensive experience guiding world-leading companies through their biggest disputes to help clients navigate: Complex commercial litigation involving the False Claims Act Government investigations and congressional inquiries Government contract disputes Bid protests Government audits He advises clients on regulatory compliance obligations related to government contracting, including domestic preferences, procurement integrity, small business rules and cost accounting requirements, as well as regulatory and contractual disclosure requirements with respect to Federal Supply Schedule contracts. Within the transactional context, Dean collaborates across the firm’s global platform to identify opportunities and risks associated with government contracting, including business considerations, transaction structure, government notice and approval requirements, and intellectual property factors. Dean serves as Co-Chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Government Contracts Committee and regularly presents at committee events. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising nonprofit organizations on government grants. Before joining the firm, Dean served as a lead program attorney for the acquisition of military equipment and weapon systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, the United States Marine Corps’ primary acquisition arm. He advised the Marine Corps on issues spanning the entire government acquisition process, including source selection, bid protests, and contract terminations. His practice also encompassed procurement fraud investigations, special reviews of agency procurement policies, contract management, and the acquisition and management of information technology support services.

Latham & Watkins

Dean Dunlavey

Dean Dunlavey is Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in Orange County. His practice focuses on patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and other intellectual property litigation.

Latham & Watkins

Dean Fealk

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Dean Nicyper

Partner

Withers