Mark Abate is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) lawyers by directories such as Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000 and Managing IP’s IP Stars, among others, for his trial excellence, strategic insight and technical mastery in patent litigation.

Rolando Acosta brings more than 25 years of experience as a sitting New York judge to bear in guiding clients through all phases of litigation.

Stephen Asay advises clients on proactive risk management strategies and the resolution of complex commercial litigation involving insurance coverage and construction claims.

Deborah Baum, Pillsbury’s Global Head of Litigation, is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has secured an impressive success rate in cases she has tried, and in those in which she prevailed before trial.

Brian Beckerman is a seasoned litigator with a diverse employment and high-stakes commercial litigation practice, with a particular emphasis on trade secrets disputes and contract disputes in the aviation and aerospace and technology industries.

Ari Berman is the co-chair of Pillsbury’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement practice and ESG team, and head of the Israel team. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on defending clients in shareholder disputes and investigations involving federal securities laws.

Ben Bernell represents clients in both federal and state courts, where he has litigated disputes involving IP, breach of contract and internet-related claims along with antitrust and business disparagement matters.

Bill Bosch is a skilled first-chair trial lawyer whose practice is largely focused on complex commercial disputes.

Matt Brady represents and advises leading domestic and international clients on a broad range of complex business and commercial disputes, including financial services and lending disputes, first-party and third-party insurance recovery, global sourcing contract disputes, construction claims, and white-collar defense and investigations.

Lee Brand is a commercial litigator with experience representing technology companies and financial institutions in antitrust and securities matters.

James M. Catterson’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation.

Over the course of his 25-year career, Richard Deutsch has been involved in some of the most important issues in international arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator.

Richard Donoghue, Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice group co-leader, is a former Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York and senior official in the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ). He represents corporations and senior executives in government and internal investigations.

Mark Elliott leads Pillsbury’s Environmental & Natural Resources team and maintains a multifaceted practice handling environmental compliance matters, litigation and administrative proceedings.

Bruce Ericson, leader of Pillsbury’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement team, has a stellar record of obtaining—and defending on appeal—dismissals of securities class actions and derivative actions.

Pillsbury Energy and Litigation partner Dillon Ferguson focuses his practice on oil and gas law, with an emphasis on both transaction and litigation matters.

Described by clients as among “the best litigators” and as providing “superb” client service, Eric Fishman maintains a diverse commercial litigation and arbitration practice with a focus on project disputes arising out of long-term agreements.

Sarah Flanagan, a Pillsbury partner, counsels clients on complex claims and disputes, and has won precedent-setting cases in the education, health care and energy areas.

Ed Flanders, managing partner of the New York Office and former head of Pillsbury’s Litigation practice in New York, represents companies in large, complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters.

Paul Fraidenburgh is managing partner of Pillsbury’s San Diego office. Paul is a first chair trial lawyer who currently serves as lead counsel in several of the largest business disputes in California.

Amanda Freyre, a partner in Pillsbury’s New York litigation group, advises clients on all phases of litigation and arbitration, including on pre-litigation strategies to navigate potential disputes and, when needed, protecting clients’ interests in high-stakes litigation and arbitration.

With more than 25 years’ experience, Pillsbury Litigation partner and trial lawyer Maria Galeno handles white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters and conducts internal investigations.

Brian Paul Gearing is a first-chair litigator with deep technical insight and trial experience, delivering practical, winning strategies for technology clients in high-stakes intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation and counseling.

Robert “Bob” Gilbert is a leading insurance recovery and commercial litigation attorney who helps policyholders secure coverage and enforce complex contractual rights.

Eric Gold advises clients on a wide range of complex business and insurance coverage disputes.

Blaine Green leads the Native American Law practice at Pillsbury, one of a small number of big firms nationally recognized in this area.

Tony Guerino brings more than 25 years of experience in energy and environmental litigation involving oil exploration and production disputes.

Patrick Hammon represents clients in complex civil litigation matters, which include intellectual property, securities litigation and high-stakes commercial disputes, as well as in criminal defense, investigation and regulatory matters.

Tom Hill, a partner in Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice, focuses his national practice on white-collar criminal and government enforcement matters and internal corporate investigations.

Robert “Bob” Hollingshead is an accomplished litigator with a strong engineering background, whose practice focuses on patent litigation, adversarial patent license negotiations, and strategic IP counseling. His practice spans the U.S., Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Laura Hurtado is the head of Pillsbury’s San Francisco Litigation section.  She represents entities and individuals in complex civil litigation. Practicing in both state and federal courts, Laura focuses on antitrust, unfair competition and higher education matters, and she has significant experience in class action litigation.

Kirsten Jackson represents policyholders in high-stakes insurance coverage disputes, seeking to maximize recovery under their insurance programs.

Michael Evan Jaffe, a Pillsbury partner with a particular focus in arbitration, litigation and other forms of dispute resolution, is frequently recognized among the most skilled advocates in international arbitration and U.S. litigation.

David Jakopin, a partner since 1996 and the head of Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley Intellectual Property (IP) group, is a strategic thinker who brings a broad knowledge base and creativity to provide practical advice and concrete implementations on difficult issues.

Chris Kao focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Chris is Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice group leader and Taiwan practice co-leader.

David Keyko’s practice has focused on major, complex litigation, including cases involving allegations of fraud, antitrust violations, ethics issues, and trusts and estates matters. David is a co-leader of the Litigation – Trusts, Estates and High Net Worth team.

Todd Kim is recognized as a nationally leading appellate and environmental litigator. He brings decades of high-level public service and private practice experience to today’s most pressing environmental and administrative law challenges.

Stacie represents clients involved in high-stakes disputes. Whether it is litigating matters from discovery and motion practice through trial and appeal or advising her clients on strategic approaches to resolve disputes pre-litigation, she brings her substantial courtroom experience to achieve client-driven results.

David Klein, a Pillsbury Litigation partner, is repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA for his skill in resolving insurance coverage disputes through litigation and negotiation.

Liz Klingensmith strategically partners with clients throughout the dispute resolution process as a counselor, trusted advisor and advocate from pre-litigation risk assessment all the way through trial.

As lead counsel for over forty jury and bench trials, Steven Knott focuses his practice on insurance recovery, commercial disputes and construction litigation.

Gerald “Jay” Konkel represents corporate policyholders in pursuing insurance assets for product liability, toxic tort claims, environmental damages, E&O, business interruption losses, and other liabilities.

Mark Krotoski is an accomplished litigator, former DOJ leader and federal prosecutor who assists clients in their highest stakes issues, as well as managing crises, with a focus on antitrust and cartels, cybersecurity and cybercrime, and economic espionage. He leads the Cyber Disputes team and Cartel Enforcement team, drawing on his DOJ leadership and private sector experience. 

Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe has extensive leadership experience and a diverse practice. He advises clients on matters including white collar defense, internal investigations, crisis management, and high-stakes commercial litigation and trials.

Pillsbury partner Alex Lathrop is an accomplished litigator and skilled negotiator who helps corporate policyholders facing large and complex losses recover from their insurers.

Carol Lee represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters.

Mike Lepre has more than 30 years of experience representing domestic and foreign generators of nuclear power, and vendors of uranium fuel and nuclear power plant components, in all aspects of their business, including transactional, litigation, regulatory and strategic business matters.

Pillsbury Intellectual Property partner Mark Litvack has achieved an impressive record of securing favorable outcomes for clients in trial and appellate courts and ADR proceedings.

Pillsbury partner Matthew MacLean is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for commercial disputes and litigation.

Derek Mayor focuses his practice on general complex commercial litigation, corporate investigations, white collar defense, employment disputes and licensed beverage law and regulation.