Jennifer Altman is the managing partner of Pillsbury’s Miami office. She has first-chaired 30 trials in state and federal courts and in arbitration forums across the United States and internationally, including the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, the ICC and the American Health Lawyers Association. Jennifer has proven success in complex bet the company cases as lead trial lawyer, but she is equally adept at providing strategic advice designed to assist clients in evaluating operational risks to avoid the pitfalls of litigation where possible.

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.

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.

Chris Caffarone is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and accountant who represents corporations, boards and senior executives in high-stakes investigations, enforcement matters and complex litigation.

Matt Carter’s practice includes litigating bid protests, conducting internal investigations, representing companies and individuals in suspension and debarment proceedings, and providing regulatory and compliance advice.

With nearly 25 years’ experience as a federal prosecutor, Ronald Cheng focuses on complex China-related litigation and white collar investigations and representations.

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.

Aaron Dyer, national co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense team, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex criminal and civil litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.

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.

Nancy Fischer, Pillsbury’s global head of the Regulatory practice, is consistently recognized by Chambers and other publications as a leading authority on international trade law.

Carolina A. Fornos, the head of Pillsbury’s New York Litigation group and the leader of its Latin America practice, is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on international commercial disputes, civil and criminal enforcement matters, and cross-border internal investigations and compliance.

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.

Jeffrey Gans, chair of Pillsbury’s Public-Private Partnership team, advises owners, developers and contractors on major projects.

Adam Goldberg is a partner in Pillsbury’s Litigation practice with a focus on white collar and corporate investigations, U.S. regulatory compliance and cross-border disputes involving high-risk jurisdictions, including in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

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.

Kim Jaimez, a former white collar federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney, focuses her practice on corporate investigations, white collar defense, complex civil litigation and other regulatory actions.

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.

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.

Audrey Koh leads the Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice of the London office and has a broad range of experience across energy and natural resources, financial services, and life sciences and pharmaceuticals sectors, advising corporations, senior executives and high-net-worth individuals.

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.

Laurence specializes in complex business disputes, with an industry focus on technology and life sciences, and a geographic focus on India, Israel and North America.

Casey Low is the head of Pillsbury’s litigation practice in Austin and is a seasoned trial and appellate lawyer who prosecutes and defends actions for clients around the country.

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

Jeff Metzler is a Litigation partner and co-leader of Pillsbury’s Education group, where he advises colleges, universities and other institutional clients on high-stakes civil rights defense, compliance strategy, investigations and complex litigation. He is nationally ranked by Chambers USA for higher education law and is recognized for his strategic judgment, practical risk mitigation and client-focused advocacy.

Waleed Nassar focuses his practice in the areas of international disputes, sanctions, commercial litigation, and financial fraud and asset tracing. He has particular experience with highly politicized legal matters involving the Middle East.

Michelle Ng, a litigation partner fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, advocates for her clients’ interests and helps resolve their legal disputes and regulatory matters efficiently. 

Lisseth Ochoa-Chavarria focuses her practice on a broad range of complex business and commercial litigation, including contract disputes, insurance recovery, consumer protection and product liability.

Richard Oliver, a Los Angeles-based Pillsbury partner, is a leading authority on government contracts and disputes involving the Department of Defense and civilian agencies.

David Oliwenstein, formerly with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, leads Pillsbury’s Securities Enforcement practice. David advises clients on complex investigations, regulatory and criminal enforcement of the securities laws, and securities litigation.

Tony Phillips is a seasoned litigator, trial lawyer and compliance advisor with over two decades of experience navigating high-stakes business disputes, regulatory challenges and internal investigations. As a partner in the Complex Litigation group, Tony focuses on governmental, in-house, and private practice to deliver exceptional results for clients across industries.

Bob Sills has extensive experience litigating complex cross-border matters in administered and non-administered arbitrations as well as before state and federal courts.

Andy Smith is a partner in the law firm’s Litigation practice, with a particular focus on international issues and clients.

Jake Sorensen has represented institutions and executives in their most sensitive and challenging matters for over 25 years. He regularly serves as lead counsel in some of the largest antitrust cases in the country and has represented defendants in many other significant and high-profile matters, from the NSA Surveillance litigation to litigation arising out of the Operation Varsity Blues university admissions criminal cases.

Bill Sullivan concentrates on corporate internal investigations, trial practice and white-collar criminal defense, as well as complex civil litigation, securities enforcement, export control and other regulatory actions.

Anne Voigts leads Pillsbury’s Appellate practice and has argued over 80 cases in federal and state appellate courts.

Dylan Aste, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, represents corporations and individuals in complex commercial litigation, government investigations and white collar defense, and has recovered approximately $500 million over the course of his career.

Katherine Danial is counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense, and Investigations practices. She represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, including matters before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and regularly defends clients in high-stakes government investigations brought by the DOJ, SEC and OIGs.

Jay Dealy concentrates on complex commercial litigation matters, with a focus on appeals and international arbitrations.

Alvin Dunn has substantial counseling and litigation experience in antitrust, consumer protection, and trade regulation matters, and substantial dispute resolution and litigation experience in a wide variety of complex commercial matters.

Sheila Harvey, Pillsbury’s Energy Industry Group leader, Hydrogen and Sustainable Finance co-leader and Climate Change & Sustainability practice leader, is an accomplished adviser on climate, energy and environmental policy and regulatory issues as well as the impact of these policies and regulations on transactional and litigation matters.

Philip He represents clients in complex commercial and business disputes, including contract disputes, insurance recovery, real estate, products liability and tort claims, and white-collar defense and investigations.

Jeff Izant is a former Justice Department official and federal prosecutor who represents corporations and individuals in government investigations, white collar defense and commercial litigation. He has tried multiple federal criminal cases and brings that courtroom experience to defending clients at every stage of enforcement matters, including responding to subpoenas and civil investigative demands, engaging with the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and federal agencies, and litigating cases through trial.

Christoffer Lee is a seasoned trial lawyer and former federal and state prosecutor with extensive experience handling high-stakes and sensitive corporate investigations, complex litigation and white collar defense matters. Christoffer has tried 11 jury cases to verdict in federal and state courts and is known for his pragmatic, trial-tested judgment. He advises companies, executives and boards confronting multidimensional legal, regulatory and reputational risks. He also counsels clients on law enforcement compliance, trust and safety, and navigating regulatory risk involving artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

Drew Navikas helps clients strengthen their businesses by navigating complex antitrust and competition law challenges before global enforcement agencies and in private litigation.

Patti Rothenberg-Montz focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial litigation, including technology litigation, supply chain disputes, insurance recovery and cases involving fraud and ethics issues. She represents clients in all stages of litigation, including discovery, trial, settlement and appeals, in both state and federal courts.