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Robinson & Cole LLP

 

Welcome to Robinson+Cole, an Am Law 200 firm serving regional, national, and international clients from nine offices throughout the Northeast, Florida, and California. Our 200-plus lawyers and other professionals share a simple, common goal: We’ll work hard to know you, your industry, and your business so that we can provide the service and representation that best fits your needs.

We cultivate deep relationships within our communities, the legal profession, and the industries we serve to envision "the whole picture" and to understand the factors that drive today's constantly changing world.

We share a rich history and culture of community involvement, pro bono service, celebration of diversity, and dedication to client service.  Since our founding in 1845, our past has molded us but it does not define us.  The connections we have today and will make tomorrow keep us looking to the future, refining our methods, and inventing new ways to serve you better.

Our clients range from Fortune 500 to start-up companies, as well as nonprofit and governmental organizations. To meet their changing needs, our legal services and locations have expanded over time. The strategies we propose are tailored to align with our clients' overall business needs, their risk tolerance, and their budget.

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Partner
Wystan Ackerman focuses his practice on three main areas: class actions, appeals, and insurance coverage litigation.
Class Actions
Wystan chairs the firm's Class Action Team and writes the…
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Counsel
Lisa Andrzejewski represents clients throughout the construction industry, including owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, sureties, and high net-worth homeowners. As a…
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Partner
Nathaniel Arden is a member of Robinson+Cole’s Health Law Group. He advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, community providers, and other health care entities on a variety of…
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Partner
Stephen Aronson defends employers in federal and state court and before administrative agencies in class actions, multiplaintiff, and single plaintiff employment law claims.
Employment…
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Associate
Jessica Bardi concentrates her practice on land use and environmental law and related litigation. She is a member of the firm's Real Estate + Development Group. 
Land Use and Environmental…
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Partner
Megan Baroni has extensive experience counseling clients on a wide variety of environmental, health, and safety issues. She frequently represents manufacturers and distributors and is a…
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Partner
Joseph Barra is a member of the firm’s Construction Group. With skills gained in his first career as a civil engineer, he has represented clients in the construction industry for over 25…
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Partner
Bruce B. Barth focuses his practice on the representation of employers and fiduciaries with respect to retirement and welfare benefits, executive compensation, and benefits issues in…
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Partner
Patrick W. Begos has defended administrators and insurers of life, health, and disability benefit plans for more than 30 years. He has litigated hundreds of ERISA disputes in courts around…
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Associate
Gregory J. Bennici regularly litigates disputes related to group welfare benefits, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), health insurance, disability insurance, and life…
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Partner
Kendra Berardi focuses her practice on real estate litigation and complex commercial litigation. Kendra is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and its Real Estate and Title…
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Partner
Patrick Birney co-chairs the firm's Bankruptcy + Reorganizations Group and is a member of the Business Litigation Group.
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Since 1998, Patrick has focused his…
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Partner

Lisa M. Boyle chairs our firm's Health Law group. She has spent more than 25 years representing a wide range of health care providers, including health systems, hospitals, physicians,…
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Associate
Trevor Bradley is a commercial litigator who focuses his practice on resolving a wide-range of complex business disputes for his clients. Trevor has significant experience litigating cases…
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Associate

Dan A. Brody focuses his practice on complex business litigation matters, government and internal investigations, corporate compliance, and criminal defense. He is a member of our firm’s…
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Partner
J. Tyler Butts represents the insurance industry in complex first-party property insurance coverage litigation throughout the country, with a focus on litigation concerning allegations of…
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Partner
David Carney has significant, varied experience in government enforcement, internal investigations, complex civil litigation and corporate compliance programs. David’s broad experience has…
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Partner
John Casey concentrates his practice on land use and environmental matters, with particular emphasis on coastal management, development, permitting, and littoral and riparian water rights.…
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Partner
Dennis Cavanaugh is a current member and past chair of the firm’s Construction Group, and he focuses his practice on construction and surety law, including transactional work and litigation…
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Associate
Julie Charpentier focuses her practice on business and real estate litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and its Real Estate and Title Insurance Team.  …
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Associate
Tiange (Tim) Chen advises on cross-border capital market and corporate transactions, with a particular focus on SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC business combinations. He also advises domestic and…
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Partner
Ian T. Clarke-Fisher is a business and employment litigator, who represents both plaintiffs and defendants on every aspect of a dispute, from pre-litigation strategies to taking matters on…
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Since its founding in 1845, Robinson+Cole has been recognized for its trial practice. Today, nearly a third of the our lawyers engage in trial work across a far-ranging variety of areas,…
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Partner
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers, ranging from startups to the Fortune 500, multi-national corporations, nonprofit health care…
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Partner
John L. Cordani is a co-chair of our firm's Intellectual Property + Technology group. He litigates patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and antitrust cases through trial and appeal…
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Associate
Christopher A. Costain counsels clients in employment law and human resource workplace matters.
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Counsel
Curtis Crowther is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group with extensive experience litigating in all the courts in Delaware. His experience transcends many substantive areas of…
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Associate
William Maxwell Daley focuses his practice on insurance coverage litigation and business litigation. 
Insurance Litigation
Max is a member of the firm's Insurance + Reinsurance Group. He…
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Partner
Kevin P. Daly focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and international trade compliance issues. He has extensive experience representing companies at all stages of class…
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Partner

Benjamin M. Daniels advises financial institutions and global corporations about litigation and dispute resolution. As a member of our Business Litigation group, Ben provides creative and…
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Our lawyers are knowledgeable about data collection technology, including the use of cookies. We also understand the value of collecting and using data for marketing and other strategic…
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Associate
Milanna Datlow has experience defending group welfare benefits and pension benefits plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against allegations of fiduciary…
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Associate
Emily C. Deans represents clients such as telecommunications companies and commercial businesses before state regulatory agencies, including the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory…
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Partner
Natale DiNatale is a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group and is the chair of the firm’s Labor Relations Group, which is both nationally and regionally…
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Partner
Kathleen E. Dion focuses her practice on providing counseling and dispute resolution advice to colleges, universities, independent schools, childcare centers, and organizations serving…
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Counsel
TBased on years of experience, Thomas J. Donlon primarily focusses his practice on appeals. He has successfully briefed and argued appeals in many of the federal Courts of Appeals as well…
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Counsel
Jennifer Driscoll focuses her practice on investigations, litigation, arbitration, mergers, and counseling. Jen has extensive experience in the medical devices, pharmaceutical, electronic…
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Partner

Conor O. Duffy advises hospitals, physician groups, community providers, and other health care entities on general corporate matters and health law issues. He also counsels clients on what…
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Associate
Christopher Y. Eddy focuses his practice in the areas of environmental law, environmental litigation, facility siting, retail energy supply and utility regulatory law. He is an associate in…
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Partner
William J. Egan has over thirty years of commercial litigation and business law experience. He handles trials at the state and federal level, along with arbitrations and mediations,…
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Partner
Ze’-ev Eiger represents foreign and domestic investment banks, private equity groups, and public and private companies in connection with a wide variety of transactions, including debt and…
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Associate
Kristen Elia concentrates her practice on commercial real estate finance, land use, and transactional matters. She is a member of the firm's Real Estate + Development Group.
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Robinson+Cole's Employee Benefits and Compensation Group provides comprehensive employee benefits services to a wide range of clients, including publicly held and privately held companies,…
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Partner
Nationally ranked by Chambers in Privacy since 2012 and globally since 2021, Linn Freedman is a leader in the field of Privacy and Cybersecurity Law. Her clients have said that Linn “is a…
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Senior Associate
Brian C. Freeman focuses his practice on environmental compliance counseling, permitting, site remediation, and related litigation regarding federal and state regulatory programs. Areas of…
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Associate
Sabrina M. Galli assists corporate and other institutional clients in litigation to resolve disputes across many industries, including manufacturing, technology, construction, and managed…
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Partner
Michael Giaimo practices land use, real estate and environmental law. He represents developers, businesses, institutions, government agencies, and other property owners in permitting,…
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Associate
Yelena (Lena) Greenberg has experience advising clients on health care regulatory compliance and transactional matters. Lena advises healthcare clients such as hospitals and health systems…
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Partner
Sean Griffin is an experienced litigator who has accumulated a keen knowledge of addressing clients’ complex legal issues. Whether as a business litigator or a leader in data privacy, Sean…
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Associate
Larry Grijalva’s commercial and legal construction experience provides a unique perspective in his representation of construction industry companies, developers, and project owners. His…
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Associate


Anand O. Gupta brings a depth of commercial experience to the firm's construction practice, having worked for many years in contract procurement, engineering programs, accounts, and sales…
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The Robinson+Cole Health Law Group serves health care and life sciences clients regionally, nationally and globally. We are experienced lawyers trained to help clients meet their business…
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Partner
Kathleen 'Kate' Healy advises diverse health care entities on transactional and complex health care regulatory matters. She represents a wide range of clients, including health systems,…
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Partner

Edward J. Heath is the chair of our firm’s Business Litigation group and co-leads the Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance teams. He is also a member of our firm’s six-member…
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Associate
Ryan D. Hoyler is a land use lawyer and litigator. His legal experience includes representing developers before municipal Planning and Zoning, Wetlands, Water Pollution Control Authority,…
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Associate

Kiernan L. Ignacio’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.. Kiernan is a member of our firm’s Business Transactions group.




Mergers + Acquisitions…
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Partner
Benjamin Jensen has extensive experience handling complex commercial litigation matters and regulatory proceedings. He is a member of our firm’s Business Litigation and Intellectual…
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Partner

Michael J. Kearney, Jr. represents clients in connection with a wide range of tax matters. He is an experienced tax lawyer with a broad-based transactional tax practice involving…
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Partner
Erica J. Kerstein focuses her practice on litigating and arbitrating complex insurance matters, with particular emphasis in the areas of financial lines and commercial general liability…
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Associate
Janet Kljyan has developed extensive experience with helping businesses and other institutional clients litigate and resolve their disputes across an array of industries, including real…
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Partner
Peter R. Knight focuses on litigation, defense of agency enforcement actions, and regulatory matters. He regularly assists clients with private cost recovery and complex multiparty…
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Partner
Eric M. Kogan represents clients in a broad range of corporate, strategic, financial, and commercial transactions, and he provides business counseling for corporate clients as well as for…
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Partner
Rachel Kushel counsels clients on all employment law and workplace human resource issues. She defends management in state and federal court litigation matters and administrative agency…
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Practice Group
Robinson+Cole is one of a select number of firms in the Northeast to have dedicated attorneys who offer a full array of employment law services to employers: counseling and training,…
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Partner
Mitchell Lampert is chair of the firm's Capital Markets and Securities Practice, and he is a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group. He assists clients with transactional matters…
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Practice Group
Our Land Use practice is a cross-disciplinary group of lawyers, professional planners, and environmental analysts that focuses its combined resources on the interrelated fields of planning…
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Associate

Theresa E. Lane focuses her practice on complex business litigation matters, government and internal investigations, white-collar defense, and college and university disciplinary actions.…
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Patent Agent
Daniel Lass is a Patent Agent with a concentration on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in electro-mechanical and mechanical-related areas and other disciplines. With a…
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Infrastructure & Security Manager
Sean is Robinson+Cole’s Infrastructure & Security Manager, a member of the firm’s Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team, and a non-attorney contributor to the Data Privacy + Cybersecurity…
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Partner

Matthew J. Lawlor’s practice ranges from real estate disposition for public agencies, affordable housing finance for major lenders, and development, permitting, land use, and planning…
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Partner

Leslie Levinson is co-chair of the firm's Transactional Health Law Group and a member of both the Health Law and Business Transaction Groups. He has represented private and public…
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Associate
Michael G. Lisitano represents hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and other health care entities on general corporate matters and a variety of health law issues.
Regulatory…
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Associate
Samuel Maduabueke works with clients on a variety of corporate and transactional matters. He is a law clerk in the firm’s Business Transactions Group.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Sam assists…
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Partner
Michael Maglio's practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial and corporate finance, asset-based lending, and other secured and unsecured lending. He is a member of the firm’s…
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Our manufacturing lawyers represent manufacturers and distributors both nationally and internationally. Our clients range from Fortune 50 companies to privately held and/or family-owned…
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Partner
Michele Maresca handles the full range of commercial real estate transactions, including representation of borrowers and lenders in financings, dispositions, acquisitions, and development…
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Partner
Virginia E. McGarrity counsels employers, insurance carriers, and service providers on a wide range of complex employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She is a member of our…
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Partner
Robert S. Melvin has more than 25 years of experience counseling clients on environmental, health, and safety compliance, sustainability, emergency response efforts, site remediation, and…
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Partner
Megan Naughton, the co-chair of the firm’s Immigration Group, has more than two decades of experience successfully handling U.S. business immigration matters. She represents a wide range of…
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Associate
Diana E. Neeves focuses her practice on environmental, energy, land use, and telecommunications litigation and regulatory compliance. Her litigation experience includes disputes related to…
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Partner
Seth B. Orkand focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense, government and corporate internal investigations, research misconduct investigations, college and university…
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Partner
Keisha S. Palmer focuses her practice on all aspects of financing activities for entities or projects that can benefit from tax-advantaged obligations. As a member of our firm's Business…
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Partner
David M. Panico has nearly three decades of experience providing clients with guidance on the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds, notes and other debt obligations. He is a member of…
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Counsel
Endicott (Kit) Peabody, IV has more than 16 years’ experience advising clients on transactional and general corporate matters. This includes significant work representing public and private…
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Associate
Madison C. Picard assists with the representation of management in employment law and workplace human resource matters.
Prior to joining Robinson+Cole, Madison served as a law clerk for the…
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Associate
Jessica Pinto assists in the representation of employers in employment law and workplace human resource matters.
Jess served as a summer associate for Robinson+Cole, where she conducted…
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Partner
Kathleen M. Porter's practice straddles the areas of intellectual property, business transactions, trade regulation, and Internet law and includes import/export control issues, such as…
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Partner
Kathryn M. Rattigan advises clients on data privacy and security, cybersecurity, and compliance with related state and federal laws. She assists clients in assessing risks related to…
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Partner
James P. Ray has more than 30 years of experience as an environmental and product liability litigator and counselor, and he has served as court-appointed common counsel or liaison counsel…
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Robinson+Cole’s Construction Group comprises a team of capable, accomplished lawyers dedicated to the construction industry in the Northeast. We have devoted our legal careers to serving…
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Of Counsel
Norman H. Roos concentrates his practice on transactional, regulatory, and technology matters relating to the financial services and real estate industries. He is a member of our firm's…
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Partner
Glenn A. Santoro, a lawyer and certified public accountant, focuses his practice in the areas of public finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He combines his…
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Partner
Jonathan H. Schaefer provides experienced and reasoned advice to a wide range of regional, national, and international clients on environmental, health and safety, and energy matters.
He…
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Partner

Jacqueline Pennino Scheib serves as co-chair of our firm’s Intellectual Property + Technology group. She works with clients across a range of industries in connection with intellectual…
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Partner

Emilee Mooney Scott has experience in facility compliance and transactional matters. Her experience includes a long-term placement in the legal department of a client, a multinational…
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Associate
Jenna M. Scoville focuses her practice on all aspects of general business litigation and dispute resolution, as well as government enforcement matters, and appellate work. She helps…
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Partner
Evan J. Seeman concentrates his practice in land use and zoning, real property litigation, and municipal law. Evan offers his clients – including developers, corporations, landowners,…
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Partner
Jennifer L. Shanley focuses her practice on U.S. business immigration matters. She is a member of our firm's Immigration Practice group.
Immigration
Jennifer helps multinational companies,…
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Partner
Taylor A. Shea represents corporate and financial services clients in a wide range of finance transactions, consignment facilities, and general corporate and commercial matters. She is a…
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Partner
Rickie M. Sonpal is co-chair of Robinson+Cole’s Business section and a member of our firm’s Business Transactions group. He has a broad-based corporate and transactional practice that…
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Counsel

Peter H. Struzzi has represented and advised hospitals, health systems and other health care entities on a variety of health law and business issues over his more than 30-year career. His…
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Partner
Danielle H. Tangorre has extensive experience counseling clinical laboratories, health care providers, behavioral health providers, hospitals, and other healthcare entities to navigate…
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Partner
Melissa (Lisa) Thompson advises companies, senior management, and boards of directors, with a focus on health care, life sciences, and technology. She serves on the Dispute Resolution…
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Associate
Erin C. Turkis counsels hospitals, physician groups, community providers, post-acute care facilities, and other health care and non-profit entities on corporate, transactional and…
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Partner
Timothy Twardowski focuses his practice on land use policy, development permitting, and real estate. He is a member of the firm's Land Use and Real Estate + Development Groups.
Development…
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Partner
Anna Jinhua Wang, a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group, assists clients with capital markets and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. She…
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Partner
Abby M. Warren represents employers in labor and employment matters. She focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers, including multinational corporations, health care…
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Partner
Jeffrey J. White provides counseling and dispute resolution advice for manufacturers and distributors throughout the United States and globally. He leads our firm's Manufacturing Industry…
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Counsel
William S. Wilson is a commercial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience representing and counseling  public and private owners, developers, design professionals, suppliers,…
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Partner
J. Michael Wirvin's practice includes the representation of domestic and international clients in transactions involving mergers, asset and stock acquisitions, private placements, public…
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Associate
Yang Xu focuses her practice in the areas of securities law, corporate finance and corporate governance. In that capacity, she assists multi-national entities such as public and private…
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Associate
Eden Yerby has experience with real estate and business transactions.
Eden previously served as a summer associate for Robinson+Cole, where she worked with attorneys on various projects,…
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Partner
Er (Arila) Zhou represents special purpose acquisition corporations, emerging growth companies, funds and investment banks, with an emphasis on private and public transactions in relation…
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