New Partners 2022
The Legal Intelligencer congratulates the new class of partners for 2022.
March 14, 2022 at 08:47 AM
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Partner PromotionsGunjan Agarwal Firm: Fox Rothschild, Pittsburgh Born: 1984, India Practice Areas: Intellectual property, patents, technology Partnership Date: 4/29/2021 Career: Fox Rothschild, associate, 2013-21; Gazdzinski and Associates, patent attorney, 2012-13 Advanced Education: UC San Diego, M.S., bioengineering, 2009 Law School: University of San Diego Law School, 2012, cum laude, Order of the Coif College: R.V. College of Engineering, B.E., biotechnology, 2007, summa cum laude Alexis Aloi Graziano Firm: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Practice Areas: Litigation Partnership Date: 2/1/2022 Career: Present firm, counsel, 2019-2022, associate 2013-2019; Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, associate, 2011-2013 Clerkship: Law Clerk to Judge Kyran Connor, J.S.C. New Jersey State Judiciary 2010-2011 Law School: Villanova University School of Law, 2010 College: Loyola University Maryland, B.A., 2007, Lori Armstrong Halber Firm: Fox Rothschild, Warrington Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Partnership Date: 2/1/2021 Career: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, associate 1997-08, partner 2008-09; Jackson Lewis, partner 2009-12; Fisher Phillips, partner 2012-19; Reed Smith, partner 2019-21; Fox Rothschild, partner 2021-present Advanced Education: Temple University, M.B.A., 2019 Law School: Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1997 College: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1991 Ralph E. Arpajian Firm: White and Williams Born: 1956 Practice Areas: Real estate Partnership Date: 10/15/2021 Career: White and Williams; Haynes and Boone, partner; Paul Hastings, of counsel; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, shareholder; Dewey & LeBoeuf, associate Law School: University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 1982 College: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., summa cum laude, 1978 Melissa K. Atkins Firm: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel Born: 1983, Willingboro, New Jersey Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, Of Counsel, 2021; Chubb Limited Insurance, House Counsel, Employment Law Group 2018-2021; City of Philadelphia, Law Department, Labor and Employment, Deputy City Solicitor, 2013-2018. Law School: Faulkner University, J.D., 2010 College: University of Miami, B.B.A., Marketing and Business Management, 2005 Charlene A. Barker Gedeus Firm: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Partnership Date: 2/1/2022 Career: Present firm, associate, 2017- 2019, counsel 2019 -2022; Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, associate 2016-2017; Post & Schell, associate 2014-2016; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, associate 2011-2014 Clerkship: Judge Petrese B. Tucker, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2010-2011 Advanced Education: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, M.P.A., 2005 Law School: New York Law School, J.D., 2010, magna cum laude College: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, B.A., 2004 Linda Ann Bartosch Firm: Dechert Practice Areas: Global Finance; Asset Finance & Securitization; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Residential Mortgage Finance; Real Estate; Fintech; Commercial Mortgage-backed; Securities Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Dechert, associate 2011-2021; Pennsylvania Superior Court, Judicial Intern, June 2009-August 2009 Advanced Education: University of Virginia, BEUP, Urban and Environmental Planning, 2008 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Certificate in Business and Public Policy, 2011 Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2011, Associate Editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law (2009-2010), Comments Editor of the Journal of Constitutional Law (2010-2011), Executive Editor of the National Symposium Issue of the Harvard Journal of Law College: University of Virginia, B.A., 2008 Barak A. Bassman Firm: Blank Rome Born: 1977, New York City, New York Practice Areas: Corporate litigation, antitrust litigation and counseling, class action defense, healthcare Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Blank Rome, partner, 2022; Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, partner 2020-2022; Pepper Hamilton, partner, 2010-2020, associate, 2000-2009. Law School: New York University School of Law, J.D., 2000 College: Grinnell College, B.A., 1997 Paul Bennett Firm: Dechert Born: Woodbury, New Jersey Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Corporate Governance Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Dechert, associate, 2018-2021; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, associate, 2015-2018; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, associate 2013-2015 Law School: Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 2013, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Managing Editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review College: Middlebury College, B.A., 2010 Adam M. Berardi Firm: White and Williams Born: 1981 Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: White and Williams Law School: Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2007 College: Clemson University, B.A., 2004 Mary H. Binker Firm: Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir Born: 1985, Harrisburg Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial, Energy and Natural Resources, Real Estate Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, shareholder, 2022-present, associate, August 2014-2021; Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, associate, March 2011-July 2014, law clerk, January 2010-February 2011 Clerkship: Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, May 2008-January 2010 Advanced Education: Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, M.B.A., 2010 Law School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 2010 College: University of Pittsburgh, B.A. in Economics and Political Science, 2007 Peter R. Bogdasarian Firm: Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Born: 1978, California Practice Areas: Litigation, E-Discovery Team, Securities Litigation & Enforcement, Cyber and Privacy Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, counsel, 2015-21; WilmerHale, senior staff attorney, 2008-15 Advanced Education: LL.M., with highest honors, George Washington University Law School, 2006 Law School: Cornell University, J.D., 2002 College: Cornell University, B.A., 1999 Scott W. Brady Firm: Jones Day Practice Areas: Investigations & White Collar Defense Partnership Date: 4/1/2021 Career: U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S Attorney, 2017-2021 Clerkship: Thomas M. Hardiman, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2003-04 Law School: Pennsylvania State University, J.D., 2001, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Articles Editor of the Law Review College: Harvard University, A.B., Government, 1991 Andrew H. Braid Firm: Dechert Practice Areas: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Private Equity; Life Sciences; Financial Services and Investment Management Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Dechert, associate 2012-2021; Brick & Patel, associate, 2011-2012; Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., law clerk, 2009-2010; Green Traurig, summer associate, 2009 Clerkship: Chief Judge Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. District Court, EDNY Advanced Education: New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 2012 Law School: St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 2010, cum laude, Outstanding Dean's Merit Scholarship, 2008 Federal Scholars Award, Associate Managing Editor of the New York Real Property Law Journal College: Princeton University, A.B., Economics, 2003 Zachary R. Brecheisen Firm: Jones Day Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, associate, 2012-2021 Law School: Pennsylvania State University, J.D., 2012, cum laude, Woolsack Honor Society, President of the Student Bar Association College: North Carolina State University, B.S., Construction Engineering & Management, 2007 Jeffrey C. Bright Firm: Saxton & Stump Practice Areas: Construction, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, senior counsel 2019-2021, shareholder 2022; Bright Law Firm, attorney/owner, 2017-2019; Harmon & Davies, P.C., attorney, 2013-2017; Stock and Leader, attorney, 2009-2013 Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2009 College: Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 2004 John (J.J.) J. Broderick Firm: Blank Rome Born: 1955, Philadelphia Practice Areas: Real estate, real estate finance & restructuring, leasing Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Blank Rome, partner, 2021-present; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 2002–2021 Law School: University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1985 College: Yale University, BA, 1978 Julie A. Buonocore Firm: Rebar Kelly, Blue Bell Born: 1987 Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Professional Liability Partnership Date: 12/22/2021 Career: Rebar Kelly, 2018-the present Clerkship: Former law clerk for the U.S. Attorney, District of Delaware, and clerked for Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Law School: Temple University Beasley School of Law College: American University Harry M. Byrne Firm: Duane Morris Born: Philadelphia, 1985 Practice Areas: Complex commercial, products liability, and mass tort litigation, predominantly in the life sciences and transportation sectors Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Duane Morris, partner, 2022-present; associate, 2013-2021 Clerkship: Superior Court of Pennsylvania, law clerk to Judge Susan Peikes Gantman, 2011-2013 Law School: Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011 College: The Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2008 Josh J.T. Bryne Firm: Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense, Attorney Ethics Partnership Date: 4/1/2021 Career: Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, April 2021-present, Swartz Campbell, 2004-2021 Clerkship: U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program Law School: Rutgers-Camden, J.D.,1997 College: Earlham College, 1992 (Japanese Studies/Politics) Jacqueline E. Campbell Firm: German Gallagher & Murtagh Born: 1982, Holland Practice Areas: Commercial Vehicle, Construction, Premises Liability, and Product Liability Partnership Date: 6/7/2021 Career: Present Firm, partner since 6/2021; Fowler Hirtzel McNulty & Spaulding, partner 2017-2021, associate 2015-2017; German Gallagher & Murtagh, associate 2011-2015 Law School: Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Concentration in Health Law, J.D., 2009 College: University of Delaware, B.A. Biological Science with honors (minor: Management Information Systems), 2005 Robert M. Caplan Firm: White and Williams Born: 1963 Practice Areas: Subrogation Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: White and Williams Law School: Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1988 College: Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1985 James W. Carlson Firm: Jones Day Practice Areas: Business & Tort Litigation Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, associate, 2019-21; Cravath Swain & Moore, associate, 2012-18 Clerkship: Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2011-12 Law School: Columbia University, 2009, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, James Kent Scholar, Simon H. Rifkind Prize College: Case Western Reserve University, B.A., Economics and History, 2006, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Julia Chapman Firm: Dechert Practice Areas: Antitrust/Competition; Litigation; Government Antitrust Investigations; Counseling and Compliance; Antitrust Litigation Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Dechert, associate, 2013-2021; Dechert, summer associate, 2012; NPR, Legal Intern, Sep 2011-Dec 2011; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judicial Intern, June 2011-August 2011 Clerkship: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Mary A. McLaughlin Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, B.L, 2013, cum laude, Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Survey of White Collar Crime, a publication of the American Criminal Law Review College: Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2009, With Honors Monica Clarke Platt Firm: Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg Practice Areas: Litigation Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Present firm, 2016-2022 Law School: Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude College: University of Florida, B.A. Melissa D. Cochran Firm: Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin Born: 1/10/1978 Practice Areas: Civil-products liability litigation Partnership Date: 2/8/2021 Career: Present firm Law School: Duquesne University School of Law College: Saint Vincent College Heidi G. Crikelair Firm: Blank Rome Born: 1987, Drexel Hill Practice Areas: Business litigation, banking litigation Partnership Date: 1/1/2022 Career: Blank Rome, partner, 2022-present; associate, 2018-2021; Schulte Roth & Zabel, associate 2012-2018. Law School: New York University School of Law, J.D., 2012 College: Gordon College, B.A. 2009, Political Studies
Andrew Crompton
Firm: McNees Wallace & Nurick
Practice Areas: Public finance & government services
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