Greenberg Traurig, LLP_41P_US_2010
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GREENBERG TRAURIG, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
www.ChambersandPartners.com<br />
38<br />
Women of Distinction Honoree, 2006-07; Top<br />
30 California IP Lawyer, Daily Journal, 2005.<br />
Personal : JD, University of California at<br />
Berkeley School of Law; BA, magna cum laude,<br />
Economics, Yale University.<br />
MEILI, Barbara<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, New York<br />
+1 212 801 9200<br />
meilib@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Media & Entertainment (New<br />
York)<br />
Practice Areas: Entertainment; technology,<br />
media and telecommunications; cable television<br />
distribution agreements; retransmission consent<br />
agreements; mergers and acquisitions;<br />
license and distribution agreements; regulatory<br />
issues; programming, marketing and ancillary<br />
services.<br />
Professional Memberships: Member, American<br />
Bar Association; Member, Association of<br />
the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on<br />
Telecommunications Law.<br />
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2005-<br />
10; listed, The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Power<br />
Lawyers: Top 100 Outside Counsel’; listed, Legal<br />
500 <strong>US</strong>, 2007; selected, Super Lawyers magazine,<br />
2006-09; rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out<br />
of 5.<br />
Personal: JD, magna cum laude, New York<br />
Law School, 1983; BA, Comparative Literature,<br />
Bennington College, 1980.<br />
MENÉNDEZ-CAMBÓ, Patricia<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
305 579 0766<br />
PMC@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Latin American Investment<br />
(Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: Chair, Global Practice Group;<br />
corporate and securities; public-private partnerships<br />
(P3); M&A; strategic alliances;<br />
cross-border financing; project finance; privatizations;<br />
international regulatory and antitrust.<br />
Professional Memberships : Board Member:<br />
Council of the Americas; University of<br />
Pennsylvania Law School; Advisory Board,<br />
Institute for International and Comparative<br />
Law; Trustee, National Alliance for Autism<br />
Research.<br />
Career : Listed: Chambers & Partners; Best<br />
Lawyers in America;‘50 Most Influential<br />
Women Lawyers in America,’ The National Law<br />
Journal;‘The 20 Leading Latinas in Business,’<br />
Hispanic Enterprise magazine; Recognized:<br />
‘Young Global Leader,’ World Economic Forum,<br />
2007.<br />
Personal : JD, University of Pennsylvania Law<br />
School; BBA, Economics, University of Miami.<br />
MIGDAL, Nelson F<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Washington, DC<br />
202 331 3180<br />
MigdalN@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas: Real estate; hotels, resorts and<br />
clubs; real estate operations.<br />
Professional Memberships : Director and<br />
treasurer, Academy of Hospitality Industry<br />
Attorneys; Member, Albany Law School Law<br />
Review; Member, Justinian Society; Member,<br />
ULI Hotel Development Council; Member,<br />
International Society of Hospitality Consultants,<br />
2008-09.<br />
Career : Smart Lawyer Choice Award, 2008;<br />
listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-10; listed,<br />
SmartCEO, Legal Elite, 2007-08; listed, Waterparks<br />
Power 25, Aquatics International, 2007-<br />
08.<br />
Publications : Author,‘In-Closing - There<br />
Can Still Be a Closing, Just No Closing Dinner’,<br />
Hotel Executive, July 2008.<br />
Personal : JD, cum laude, Albany Law School;<br />
BA, cum laude, Hofstra University.<br />
MILTON, Christopher H<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Boston<br />
+1 617 310 6280<br />
MiltonC@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Massachusetts)<br />
Practice Areas: Real estate; real estate operations;<br />
land development; environmental;<br />
gaming; public-private partnerships (P3).<br />
Professional Memberships: Member,<br />
Boston Bar Association; Member, Real Estate<br />
Bar Association; Member, Board of Ambassadors,<br />
The Home for Little Wanderers;<br />
Member, Board of Directors, The Wellesley<br />
Club.<br />
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, <strong>2010</strong>;<br />
listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2009;<br />
rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal: JD, University of Michigan Law<br />
School; AB, cum laude, English, Princeton University.<br />
MINESINGER, Kenneth M<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Washington, DC<br />
202 530 8572<br />
MinesingerK@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Energy & Natural Resources<br />
(Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas Co-chair, Energy and Natural<br />
Resources Practice; antitrust and trade regulation;<br />
litigation; climate change; government<br />
litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships Chairman,<br />
Antitrust Committee, Energy Bar Association,<br />
2001; Vice-Chairman, Antitrust Committee,<br />
Energy Bar Association, 2000; Member, Energy<br />
Bar Association; Member, American Bar Association,<br />
Antitrust Section.<br />
Publications Author,‘Power Struggle: The<br />
Amaranth Case Represents the Potentially<br />
Broad Scope of FERC’s New Authority,’ The<br />
Deal, September 2007; Co-Author,‘Energy Law<br />
and Transactions’, chapter addressing settlements<br />
of FERC proceedings.<br />
Personal JD, with honors, George Washington<br />
University Law School; BA, with honors, Phi<br />
Beta Kappa, University of Maryland.<br />
MOONEY, Monique M<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Philadelphia<br />
215 988 7800<br />
mooneym@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Environment (Pennsylvania)<br />
Practice Areas: Litigation; environmental;<br />
civil and criminal environmental litigation;<br />
environmental regulatory compliance and permitting;<br />
Internal investigations in connection<br />
with environmental and OSHA issues.<br />
Career : Listed, Chambers <strong>US</strong>A, 2007-09.<br />
Publications : ‘BACT Into a Corner? Deseret<br />
and the Movement to Force Regulation of Carbon<br />
Emissions from Stationary Sources’,<br />
Environmental Law Supplement, Legal Intelligencer<br />
(May 2008);‘The Heat is On: Evolving<br />
Programs in Response to Climate Change’,<br />
Andrews Litigation Reporter (April 2007);<br />
‘Cooper Industries v Aviall: A Year Later’, Chemical<br />
Waste Litigation Reporter (February 2006).<br />
Personal : JD, cum laude, Georgetown Law<br />
Center, 1999; MA, University of Colorado, 1995;<br />
BA, St John’s College, 1989.<br />
PA0820843MURPHY, Michael G<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Orlando<br />
+1 407 999 2509<br />
MurphyMG@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Construction (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Litigation; public-private<br />
partnerships (P3).<br />
Professional Memberships Member, The<br />
American Society of Civil Engineers; Member,<br />
The National Society of Professional Engineers;<br />
Member, Construction Specifications Institute.<br />
Career Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide, 2009-10.<br />
Publications Frequent speaker on issues related<br />
to construction litigation and OSHA<br />
compliance.<br />
Personal JD, Rutgers School of Law - Camden;<br />
MS, University of Central Florida; BS, Civil /<br />
Structural Engineering, Drexel University;<br />
LTJG, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1986-89.<br />
M<strong>US</strong>YL, Marc<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Denver<br />
303 572 6585<br />
musylm@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Colorado)<br />
Practice Areas: Corporate and securities;<br />
technology, media and telecommunications;<br />
intellectual property; international; real estate.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
American Bar Association; Member, Colorado<br />
Bar Association (Chair, Forum Committee on<br />
Law and Technology, 1994-95); Member, Denver<br />
Bar Association; University of Colorado<br />
Business College, Bard Center for Entrepreneurship,<br />
Advisory Board; American Liver<br />
Foundation, National Chapter Development<br />
Committee; Board of Directors, Mesa Verde<br />
Foundation.<br />
Career : Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5;<br />
selected, Super Lawyers magazine and Colorado<br />
Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-08.<br />
Personal : JD, Northwestern University School<br />
of Law, 1975; BA, Northwestern University,<br />
1972.<br />
NELSON, Howard<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Washington, DC<br />
202 331 3163<br />
NelsonH@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Energy & Natural Resources<br />
(Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas: Litigation; energy and natural<br />
resources; government litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member, Energy<br />
Bar Association; Member, DC Bar<br />
Association; Member, Maryland Bar Association;<br />
Member, New York Bar Association.<br />
Career : Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide, 2007-09.<br />
Publications : Author,‘Victims’ Suits Against<br />
Government Entities and Officials for Reckless<br />
Release’, 29 Am. UL Rev 595, 1980.<br />
Personal : JD, American University Washington<br />
College of Law; BA, cum laude, State<br />
University of New York at Buffalo; BS, cum<br />
laude, State University of New York at Buffalo.<br />
NEUMANN, Christopher J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Denver<br />
303 572 6551<br />
NeumannC@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Natural Resources (Colorado)<br />
Practice Areas: Litigation; environmental;<br />
governmental affairs; land development; insurance<br />
recovery and advisory; energy; climate<br />
change.<br />
Professional Memberships : Gubernatorial<br />
Appointee, Vice Chair, Colorado Solid and Hazardous<br />
Waste Commission, 2005-present; Past<br />
Gubernatorial Appointee, Colorado Air Quality<br />
Control Commission; Member: Denver Metro<br />
Chamber Foundation; ABA, Colorado Bar<br />
Associations; American Society of Civil Engineers;<br />
NAIOP; International Erosion Control<br />
Association.<br />
Career : Listed, Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2007-<br />
09; selected, Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009.<br />
Publications : Co-author, Incipient Interface<br />
Waves As Seismic Precursors to Failure During<br />
Fracture Formation, EOS-Transactions,‘American<br />
Geophysical Union,’Vol. 76, No. 46.<br />
Personal : JD, Lewis & Clark Law School; BS,<br />
University of Notre Dame.<br />
NEWSOME, J Kent<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Houston<br />
713 374 3659<br />
NewsomeK@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Real estate.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
Houston and American Bar Associations and<br />
the State Bar of Texas; fellow, Houston Bar<br />
Foundation and Member of the American College<br />
of Real Estate Lawyers; voting member,<br />
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.<br />
Career : Listed in Euromoney Institutional<br />
Investor’s Real Estate Expert Guide; listed, Best<br />
Lawyers in America; listed, Chambers and Partners’<br />
<strong>US</strong>A; selected, Super Lawyers magazine<br />
and Texas Super Lawyers magazine.<br />
Personal : JD, Vanderbilt University; BA, cum<br />
laude, Wake Forest University.<br />
O’ROURKE, Renée W<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Denver<br />
303 572 6500<br />
OrourkeR@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Colorado)<br />
Practice Areas: Employee benefits.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member:<br />
American Bar Association Employee Benefits<br />
Committee Section of Taxation, Colorado Bar<br />
Association, and Denver Bar Association; Member<br />
and Past Program Chair, Denver Chapter of<br />
the Western Pension and Benefits Conference.<br />
Career : Focus on employee benefits, ERISA,<br />
health care, executive compensation. Designs,<br />
drafts and advises on all types of benefit plans,<br />
including executive compensation plans, 401(k)<br />
plans, leveraged employee stock ownership<br />
plans, and welfare benefit plans. Reviews<br />
employee benefits in mergers, acquisitions and<br />
dispositions and restructures benefits following<br />
corporate transactions.<br />
Personal : BS, University of Southern Colorado;<br />
JD, University of Denver; LLM,<br />
University of Denver.<br />
OIKLE, Barbara J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
+1 305 579 0500<br />
oikleb@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Corporate and securities; real<br />
estate investment trusts (REITs); public and private<br />
offerings; SEC reporting and corporate<br />
governance compliance; mergers and acquisitions;<br />
financing transactions; general corporate<br />
and business law matters.<br />
Career Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2009-<br />
10; selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2009;