Greenberg Traurig, LLP_41P_US_2010
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GREENBERG TRAURIG, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law<br />
firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors,<br />
by Corporate Board Member magazine;<br />
recipient, President’s Volunteer Service Award,<br />
President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation<br />
in 2007-08.<br />
Personal JD, cum laude, University of Pennsylvania<br />
Law School, 1998; BA, cum laude,<br />
University of Miami, 1995.<br />
ORSHEFSKY, Debbie<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Fort Lauderdale<br />
+1 954 768 8234<br />
OrshefskyD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Chair, National Land Development<br />
Practice Group; land development;<br />
environmental; hotels, resorts, clubs; green<br />
building; sustainable development.<br />
Professional Memberships Member: Urban<br />
Land Institute; National Transit Oriented<br />
Development Product Council; Urban Land<br />
Institute Southeast Florida/Caribbean District<br />
Council—former Chair, Chair, Infrastructure<br />
Committee, Executive Committee; Curtis Program<br />
Statewide Transportation Initiative:<br />
“Connecting Florida” (founder).<br />
Career Listed:‘Top Women in Florida Commercial<br />
Real Estate’, Florida Real Estate Journal,<br />
2008; Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2004-10; Best<br />
Lawyers in America, 2006-10; Super Lawyers<br />
magazine, 2006-09;‘Top Lawyer’, South Florida<br />
Legal Guide, 2005-10.<br />
Personal JD, George Washington University<br />
Law School; BA, summa cum laude, Washington<br />
University.<br />
PALMER, David<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Denver<br />
303 572 6539<br />
PalmerDG@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Litigation (Colorado)<br />
Practice Areas: Litigation; appellate; insurance<br />
recovery and advisory.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member: Colorado<br />
Bar Association, Ethics Committee;<br />
Board of Governors, Metro Denver Economic<br />
Development Corporation; Advisory Council,<br />
University of Colorado School of Medicine;<br />
Board of Directors, Metro Chamber Foundation,<br />
Alfred P Arraj Inn of Court. Fellow,<br />
American Bar Foundation.<br />
Career : Best Lawyers in America, 1982-<strong>2010</strong>;<br />
selected, Super Lawyers magazine, Colorado<br />
Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-10; listed, one of<br />
‘Denver’s Top Lawyers’, 5280 Denver’s Mile-<br />
High Magazine, April 2001.<br />
Publications : Articles editor, University of<br />
Colorado Law Review.<br />
Personal : JD, University of Colorado School<br />
of Law, Order of the Coif; AB, History, Johns<br />
Hopkins University.<br />
PA0820927PALMER, Stephen D<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Atlanta<br />
+1 678 553 2260<br />
PalmerS@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Banking & Finance (Georgia)<br />
Practice Areas: Financial institutions; business<br />
reorganization and bankruptcy;<br />
asset-based lending; workouts and restructurings.<br />
Professional Memberships: Member, Georgia<br />
Bar Association.<br />
Career: Awarded, Order of the Coif; inducted,<br />
Phi Kappa Phi; selected, Super Lawyers magazine,<br />
Georgia Rising Star, 2007, 2009-10; listed,<br />
‘Georgia’s Legal Elite’, Georgia Trend, 2008; listed,<br />
Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2008-09.<br />
Personal: JD, with distinction, Emory University<br />
School of Law, Graduated second in a class<br />
of 260, Member, Emory Law Journal; BBA,<br />
summa cum laude, banking and finance, Mississippi<br />
State University.<br />
PA0820936PASTERNAK, Daniel B<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Phoenix<br />
+1 602 445 8510<br />
pasternakd@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Arizona)<br />
Practice Areas: Labor and employment;<br />
employment litigation and counseling; traditional<br />
labor law.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
Maricopa County Bar Association, Bar Counsel,<br />
2005-present; Member, American Bar Association;<br />
Member, Arizona Labor & Employment<br />
Relations Association; Member, Valley of the<br />
Sun Human Resources Association.<br />
Publications : Author,‘One of These Things is<br />
Not Like the Other: The Continuing Battle Over<br />
the Meaning of Discrimination—Salmon Run<br />
Shopping Center LLC v. NLRB and Guard Publishing<br />
Company v. NLRB’ The Labor Lawyer,<br />
Volume 24, Number 3, Winter/Spring 2009.<br />
Personal : JD, cum laude, University of Illinois<br />
College of Law, 1994; BS, University of Illinois<br />
at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.<br />
PA0820945PETERMAN, Nancy A<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Chicago<br />
312 456 8410<br />
PetermanN@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois)<br />
Practice Areas: Business reorganization and<br />
bankruptcy; creditors’ rights; health law.<br />
Professional Memberships: American<br />
Bankruptcy Institute; former Chair, Chicago<br />
Bar Association’s Bankruptcy & Reorganization<br />
Committee; former President/former Board<br />
Member, Women’s Health Executive Network,<br />
2001-02.<br />
Career: Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2007-<br />
10; selected Super Lawyers magazine, 2005-10,<br />
including Top 50 Female Lawyers in Illinois,<br />
2005, 2007-10.<br />
Publications: Co-Author,‘Section 506’, Norton<br />
Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 2009;<br />
Author,‘Unsecured Creditors: How to Leverage<br />
a Recovery in Today’s Economic Environment’,<br />
Financier Worldwide Magazine, 2008.<br />
Personal: JD, University of Michigan Law<br />
School; BA, University of Michigan.<br />
RABINOWITZ, Stephen L<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, New York<br />
+1 212 801 9295<br />
RabinowitzS@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (New York)<br />
Practice Areas: Chair of the New York Real<br />
Estate Practic. Focuses on real estate, REITs,<br />
joint ventures, opportunity funds, development<br />
and restructuring.<br />
Professional Memberships: Board of<br />
Trustees, East Harlem Tutorial Program.<br />
Career: Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide, 2007-09; listed, Who’s Who in the East,<br />
34th Edition; listed, Best Lawyers in America,<br />
2007-10; selected, Super Lawyers magazine,<br />
2006-09.<br />
Publications: Author,‘Country Q & A: United<br />
States,’ PLC Cross-border Corporate Real Estate<br />
Handbook - United States, 2007-08, November<br />
2007.<br />
Personal: JD, cum laude, American University<br />
Washington College of Law; BA, cum laude,<br />
Brandeis University.<br />
REIFF, Laura F<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, McLean<br />
+1 703 749 1372<br />
reiffl@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Immigration (District of Columbia)<br />
Practice Areas Co-Chair, Business Immigration<br />
Group; Co-Chair, Global Human Capital<br />
Solutions; global immigration policy; labor and<br />
employment.<br />
Professional Memberships Co-Chair,<br />
Essential Workers Immigration Coalition; Co-<br />
Chair, HRLA, an organization honoring HR<br />
professionals in the DC metropolitan area;<br />
Board of Trustees, American Immigration Law<br />
Foundation (AILF) and Chair of AILF Immigration<br />
Policy Committee; Member, <strong>US</strong><br />
Chamber of Commerce, Labor and Employment<br />
Subcommittee on Immigration.<br />
Career Listed, Chambers Global, 2008-09; recognized,<br />
Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2006-09;<br />
selected, Best Lawyers in America, 2008-09.<br />
Personal JD, with honors, George Washington<br />
University Law School; BA, magna cum laude,<br />
American University.<br />
RICHARD, Barry<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Tallahassee<br />
+1 850 222 6891<br />
RichardB@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Litigation (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Litigation: Class actions,<br />
financial services, securities & shareholder,<br />
appellate; American Indian Law.<br />
Professional Memberships Charter Member,<br />
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.<br />
Career Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2006-<br />
10; listed,‘Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in<br />
America’, Lawdragon.com, 2006, <strong>2010</strong>; Super<br />
Lawyers magazine, 2006-09; Among the ‘100<br />
Most Influential Lawyers’, The National Law<br />
Journal, 2006;‘Leading Litigators in America’,<br />
Lawdragon 500, 2006; Recipient, Florida Bar,<br />
‘Traditions of Excellence Award’, 2005.<br />
Personal JD, University of Miami School of<br />
Law; BA, University of Miami.<br />
RONN, David<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Houston<br />
713 374 3625<br />
RonnD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Corporate and securities;<br />
energy and natural resources; globalization and<br />
commercialization; life sciences; structured<br />
finance and derivatives; technology, media and<br />
telecommunications; climate change; green<br />
building and sustainable development.<br />
Professional Memberships : Honored<br />
Member, The Heritage Registry of Who’s Who,<br />
2007; Member, American Bar Association;<br />
Member, Houston Bar Association.<br />
Career : Received LEED-R Gold House Award<br />
for first LEED certified home in the City of<br />
Houston, 2007; selected, Super Lawyers magazine<br />
and Texas Super Lawyers magazine,<br />
2005-09; listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2008-<br />
10; rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal : JD, University of Houston Law<br />
Center; MBA, Tulane; BA, Rice University.<br />
ROSENBLOUM, Robert<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Atlanta<br />
+1 678 553 2100<br />
RosenbloumB@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Intellectual Property (Georgia)<br />
Practice Areas: Entertainment; intellectual<br />
property and technology; technology, media<br />
and telecommunications.<br />
Professional Memberships: Past Chair,<br />
Southeastern Chapter of the Copyright Society<br />
of the <strong>US</strong>A; Governing Committee Member,<br />
ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports<br />
Industries; Member, Georgia State Bar Entertainment<br />
and Sports Law Section; Associate<br />
Member, NARAS; Deputy General Counsel,<br />
The Recording Academy.<br />
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2005-<br />
10; nominated,‘Leading Lawyer in Media’ by<br />
in-house counsel and peers, Guide to the<br />
World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications<br />
Lawyers, 3rd edition.<br />
Personal: JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law<br />
School; BA, summa cum laude, Duke University.<br />
ROSENFELD, Lawrence<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Phoenix<br />
+1 602 445 8502<br />
RosenfeldL@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Arizona)<br />
Practice Areas Labor and employment; litigation;<br />
administrative; health and FDA<br />
business.<br />
Professional Memberships Member and<br />
General Counsel, Maricopa County Bar Association.<br />
Career 2009 Justice Harry A. Blackmun Award<br />
for Extraordinary Achievement; selected,<br />
Southwest Super Lawyers magazine, 2007-09;<br />
listed, Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2006-<br />
07; listed, Marquis Who’s Who in the West,<br />
2006-07; listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2003-<br />
10; listed,‘Who’s Who in Law’, The Phoenix<br />
Business Journal, 2006; listed, Chambers &<br />
Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2005-10; rated, AV® Preeminent<br />
5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal JD, Yale Law School; BA, magna cum<br />
laude, City University of New York at Queens<br />
College.<br />
ROSNER, Ira N<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
+1 305 579 0500<br />
RosnerI@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Corporate and securities,<br />
retail industry, REITS, energy, natural resources.<br />
Professional Memberships Member: Board,<br />
Association for Public Organizations; American<br />
Bar Association, Communications and Transportation<br />
Law Sections; Florida Bar<br />
Corporations and Securities Law and Business<br />
Law Committees.<br />
Career Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-<br />
<strong>2010</strong>; Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide,<br />
2008-10; Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-09.<br />
Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law<br />
firm in Miami, Corporate Board Member magazine.<br />
Ranked, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal JD, New York University School of<br />
Law, Member, Law Review; BA, Political Science,<br />
Binghamton University State University of<br />
New York.<br />
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