Greenberg Traurig, LLP_41P_US_2010
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GREENBERG TRAURIG, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
www.ChambersandPartners.com<br />
40<br />
ROSS, David L<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
+1 305 579 0500<br />
RossD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Antitrust (Florida), Litigation<br />
(Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Co-Chair, National Products<br />
Liability and Mass Torts Practice Group; litigation;<br />
antitrust & trade regulation; life sciences;<br />
subprime & mortgage markets.<br />
Professional Memberships Past Chairman:<br />
Business Law Section and Business Litigation<br />
Committee, The Florida Bar; Member, American<br />
Bar Association Litigation Section.<br />
Career Listed: PLC Dispute Resolution Handbook,<br />
2008; Best Lawyers in America, 1989-10;<br />
‘The law and leading lawyers worldwide’, Dispute<br />
Resolution, Vol. 1, 2007/08; Chambers<br />
<strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2003-10; Super Lawyers, 2006-09;<br />
‘Top Ten Lawyers of the Year’, The Lawyers<br />
Weekly, 2003; Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out<br />
of 5.<br />
Personal JD, University of Chicago Law<br />
School; BS, Northwestern University.<br />
ROSS, Mickey<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Atlanta<br />
+1 678 553 2150<br />
RossMe@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Georgia)<br />
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation and<br />
arbitration; class actions; contractual and partnership<br />
disputes; business torts; trade secrets<br />
and other intellectual property litigation;<br />
antitrust; healthcare litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships: American Bar<br />
Association; Atlanta Bar Association.<br />
Career: Selected, Super Lawyers and Georgia<br />
Super Lawyers magazines, 2004-10; rated, AV®<br />
Preeminent 5.0 out of 5; Listed, Chambers &<br />
Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2003-09.<br />
Personal: JD, magna cum laude, Phi Beta<br />
Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Harvard University,<br />
1974; AB, University of Florida, 1971.<br />
SACCA, James R<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Atlanta<br />
+1 678 553 2100<br />
SaccaJ@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring<br />
(Georgia)<br />
Practice Areas: Business reorganization and<br />
bankruptcy; financial institutions; creditors’<br />
rights; commercial litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships: Member, State<br />
Bar of Georgia, Bankruptcy Law and Creditors<br />
Rights Section, Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy<br />
Law Section, and Turnaround<br />
Management Association.<br />
Career: Selected by peers as one of the ‘Best<br />
Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Lawyers in<br />
Georgia’, Georgia Trend, 2004; listed,‘Georgia’s<br />
Legal Elite’, Georgia Trend, 2009; listed, Chambers<br />
& Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2009.<br />
Personal: JD, Emory University School of Law;<br />
BA, summa cum laude, University of Richmond.<br />
SAIA, Doreen<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Albany<br />
+1 518 689 1430<br />
SaiaD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Energy & Natural Resources<br />
(New York)<br />
Practice Areas: Governmental affairs, energy<br />
and natural resources. Focuses wide-ranging<br />
energy law practice on the representation of<br />
national and international corporations that<br />
own and operate electric generating facilities<br />
and engage in financial transactions trading<br />
electricity products.<br />
Professional Memberships: Past President,<br />
Northeast Chapter of the Federal Energy Bar<br />
Association; Member, American Bar Association,<br />
Federal Energy Bar Association and New<br />
York State Bar Association.<br />
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, <strong>2010</strong>;<br />
selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2008-09; listed,<br />
Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2008-09.<br />
Personal: JD, magna cum laude, Washington<br />
and Lee University School of Law; BA, Williams<br />
College.<br />
PA082105SAK, Adam E<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, San Francisco<br />
415 655 1290<br />
Saka@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in IT & Outsourcing (California),<br />
Outsourcing (Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas: Intellectual property and<br />
information technology; global outsourcing<br />
transactions; globalization and commercialization;<br />
software and technology licensing; ERP<br />
implementation; data privacy.<br />
Career : Chambers Global <strong>2010</strong>; Chambers<br />
<strong>US</strong>A 2008-10.<br />
Publications : Co-author,‘Aligning Outsourced<br />
Services and Fees with the Economic<br />
Environment’, Bloomberg Law Reports - Labor<br />
& Employment Report, September 3, 2009; Coauthor,‘The<br />
Year of Mid-Market HRO:<br />
Contracting that’s Less Adversarial’, HRO Today<br />
magazine, April 2008; Contributor,‘Governance:<br />
A Key to Outsourcing Success’, The<br />
Outsourcing Institute white paper, March 2008;<br />
Associate Editor, International Tax & Business<br />
Lawyer.<br />
Personal : JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University<br />
of California, Berkeley; BS, Miami<br />
University.<br />
SANTOS, Ralph<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Dallas<br />
214 665 3600<br />
SantosR@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Foreclosures, workouts, loan<br />
restructures; commercial real estate law; commercial<br />
mortgage lending; construction and<br />
design professional contracts; formation of<br />
investment partnerships, joint ventures between<br />
for-profit and non-profit hospital operators;<br />
hospital acquisitions, dispositions; commercial<br />
leasing; business law.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member: Dallas<br />
Bar Association, Texas College of Real Estate<br />
Lawyers, Real Estate Council, Dallas Committee<br />
on Foreign Relations.<br />
Career : Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-<br />
10; selected, Super Lawyers magazine and Texas<br />
Super Lawyers magazine, 2003-09; listed, Best<br />
Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2005.<br />
Personal : JD, William & Mary Law School;<br />
MA, Vanderbilt University; BA, University of<br />
South Carolina.<br />
SAUL, Gary<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
+1 305 579 0500<br />
SaulG@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Real estate.<br />
Professional Memberships Member, The<br />
Florida Bar, Condominium and Planned Development<br />
Committee.<br />
Career Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2006-<br />
10; Hall of Fame Legal Elite, Florida Trend<br />
magazine, 2009; Florida: Transactions &<br />
Finance, The Legal 500 <strong>US</strong>: Volume IV; Real<br />
Estate, Who’s Who Legal: Florida, 2008; Super<br />
Lawyers magazine, 2006-2009; Top Lawyer,<br />
South Florida Legal Guide, 2005, <strong>2010</strong>; Chambers<br />
& Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2003-10; Legal<br />
Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2004-07. Ranked<br />
AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal JD, University of Pennsylvania Law<br />
School; BA, Pennsylvania State University.<br />
SCHERKER, Elliot<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
305 579 0500<br />
ScherkerE@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Litigation (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: Appellate practice, bankruptcy<br />
appeals; Litigation: government,<br />
constitutional, environmental, land use, securities;<br />
White collar criminal defense; Litigation<br />
trial support.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers;<br />
appointed by Chief Justice to Judicial Evaluations<br />
Committee, Florida Supreme Court,<br />
2006-07; Member, Board of Legal Specialization<br />
& Education, The Florida Bar, 2006-09.<br />
Career : Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2001-<br />
10; Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2003-10;<br />
Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2004-10;<br />
among ‘Top Lawyers’, South Florida Legal<br />
Guide, 2004-10.<br />
Publications : Co-author, Florida Bar’s Florida<br />
Appellate Practice, 1977-2000 and 2006.<br />
Personal : JD, University of Miami School of<br />
Law; BA, University of Miami.<br />
SCHINDLER, Barry J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Florham Park<br />
+1 973 360 7900<br />
SchindlerB@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Intellectual Property (New Jersey)<br />
Practice Areas Co-chair, Patent Prosecution<br />
Group; intellectual property and technology;<br />
media and telecommunications; litigation;<br />
globalization and commercialization.<br />
Professional Memberships Member, American<br />
Institute of Chemical Engineers; Member,<br />
Institute of Food Technologists; Member,<br />
American Society of Agricultural Engineers;<br />
Member, American Intellectual Property Law<br />
Association; Member, Licensing Executives<br />
Society.<br />
Career Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide, 2008-09; listed, Legal 500 <strong>US</strong>, 2008-09.<br />
Publications Co-Author,‘More Change in the<br />
<strong>US</strong>A’, Intellectual Asset Management Magazine,<br />
January/February, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Personal JD, University of Houston Law Center;<br />
BS, Cornell University.<br />
PA082102SCHINDLER, Ozzie<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
305 579 0762<br />
SchindlerO@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Tax (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: International tax: private<br />
client, corporate tax planning.<br />
Professional Memberships : Assistant<br />
Director, Florida Bar Tax Section, International;<br />
Chair of International Fiscal Association, Taxation<br />
of Multinationals Group, Palm Beach<br />
Chapter; Co-Chair, Florida Bar/FICPA International<br />
Tax Conference.<br />
Career : Latin Lawyer Magazine, M&A Deal of<br />
the Year Award, 2008; listed, Best Lawyers in<br />
America, 2006-10; recipient, American<br />
Jurisprudence Awards for International Business<br />
Transactions and Family Law.<br />
Publications : Co-author, <strong>US</strong> Corporations<br />
Doing Business Abroad, editions 2003-05; BNA<br />
Portfolio: Passive Foreign Investment Companies,<br />
2005.<br />
Personal : LLM, New York University School<br />
of Law; JD, University of Florida Levin College<br />
of Law; BS, University of Florida.<br />
PA08212SCHINDLER, Paul D<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, New York<br />
+1 212 801 6785<br />
SchindlerP@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Media & Entertainment (New<br />
York)<br />
Practice Areas: Senior Chair, New York<br />
Media and Entertainment Practice; entertainment<br />
law, including music, film, and television;<br />
contract negotiations/ renegotiations for superstar<br />
recording artists, producers, high profile<br />
entertainment executives, celebrities, and corporations.<br />
Professional Memberships: Executive Committee,<br />
NARAS/Grammy’s Entertainment Law<br />
Initiative; Executive Committee, Lifebeat; Executive<br />
Committee, TJ Martell Foundation;<br />
Executive Committee, Nordoff Robbins; Executive<br />
Committee, City of Hope; Member, NY<br />
State Bar Association.<br />
Career: Listed, Who’s Who in Entertainment;<br />
listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2006-<br />
09; listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-10;<br />
listed, Legal 500 <strong>US</strong>, 2007; selected, Super<br />
Lawyers magazine, 2006-09.<br />
Personal: JD, Brooklyn Law School; BA, Syracuse<br />
University.<br />
PA082121SCHNAPP, Mark<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
305 579 0541<br />
SchnappM@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Litigation (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: Litigation; international; government<br />
litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member, Judicial<br />
Nominating Commission, S.D. Fla.,<br />
2006-Present; former President, Assistant United<br />
States Attorneys Association; former<br />
Chairman, Security & Fraud Prevention Committee,<br />
Florida International Bankers<br />
Association. Appointed by Chief Judge Zloch to<br />
Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions,<br />
Peer Review and Attorney Grievance, S.D. Fla.<br />
Career : Listed: PLC Dispute Resolution<br />
Handbook, 2008; Best Lawyers in America,<br />
2006-10; Super Lawyers, 2006-09;‘Florida’s<br />
Legal Elite’, 2006, 2007; Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide,<br />
2004-10:‘Top Lawyers in South Florida’, South<br />
Florida Legal Guide, 2004-05, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Personal : JD, Hofstra University School of<br />
Law; BS, Electrical Engineering, New York University.<br />
PA082130SCHOONOVER, Martha J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, McLean<br />
+1 703 749 1300<br />
SchoonoverM@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Immigration (District of Columbia)<br />
Practice Areas: Business immigration.<br />
Professional Memberships: American<br />
Immigration Lawyers Association State Department<br />
Liaison Committee, 2004-06; American<br />
Immigration Lawyers Association INS General
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