Greenberg Traurig, LLP_41P_US_2010
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GREENBERG TRAURIG, <strong>LLP</strong><br />
www.ChambersandPartners.com<br />
42<br />
Employment Discrimination Handbook, 2001<br />
Edition.<br />
Personal JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School;<br />
MA, with distinction, Colgate University; BA,<br />
magna cum laude, Colgate University.<br />
SULLIVAN, Michael<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Orlando<br />
407 420 1000<br />
SullivanM@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Real Estate (Florida), Leisure &<br />
Hospitality (Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas: Co-Chair, Hotels, Resorts<br />
and Club Practice Group; real estate; gaming;<br />
financial institutions.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
Board of Directors, Kissimmee/ Osceola County<br />
Chamber of Commerce; Co-Chair, Yale College<br />
Alumni Schools Committee of Central Florida;<br />
Member, Board of Directors, Central Florida<br />
Yale Club.<br />
Career : Listed: Best Lawyers in Orlando,<br />
Orlando Magazine, <strong>2010</strong>; Best Lawyers in<br />
America, 2005-10; Legal 500 <strong>US</strong>, 2007-08; Super<br />
Lawyers magazine, 2006-09; Chambers & Partners<br />
<strong>US</strong>A Guide, 2004-10; Ranked AV®<br />
Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal : JD, with honors, University of Connecticut<br />
School of Law; BA, Yale University.<br />
TARBE, Susan J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Miami<br />
305 579 0674<br />
tarbes@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Litigation (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: Assistant General Counsel at<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member:<br />
American Bar Association; American Health<br />
Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers<br />
Association.<br />
Career : Listed: Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide; South Florida Legal Guide,‘Top Lawyers<br />
in South Florida’, 2009-10; Super Lawyers magazine,<br />
2008-09; rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out<br />
of 5.<br />
Personal : JD, cum laude, University of Miami<br />
School of Law, 1984; BA, cum laude, Foreign<br />
languages, University of Miami, 1980.<br />
TOBOR, Ben D<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Houston<br />
713 374 3568<br />
ToborB@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Intellectual Property (Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Intellectual property and<br />
technology.<br />
Professional Memberships : Member,<br />
Licensing Executives Society; Member, Texas<br />
and Houston Bar Associations; Board of Directors,<br />
Justice for Children.<br />
Career : Listed, Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide to<br />
America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Intellectual<br />
Property, 2004-09; listed, The Best Lawyers in<br />
America, Intellectual Property, 2007-10; recognized,<br />
IP Worldwide in 2001 in ‘Patent Plums’<br />
for the most valuable <strong>US</strong> patents and the<br />
lawyers who nurtured them and again in 2002<br />
among the lawyers who obtained one of the ‘10<br />
Patents That Changed The World.’<br />
Personal : JD, Georgetown University Law<br />
Center; BSME, The University of Texas at<br />
Austin.<br />
TOLL, Curtis<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Philadelphia<br />
215 988 7800<br />
TollC@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Environment (Pennsylvania)<br />
Practice Areas: Environmental; real estate;<br />
retail; public-private partnerships (P3); brownfield<br />
redevelopment; complex project<br />
redevelopments; real estate finance; military<br />
base reuse; tax/valuation matters; environmental<br />
insurance products.<br />
Professional Memberships : Participated in<br />
the establishment and structuring of the<br />
Philadelphia Intergovernmental Cooperation<br />
Authority, the board that oversees the finances<br />
of the City of Philadelphia; Member of the<br />
Board of Counselors, Penn State University’s<br />
Dickinson School of Law.<br />
Career : Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A,<br />
2005-09.<br />
Publications : Co-Author,‘Environmental<br />
Insurance in the Wake of the AIG Bailout’, Environmental<br />
Transactions and Brownfields<br />
Committee Newsletter, February 2009.<br />
Personal : JD, The Dickinson School of Law;<br />
BS, University of Pittsburgh.<br />
VAN FLEET, Allan<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Houston<br />
713 374 3555<br />
VanFleetG@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Antitrust (Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Antitrust and trade regulation,<br />
litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships : Board of<br />
Directors, State Bar of Texas; Commissioner,<br />
Texas Access to Justice Commission; <strong>US</strong> Delegate<br />
and Rapporteur, Free Trade Area of the<br />
Americas Working Group on Competition Law<br />
and Policy.<br />
Career : Principle drafter of the Unfair Competition<br />
Law of Ukraine; listed: Best Lawyers in<br />
America, PLC’s Dispute Resolution Handbook,<br />
20 Highly Recommended Litigation Counsel in<br />
Texas; Texas Super Lawyers;‘International<br />
Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists;<br />
Chambers <strong>US</strong>A, World’s Leading<br />
Lawyers for Business, 2004-09.<br />
Personal : JD, Columbia University School of<br />
Law; BA, summa cum laude, Rice University.<br />
VUOCOLO, Diane E<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Philadelphia<br />
215-988-7803<br />
VuocoloD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring<br />
(Pennsylvania)<br />
Practice Areas: Business reorganization and<br />
bankruptcy.<br />
Professional Memberships : Mediator on<br />
the approved list for the Delaware bankruptcy<br />
courts; Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, New Jersey<br />
State Bar Association. Member: American<br />
Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association;<br />
American Bankruptcy Institute; Association Of<br />
Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors; and<br />
Organization Of Insolvency Lawyers Of The<br />
Third Circuit.<br />
Career : Appointed to Judicial Merit Selection<br />
Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court-<br />
D.N.J., 2006; appointed Member, Lawyers’<br />
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Bankruptcy<br />
Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997-2000,<br />
2003-04, 2006-08.<br />
Personal : JD, Temple University James E.<br />
Beasley School of Law; MPP, Rutgers University;<br />
BA, Rutgers University.<br />
WEDDLE, Jennifer<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Denver<br />
303 572 6565<br />
weddlej@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Native American Law (Nationwide)<br />
Practice Areas Co-chair, American Indian<br />
Law Practice; environmental; energy and natural<br />
resources; litigation.<br />
Professional Memberships President, Colorado<br />
Indian Bar Association, 2009-11;<br />
Chair-Elect, Board of Directors, Colorado Campaign<br />
for Inclusive Excellence; Chair, Federal<br />
Bar Association Indian Law Conference, Albuquerque,<br />
NM, 2008; Co-chair, Federal Bar<br />
Association Indian Law Conference, 2007;<br />
Trustee, Denver Bar Association, 2005-08.<br />
Career Selected,‘Forty Under 40’, Denver Business<br />
Journal, <strong>2010</strong>; selected, Super Lawyers<br />
magazine and Colorado Super Lawyers magazine<br />
as a Rising Star, <strong>2010</strong>; listed, Best Lawyers in<br />
America, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Personal JD, Harvard Law School, 2000; BA,<br />
Classical Languages, University of Michigan,<br />
1997.<br />
WEINSTEIN, David B<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Tampa<br />
+1 813 318 5700<br />
WeinsteinD@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Environment (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas Litigation: Environmental,<br />
Land Use, Complex, Toxic Torts, Class Actions,<br />
Construction, Real Estate, White Collar Criminal<br />
Defense, Appellate.<br />
Professional Memberships Member: Florida,<br />
DC, ABA, Hillsborough County Bars;<br />
National Association of Criminal Defense<br />
Lawyers; Herbert G. Goldberg Inn of Court;<br />
WEDU Board; International Society of Technical<br />
and Environmental Professionals.<br />
Career Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Chambers<br />
<strong>US</strong>A Guide, Who’s Who Legal: Florida;<br />
Super Lawyers (Florida Top 100);‘Florida’s<br />
Legal Elite’; Tampa Bay Business Journal ‘Who’s<br />
Who in Business...’, 2005; Rated, AV® Preeminent<br />
5.0 out of 5.<br />
Personal JD, University of Florida Levin College<br />
of Law; BSBA, University of Florida.<br />
WEISS, Scott K<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Phoenix<br />
+1 602 445 8318<br />
WeissSK@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Arizona)<br />
Practice Areas Corporate and securities;<br />
public offerings; private placements; venture<br />
capital; mergers and acquisitions.<br />
Professional Memberships Member, Executive<br />
Committee, Business Law Section.<br />
Career Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2009-<br />
10; listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide,<br />
2008-09; named one of Arizona’s Up-and-<br />
Coming Attorneys, bizAZ Magazine,<br />
September/October 2003.<br />
Personal JD, cum laude, Arizona State University<br />
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; BS,<br />
University of Arizona.<br />
WHITE, Bruce H<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Dallas<br />
214 665 3643<br />
WhiteB@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring<br />
(Texas)<br />
Practice Areas: Business reorganization and<br />
bankruptcy.<br />
Career : Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2006-<br />
10; listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A Guide,<br />
2007-09; rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.<br />
Publications : Contributing Editor, American<br />
Bankruptcy Institute Journal. Cure and Reinstatement<br />
under 11 U.S.C. §1124: Does the<br />
Bankruptcy Code Provide for Default Interest<br />
Do-Over?, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal<br />
(July/August 2008); Are You Sailing in Safe<br />
Harbors? An Overview of Various Bankruptcy<br />
Sate-Harbor Protection Regarding Swaps and<br />
Other Derivatives, American Bankruptcy Institute<br />
Journal (December/January 2008).<br />
Personal : JD, Creighton University School of<br />
Law; BS, Utah State University.<br />
WILLIAMS, Quinn<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Phoenix<br />
+1 602 445 8343<br />
WilliamsQ@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Arizona)<br />
Practice Areas Corporate and securities;<br />
franchising.<br />
Professional Memberships Director’s Emeritus,<br />
Arizona Technology Council, 2008-present;<br />
Board Member: Governor’s Council on Innovation<br />
and Technology; Arizona Technology<br />
Council Executive Committee; and Scottsdale<br />
Chamber of Commerce. Founding Chair, Governor’s<br />
Small Business Executive Council.<br />
Career Listed, Chambers & Partners <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Guide, 2005-10; listed, Best Lawyers in America,<br />
1995-<strong>2010</strong>; selected, Southwest Super Lawyers<br />
magazine, 2007-09; selected, Top 50 Super<br />
Lawyers in Arizona, 2007-08; listed, one of the<br />
‘Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America,’<br />
Lawdragon.com, 2006.<br />
Personal JD, University of Arizona James E.<br />
Rogers College of Law; BBA, University of Wisconsin-Madison.<br />
WILSON, Jéan E<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, Orlando<br />
407 420 1000<br />
WilsonJ@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Banking & Finance (Florida)<br />
Practice Areas: Chair, Orlando & Atlanta<br />
Public Finance Departments. Public finance,<br />
utilities, infrastructure; transportation; publicprivate<br />
partnerships (P3).<br />
Professional Memberships : Past President,<br />
Florida Chapter, National Bar Association; Past<br />
President, Paul C. Perkins Bar Association; Former<br />
Member, Executive Committee, Board of<br />
Directors, Florida Chamber of Commerce; Former<br />
Member, Senator Bob Graham’s Federal<br />
Judicial Nominating Commission.<br />
Career : Listed, Best Lawyers in America;<br />
Chambers <strong>US</strong>A Guide; Super Lawyers; rated,<br />
AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5;‘One of six most<br />
respected and admired lawyers’, Orlando Magazine,<br />
1997.<br />
Personal : JD, with honors, University of<br />
Florida Levin College of Law; BS, with honors,<br />
Finance, DePaul University.<br />
WISHNER, Mark J<br />
<strong>Greenberg</strong> <strong>Traurig</strong>, <strong>LLP</strong>, McLean<br />
+1 703 749 1300<br />
WishnerM@gtlaw.com<br />
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Virginia)<br />
Practice Areas: Corporate and securities;<br />
public and private securities offerings; mergers<br />
and acquisitions; corporate governance; securities<br />
law compliance; strategic alliances; venture<br />
capital financings; private equity transactions.<br />
Professional Memberships: Advisory Committee<br />
Member of the George Mason University