Authors

Jackie’s practice concentrates in the areas of commercial, civil and white-collar criminal litigation, as well as regulatory investigations by state and federal agencies. He was highly-decorated as a federal prosecutor, having received numerous awards from the Justice Department.

Ed Halper concentrates his practice on corporate banking, trust and other relevant transactions. His clients include banking, construction, real estate and industrial entities, ranging from small to those with sales and assets in the multimillion dollar range.

The emphasis of Steve’s practice is commercial/business litigation. Steve has extensive litigation experience in intellectual property, franchise law, employment law, commercial contracts, business torts, trade secrets, real estate tax, landlord/tenants, ERISA litigation, and creditor’s rights.  He also often handles adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court.

Mark concentrates his practice on corporate, transactional and regulatory matters, counseling a wide variety of clients ranging from start-up entities to Fortune 500 companies, including technology companies, drug manufacturers, hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, and consumer product manufacturers, to name a few. He frequently serves as outside counsel for a number of these clients.

Tammara is an attorney in Taft’s Litigation group. She routinely represents companies and individuals in matters involving a wide variety of commercial litigation. Tammara has also served an integral role in a large multidistrict litigation involving products liability.

Neal focuses his practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate compliance and securities law compliance, and healthcare/life sciences law. He advises clients across a wide range of industries with respect to the development and implementation of corporate compliance programs, including compliance strategy, codes of conduct, risk assessments, training and reporting.

Sara’s health care law practice includes advising physician and institutional clients regarding Medicare and Medicaid compliance; Medicare appeals; peer review and credentialing; hospital bylaws and regulations development; managed care provider contracting; physician-hospital joint ventures and other contractual arrangements; clinical trials and medical research (including FDA enforcement actions), HIPAA and state patient privacy laws and (including compliance plans and OCR enforcement actions).

Bill is a seasoned trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, environmental law, and white collar criminal defense. He holds the CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CPCU designations, is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Groups on Data Security and Privacy Liability, and Electronic Document Retention and Production, and serves as a Steering Committee Member to DRI’s Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Committee.

Mike has represented companies in nation-wide class actions, including matters related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, consumer issues, employment issues, and insurance rates. In addition, Mike has experience in disputes related to technology issues, such as IT architecture, intellectual property, social media and cybersecurity issues. Mike also represents businesses and individuals in lawsuits related to contract disputes, mergers and acquisitions disputes, noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants, business valuation disputes, UCC issues, and commercial leases.