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Board of Editors

Each Law Journal Newsletter has a Board of
Editors, experts in their fields who supply articles and advice.

  • Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms 

    Lawrence L. Bell
    Advisors, LLC, Kensington, MD

    Wayne Berkowitz
    Berdon LLP, New York

    James D. Cotterman
    Altman Weil, Inc., Newtown Square, PA

    Steve Davis
    Kaufman Rossin & Co., Miami

    K. Jennie Kinnevy
    BDO, Boston

    Stanley Kolodziejczak
    White & Case, New York

    Jerome Kowalski
    Kowalksi & Associates, New York

    Robert C. Mattern
    Mattern & Associates, LLC, Glen Mills, PA

    Scott McFetters
    CoreTech Leasing, Inc., Newport Beach, CA

    Stephen M. (Pete) Peterson
    Maxfield Peterson, P.C., Grand Junction, CO

    J. Mark Santiago
    SB2 Consultants, New York

    Derek Schutz
    LexisNexis-Redwood Analytics, Richmond, VA

    Ronald L. Seigneur
    Seigneur Gustafson, LLP CPAs, Denver

    Jacob Weichholz
    WithumSmith+Brown, PC, New York

  • The Bankruptcy Strategist 

    William R. Baldiga
    Brown Rudnick LLP, New York

    Gerard Catalanello
    Alston & Bird LLP, New York

    Michael L. Cook
    Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP, New York

    Mark G. Douglas
    JonesDay, New York

    Robert W. Dremluk
    Culhane Meadows PLLC, New York

    Theresa A. Driscoll
    Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

    Tinamarie Feil
    BMC Group, Inc., New York

    Adam H. Friedman
    Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York

    Dion W. Hayes
    McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA

    Norman N. Kinel
    Squire Patton Boggs, New York

    Randall Klein
    Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Chicago

    Joel H. Levitin
    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York

    Daniel A. Lowenthal
    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York

    Mark S. Melickian
    Raines SFGH, Chicago

    Todd L. Padnos
    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco

    Adam C. Rogoff
    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York

    Adam L. Rosen
    Adam L. Rosen PLLC

    Paul Rubin
    Rubin LLC, New York

    Michael J. Sage

    Russell C. Silberglied
    Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE

    Steven B. Smith
    Herrick Feinstein LLP, New York

    Bennett Spiegel
    Hogan Lovells, Los Angeles

    James H.M. Sprayregen
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago

  • Business Crimes Bulletin 

    Reed Brodsky
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York

    Jonathan S. Feld
    Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago

    James Gatta
    Goodwin Proctor LLP, New York

    Howard W. Goldstein
    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York

    Jeffrey T. Green
    Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC

    Juliet Gunev
    Mayer Brown, New York

    John Joseph
    Post & Schell

    David S. Krakoff
    Buckley LLP, Washington, DC

    Jonathan B. New
    BakerHostetler, New York

    Marjorie J. Peerce
    Ballard Spahr Stillman & Friedman LLP, New York

    Jodi Misher Peikin
    Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Anello, P.C., New York

    Abraham J. Rein
    Post & Schell P.C., Philadelphia

    Harry Sandick
    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York

    Gary Stein
    Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York

    Justin A. Thornton
    Law Offices of Justin Thornton, Washington, DC

    Jacqueline C. Wolff
    Manatt Phelps & Phillips,LLP, New York

  • Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy 

    Adam Leitman Bailey
    Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., New York

    Glenn A. Browne
    Braun, Browne & Associates, P.C., Riverwoods, IL

    Marisa L. Byram
    Lewis, Rice L.L.P., St. Louis

    Elizabeth Cooper
    JLL, Washington, DC

    D. Albert Daspin
    Daspin & Aument, LLP, Chicago

    Terrence Dunn
    Einbinder & Dunn LLP, New York

    Joseph I. Farca
    Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., New York

    Ira Fierstein
    Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Chicago

    Jay A. Gitles
    Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Chicago

    John G. Kelly
    Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC, Arlington, VA

    James H. Marshall
    Daspin & Aument, LLP, Chicago

    Mark Morfopoulos
    Mavrides, Moyal, Packman & Sadkin, LLP, New York

    Jeffrey H. Newman
    Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, Newark, NJ

    Alan Nochumson
    Nochumson P.C., Philadelphia

    Lydia Y. Pilch
    Rgenesis Legal

    Jane Snoddy Smith
    JAE Law Group, PLLC, Austin, TX

    Kelly D. Stohs
    Polsinelli, Overland Park, KS

    David Vallas
    Polsinelli, Chicago

    Nativ Winiarsky
    Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, LLP, New York

  • Cybersecurity Law & Strategy 

    Jonathan P. Armstrong
    Cordery, London, UK

    Michael Bahar
    Eversheds Sutherland (US), Washington, DC

    John Beardwood
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto

    Brett Burney
    Burney Consultants, Cleveland, OH

    Alisa L. Chestler
    Baker Donelson, Washington, DC

    Jared M. Coseglia
    TRU Staffing Partners, Inc., New York

    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC

    Nina Cunningham, Ph.D.
    Quidlibet Research Inc., Oak Brook, IL

    L. Elise Dieterich
    Kutak Rock, LLP, Washington, DC

    Jake Frazier
    FTI Consulting, Houston, TX

    D. Reed Freeman Jr.
    ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC

    Alan L. Friel
    Squire Patton Boggs, Los Angeles

    Justin Hectus
    Keesal, Young & Logan, Long Beach, CA

    Colin J. Hite
    Markel Service, Incorporated, Glen Allen, VA

    Joy Holley
    Holley Strategic Consulting LLC

    Abeer Abu Judeh
    LexDock, Tampa, FL

    Staci D. Kaliner
    Redgrave LLP, Washington, DC

    Ari Kaplan, Esq.
    Ari Kaplan Advisors, New York

    David F. Katz
    Weissmann, Zucker, Euster, Morochnik and Garber, P.C., Atlanta, GA

    Dan Lear
    Avvo, Seattle, WA

    Kelly Lloyd
    McCarter & English, Newark, NJ

    Emile Loza
    Technology & Cybersecurity Law Group, PLLC, Washington, DC

    Ariyah Mandel
    Gulfstream Legal Group, Houston, TX

    Angela R. Matney
    Reed Smith LLP
    Washington, DC

    Ian D. McCauley
    Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE

    Jeffrey D. Neuburger
    Proskauer Rose LLP, New York

    Nicholas A. Oldham
    Equifax, Atlanta, GA

    Kenya Parish-Dixon
    Empire Technologies Risk Management Group, Washington, DC

    Mark Sangster
    eSentire, Cambridge ON, Canada

  • Entertainment Law & Finance 

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
    Stan Soocher
    Professor Emeritus of Music & Entertainment Industry Studies, University of Colorado Denver

    Jeffrey J. Brabec, V.P., Business Affairs
    BMG Chrysalis, Los Angeles

    Todd Brabec
    musicandmoney.com, Los Angeles

    Alan R. Friedman
    Fox Rothschild LLP, New York

    Robert M. Jason
    Partner, Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein LLP, Los Angeles

    Jay S. Kenoff
    Kenoff & Machtinger, Los Angeles

    Christine Lepera
    Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, New York

    Barry Mallen
    Loeb & Loeb, LLP, Los Angeles

    Schuyler M. Moore
    Greenberg Glusker, LLP, Los Angeles

    Charles B. Ortner
    Proskauer Rose, LLP, New York

    Jay Rosenthal
    Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Washington, DC

    Michael L. Rudell
    Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, New York

    Thomas Selz
    Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC, New York

    Howard Siegel
    Las Vegas

  • The Intellectual Property Strategist 

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
    Howard Shire
    Pepper Hamilton, New York

    ASSISTANT EDITOR:
    Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
    Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York

    ASSISTANT EDITOR:
    Gregg A. Paradise
    Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP, Westfield, NJ

    Christopher P. Bussert
    Kilpartick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta

    J. Gregory Chrissman
    Pearne & Golden, Cleveland, OH

    Morgan Chu
    Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles

    John M. Cone
    Hitchcock Evert LLP, Dallas

    Cedric G. Delacruz
    The Hartford, Hartford, CT

    Michael A. Epstein
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York

    Stephen W. Feingold
    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, New York

    Marcus S. Harris
    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

    David L. Hayes
    Fenwick & West, LLP, San Francisco

    Erin Hennessy
    Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Seattle

    Kyle-Beth Hilfer
    Kyle-Beth Hilfer, P.C., Chappaqua, NY

    Jonathan E. Moskin
    Foley & Lardner LLP, New York

    Veronica Mullally Munoz
    Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, New York

    William Pecau
    Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC

    Bita Rahebi
    Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA

    Matthew W. Siegal
    Dilworth & Barrese, Woodbury, NY

    Alex Simonson
    Simonson Associates, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ

    John Slafsky
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA

    James W. Soong
    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Palo Alto, CA

  • Marketing the Law Firm 

    Sharon Meit Abrahams
    Legal Talent Advisors, LLC, Plantation, FL

    Bruce Alltop
    LawVision Group LLC, Boston

    Debra Baker
    GrowthPlay, San Diego

    Mark Beese
    Leadership for Lawyers, Evergreen, CO

    John Buchanan
    Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA

    Elyse Desmarais
    Goulston & Storrs, Boston

    Nicholas Gaffney
    Zumado Public Relations, San Francisco

    Vivian Hood
    Jaffe, Jacksonville, FL

    Ari Kaplan
    Ari Kaplan Advisors, New York

    Yuliya LaRoe
    LeadWise Group, Miami

    Stefanie Marrone
    Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, New York

    Brenda McGann
    Zumado Public Relations, Los Angeles

    Randi Rosenblatt
    Upward Stride, New York

    Stacy Zinken (formerly Rowe)
    Paladin PBC

  • New York Real Estate Law Reporter 

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
    Stewart E. Sterk, Mack Professor of Law
    Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

    Lawrence A. Kobrin
    Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York

    Norman Marcus
    Swidler Berlin Shereff, Friedman LLP, New York

    Melanie Meyers
    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson, New York

    Monroe E. Price
    Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York

    J. Philip Rosen
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York

    Christopher A. Seeger
    Seeger Weiss, LLP, New York

    Stephen B. Siegel
    Insignia/ESG Inc., New York

    Steven M. Silverberg
    Silverberg Zalantis LLP, Tarrytown

    Jeffrey Turkel
    Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., New York

    Darryl M. Vernon
    Vernon & Ginsburg LLP, New York

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