McGuireWoods Elevates 12 Attorneys to Partnership

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- McGuireWoods LLP announced today it has promoted 12 attorneys to partnership level, effective Jan. 1, 2011. One-third of the new partners are of color and half are women. The partners, who span six offices and nine practice areas, include:

Jennifer Cairns (Product & Consumer Litigation – Pittsburgh) defends cases involving complex scientific and medical issues in the complex toxic tort and products liability areas. She handles mass torts, class actions, MDL-coordinated proceedings and multijurisdictional defense claims and issues, with an emphasis on the pharmaceutical industry. She also counsels clients on risk management issues, including issues related to product labeling, warnings and instructions.

Robert Florence (IP Litigation/Patents – Atlanta) practices primarily in the areas of intellectual property, patents and trademarks, and related business litigation. He is a member of the firm's Hatch-Waxman litigation team, serving as counsel in all phases of numerous ANDA cases. He handles all aspects of litigation from inception through trial and his experience includes the litigation, counseling, and prosecution of all forms of intellectual property related to a variety of technologies and industries.

Halima Horton (Labor & Employment – Atlanta) litigates and advises management on discrimination, harassment, retaliation, affirmative action, leave and accommodations, non-compete agreements, wage and hour, labor union matters and employee benefits litigation, including ERISA litigation. She has experience conducting high-level employment investigations and training managers within the United States and internationally. 

Yuan-Ying Hsu (Debt Finance – Chicago) focuses on commercial finance. She represents lenders and borrowers in various debt financing arrangements, including asset-based loans, secured and unsecured credit agreements, acquisition financings, and working capital loans. She also has experience in other transactional areas, including mergers and acquisitions. 

Gary Leung (IP Litigation/Patents – Chicago) represents clients in matters involving patent infringement, trademark counterfeiting, and copyright infringement. His experience also encompasses general business litigation, including the defense of class action suits for securities fraud.

Michelle Lipkowitz (Business & Securities Litigation – Baltimore) represents clients from a range of industries, including financial, retail and telecommunications, in complex commercial litigation. She handles litigation involving contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, consumer class actions, mortgage fraud, lender liability, construction, products liability, bankruptcy issues, check fraud, and claims arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and state and federal corporate, securities, commercial and consumer laws.

Julianna Lowe (Corporate III – Charlotte) practices in the areas of securities and corporate finance with a focus on transactional securities matters. She has extensive experience representing issuers in U.S. and international securities offerings and in establishing international securities offering programs. She also counsels public and private companies on general corporate matters, including corporate governance issues.

Brian Pumphrey (Business & Securities Litigation – Richmond) focuses on business, securities and complex commercial litigation. He also has experience in private securities arbitrations, healthcare litigation, business tort and trade secret litigation, appellate practice, accounting fraud litigation, trust and fiduciary litigation, civil rights litigation, residential and commercial landlord-tenant litigation, and litigation concerning the liability of officers and directors. Recently, he has been litigating and coordinating a series of consumer financial class action lawsuits across the United States.

Gary Regan (Corporate I – Pittsburgh) focuses on transactional, securities, and general corporate matters. His experience includes business transactions including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, bank financings, private equity, and technology transfers on behalf of public and private companies, business start-ups, universities, and institutional investors. He has experience across a range of industries, including specialty metals and steel, aviation, electronics, energy, manufacturing, real estate and technology.

Christopher Trible (Environmental Lit. & Toxic Torts – Richmond) defends clients in toxic tort, environmental, products liability, complex commercial and professional malpractice cases. He has represented clients on a variety of product liability matters including those related to product recalls. He has also defended healthcare providers in various medical and patient care fields, and has experience in the areas of workers' compensation law and alcoholic beverage regulatory control.

Amber McGraw Walsh (Healthcare – Chicago) focuses on corporate healthcare transactional work and regulatory matters. Her experience includes representing various types of healthcare providers including hospitals, health systems, dialysis facilities, multi- and single-specialty medical practices, specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and a variety of healthcare industry entrepreneurs, in sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate matters, contracting, securities, and regulatory matters.

Kristian Werling (Healthcare – Chicago) concentrates in corporate healthcare transactional work and regulatory matters for all participants in the healthcare and life sciences industry. He counsels life sciences clients in transactional and regulatory issues, with a particular focus in negotiating licensing and partnership agreements, contract manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements. He also represents private equity and venture capital investors in healthcare and life sciences companies.

McGuireWoods LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 900 lawyers in 19 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.mcguirewoods.com.

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