November 16, 2021

Volume XI, Number 320

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Robinson & Cole LLP

 

Welcome to Robinson+Cole, an Am Law 200 firm serving regional, national, and international clients from nine offices throughout the Northeast, Florida, and California. Our 200-plus lawyers and other professionals share a simple, common goal: We’ll work hard to know you, your industry, and your business so that we can provide the service and representation that best fits your needs.

We cultivate deep relationships within our communities, the legal profession, and the industries we serve to envision "the whole picture" and to understand the factors that drive today's constantly changing world.

We share a rich history and culture of community involvement, pro bono service, celebration of diversity, and dedication to client service.  Since our founding in 1845, our past has molded us but it does not define us.  The connections we have today and will make tomorrow keep us looking to the future, refining our methods, and inventing new ways to serve you better.

Our clients range from Fortune 500 to start-up companies, as well as nonprofit and governmental organizations. To meet their changing needs, our legal services and locations have expanded over time. The strategies we propose are tailored to align with our clients' overall business needs, their risk tolerance, and their budget.

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Contributing authors from Robinson & Cole LLP:

Wystan M. Ackerman Litigation lawyer Robinson Cole
Wystan Ackerman focuses his practice on three main areas: class actions, appeals, and insurance coverage litigation. Class Actions Wystan chairs the firm's Class Action Team and writes the...
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Lisa B. Andrzejewski Construction Law Attorney Robinson + Cole Law Firm Connecticut
Lisa Andrzejewski represents clients throughout the construction industry, including owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, sureties, and high net-worth homeowners. As a...
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Nathaniel Arden, Health Care and Intellectual Property Attorney, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Hartford, Connecticut
Nathaniel Arden is a member of Robinson+Cole’s Health Law Group. He advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, community providers, and other health care entities on a variety of...
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Stephen W. Aronson Employment Lawyer Robinson Cole Law Firm
Stephen Aronson defends employers in federal and state court and before administrative agencies in class actions, multiplaintiff, and single plaintiff employment law claims. Employment...
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Jessica D. Bardi land Use and Environmental Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm Boston
Jessica Bardi concentrates her practice on land use and environmental law and related litigation. She is a member of the firm's Real Estate + Development Group.  Land Use and Environmental...
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Megan Baroni Environmental attorney Robinson Cole
Megan Baroni has extensive experience counseling clients on a wide variety of environmental, health, and safety issues. She frequently represents manufacturers and distributors and is a...
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Joseph A. Barra Construction Attorney Robinson Cole
Joseph Barra is a member of the firm’s Construction Group. With skills gained in his first career as a civil engineer, he has represented clients in the construction industry for over 25...
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Bruce Barth Benefits lawyer Robinson Cole
Bruce Barth, chair of the firm's Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group, as well as the firm’s Employee Benefits + Compensation Team, focuses his practice on the representation of...
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Pat Begos ERISA Lawyer Robinson Cole
Pat Begos is a member of the firm's Managed Care + Employee Benefits Litigation Group. He has almost 30 years of litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiation experience, representing...
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Gregory J. Bennici Employment Attorney Robinson Cole
Greg Bennici is a member of the firm's Managed Care + Employee Benefit Litigation Group. He frequently handles cases involving employee and group benefits disputes, property damage...
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Kendra L. Berardi Real Estate Litigation Attorney Robinson & Cole Boston, MA
Kendra Berardi focuses her practice on real estate litigation and complex commercial litigation. Kendra is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and its Real Estate and Title...
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Patrick M. Birney Bankruptcy & Reorganizations Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Patrick Birney co-chairs the firm's Bankruptcy + Reorganizations Group and is a member of the Business Litigation Group. Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Since 1998, Patrick has focused his...
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Lisa Boyle Health Lawyer Robinson Cole Law Firm
Lisa Boyle chairs the firm's Health Law Group. She has spent more than 25 years representing a wide range of health care providers, including health systems, hospitals, physicians,...
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Dan A. Brody Litigation Lawyer Robinson+Cole Law Firm
Dan Brody is a member of the firm’s Litigation Section, including the Business Litigation Group and the Government Enforcement and White-Collar Defense, and Internal Investigations and...
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John P. Casey Land Use Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
John Casey concentrates his practice on land use and environmental matters, with particular emphasis on coastal management, development, permitting, and littoral and riparian water rights....
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Shant Chalian Investment Lawyer Robinson Cole Law Firm
Shant Chalian is chair of the firm's Investment Management practice. His overall practice is focused on fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and securities. He assists...
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Julianna M. Charpentier Real estate attorney Robinson Cole
Julie Charpentier focuses her practice on business and real estate litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and its Real Estate and Title Insurance Team.  ...
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Ian T. Clarke-Fisher Robinson Cole Partner  Business Litigation, Labor, Employment, Benefits, Immigration Group
Ian Clarke-Fisher focuses his practice on complex commercial and employment litigation. He is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration...
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Since its founding in 1845, Robinson+Cole has been recognized for its trial practice. Today, nearly a third of the our lawyers engage in trial work across a far-ranging variety of areas,...
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Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson Labor & Employment Attorney
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson is a member of the firm's Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group. She focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers, ranging from NYSE and...
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John Cordani  Intellectual Property Attorney Robinson Cole
John Cordani is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and focuses his practice on Intellectual Property litigation. He has litigated patent, trade secret, trademark, and...
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William M. Daley Insurance Coverage Litigation and Business Litigation Attorney Robinson & Cole Providence, RI
William Maxwell Daley focuses his practice on insurance coverage litigation and business litigation.  Insurance Litigation Max is a member of the firm's Insurance + Reinsurance Group. He...
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Kevin Daly Complex Commercial Litigation Attorney
Kevin P. Daly focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and trade compliance issues. He is a member of Robinson+Cole's Business Litigation Group and Manufacturing Industry Team...
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Our lawyers are knowledgeable about data collection technology, including the use of cookies. We also understand the value of collecting and using data for marketing and other strategic...
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Milanna Datlow Associate Employee Healthcare Attorney Robinson & Cole LLP
Milanna Datlow is a member of the Managed Care + Employee Benefit Litigation Group. She has experience defending group welfare benefits and pension benefits plans subject to the Employee...
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Emily Deans Environmental Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
Emily Deans is a member of the firm's Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, representing clients in the areas of environmental, telecommunications, and utilities law. She...
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Natale V. Di Natale Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Natale Di Natale is a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group and is the chair of the firm’s Labor Relations and Union Avoidance Group. He counsels employers on...
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Kathleen Dion, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Litigation Law Attorney, Hartford
Kathleen Dion, a member the firm's Litigation Section, focuses her practice on all aspects of civil and criminal litigation. She frequently handles cases related to education, government...
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Thomas J. Donlon Business Litigation Attorney Robinson + Cole Law Firm Stamford Connecticut
Thomas Donlon’s practice focuses on appellate and complex trial matters. He is a member of the firm's Appellate Team within the Business Litigation Group. Appellate Tom has successfully...
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Conor Duffy Cybersecurity Attorney
Conor Duffy is a member of the firm's Health Law Group and its Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team. He advises hospitals, physician groups, community providers, and other health care entities...
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Christopher Y. Eddy Environmental Litigation Robinson Cole
Christopher Eddy is an associate in the firm’s Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, and focuses his practice in the areas of environmental law, environmental litigation, retail...
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William Egan Commercial Litigator
William Egan has over twenty-five years of commercial litigation and business law experience. He handles trials at the state and federal level, along with arbitrations and mediations,...
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Kristen E. Elia Associate Real Estate + Development Boston
Kristen Elia concentrates her practice on commercial real estate finance, land use, and transactional matters. She is a member of the firm's Real Estate + Development Group. Land Use...
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Linn F. Freedman, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Cybersecurity and Litigation Law Attorney, Providence
Linn Freedman practices in data privacy and security law, cybersecurity, and complex litigation. She provides guidance on data privacy and cybersecurity compliance to a full range of public...
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Deborah A. George, Robinson Cole, Cybersecurity lawyer
Deborah George is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group as well as its Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team. Deb advises clients on and focuses her practice on data privacy and...
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Michael S. Giaimo Land Use Robinson & Cole Boston, MA
Michael Giaimo practices land use, real estate and environmental law. He represents developers, businesses, institutions, government agencies, and other property owners in permitting,...
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Anna Gurevich Healthcare Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
Anna Gurevich advises hospitals, physician groups, community providers, and other health care entities on a variety of health law and general business issues. She is a member of the firm's...
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Jessica A.R. Hamilton Associate Insurance + Reinsurance  Litigation  Appellate  Liability Coverage
Jessica Hamilton focuses her practice on insurance coverage and extra-contractual litigation, as well as high-exposure liability claims and other complex commercial litigation. She is a...
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The Robinson+Cole Health Law Group serves health care and life sciences clients regionally, nationally and globally. We are experienced lawyers trained to help clients meet their business...
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Edward J. Heath Partner Government Enforcement and White-Collar Defense  Litigation  Internal Investigations and Corporate Compliance  Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Edward Heath is the chair of the firm's Business Litigation Group and leads its Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Teams.  In 2019, Benchmark named Ed as a Local Litigation...
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Benjamin Jensen, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Hartford, Cybersecurity and Litigation Law Attorney
Benjamin Jensen represents clients in litigation and regulatory compliance matters involving technology, data privacy and cybersecurity. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property...
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Michael J. Kearney Jr. Tax Attorney Robinson + Cole Law Firm Connecticut
Michael Kearney is a member of the firm’s Tax Group,  representing clients in connection with a wide range of tax matters. He is an experienced tax lawyer with a broad-based transactional...
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Erica J. Kerstein Insurance Attorney Robinson Cole
Erica Kerstein focuses her practice on complex insurance matters, with particular emphasis in the areas of financial lines, bad faith, commercial general liability and first-party property...
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Choity R. Khan Construction Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Choity Khan represents construction industry clients including owners, contractors, subcontractors and design professionals. She is a member of the firm’s Construction Law Group, providing...
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Soo Y. Kim Robinson Cole New York Insurance + Reinsurance  Managed Care + Employee Benefit Litigation  Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance  Life, Health, and Disability Litigation  ERISA Benefits Litigation  E-Discovery
Soo Kim concentrates her practice on large complex litigation that spans multiple industries and practice groups. She is a member of the firm’s Managed Care + Employee Benefits Litigation...
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Peter Knight Environmental Attorney Robinson+Cole Law Firm Hartford CT
Peter Knight is a member of the firm's Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, where he focuses on litigation, defense of agency enforcement actions, and regulatory matters. He...
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Eric Kogan Business Transaction Attorney Robinson+Cole
Eric Kogan is co-chair of the firm's Business Transactions Group and a member of its Managing Committee. He represents clients in a broad range of corporate, strategic, financial, and...
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Rachel Kushel Labor and Employment Attorney
Rachel Kushel counsels clients on all employment law and workplace human resource issues. She defends management in state and federal court litigation matters and administrative agency...
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Robinson+Cole is one of a select number of firms in the Northeast to have dedicated attorneys who offer a full array of employment law services to employers: counseling and training,...
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Mitchell Lampert Securities Attorney Robinson + Cole Law Firm
Mitchell Lampert is chair of the firm's Capital Markets and Securities Practice, and he is a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group. He assists clients with transactional matters...
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Our Land Use practice is a cross-disciplinary group of lawyers, professional planners, and environmental analysts that focuses its combined resources on the interrelated fields of planning...
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Sean Lawless Security infrastructure manager Robinson Cole
Sean is Robinson+Cole’s Infrastructure & Security Manager, a member of the firm’s Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team, and a non-attorney contributor to the Data Privacy + Cybersecurity...
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Matthew J. Lawlor Real Estate & Development Robinson & Cole Boston, MA
Matthew Lawlor focuses his practice on real estate disposition for public agencies, affordable housing finance, development, permitting, land use, and urban planning matters. He regularly...
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Ryan V. Leichsenring Tax Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Ryan Leichsenring, a member of the firm's Tax Group, represents clients in connection with a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. Tax Ryan's practice has a particular...
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Leslie Levinson Health Business Attorney
Leslie Levinson is co-chair of the firm's Transactional Health Law Group and a member of both the Health Law and Business Transaction Groups. He has represented private and public...
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Michael G. Lisitano Healthcare Attorney Robinson Cole Hartford
Michael Lisitano is a member of the firm’s Health Law Group. He advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and other health care entities on general corporate matters and a...
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Samuel C. Maduabueke Corporate Attorney Robinson & Cole Stamford, CT
Samuel Maduabueke works with clients on a variety of corporate and transactional matters. He is a law clerk in the firm’s Business Transactions Group. Mergers and Acquisitions Sam assists...
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Michael F. Maglio Partner Finance + Public Finance  Commercial and Industrial Lending
Michael Maglio's practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial and corporate finance, asset-based lending, and other secured and unsecured lending. He is a member of the firm’s...
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Michele L. Maresca Counsel  Real Estate + Development  Land Use
Michele Maresca handles the full range of commercial real estate transactions, including representation of borrowers and lenders in financings, dispositions, acquisitions, and development...
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Virginia E. McGarrity Benefits lawyer Robinson Cole
Virginia McGarrity is a member of the firm's Employee Benefits + Compensation Group, counseling employers, insurance carriers, and service providers on a wide range of complex employee...
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Robert Melvin Environmental Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
Bob Melvin has over 20 years of experience counseling clients on environmental, health, and safety compliance, sustainability, emergency response efforts, site remediation, and development...
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Gabrielle Mercadante Insurance & Business Attorney
Gabrielle Mercadante defends insurance, personal injury, and commercial litigation matters on behalf of clients, including insurance companies, airlines, general contractors, and large...
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Matthew Miklave Labor Employment Lawyer
Matthew Miklave has more than three decades of experience as a labor, employment, and civil rights attorney, and has served as a litigator, counselor, and contract negotiator throughout his...
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Brian Moran IP Lawyer Robinson Cole
Brian Moran is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation and Intellectual Property + Technology Groups. His practice focuses on three primary areas: intellectual property disputes;...
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Diana Neeves Environmental Attorney
Diana Neeves, a member of the firm’s Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, focuses her practice on environmental, energy, telecommunications, and utilities law. Litigation Diane...
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Brian Nichols Health Lawyer Robinson Cole Law Firm
Brian Nichols is a member of the firm's Health Law Group. He represents and advises hospitals, physician groups, nursing homes, community providers, and other health care entities on a...
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Denis O'Malley Insurance Attorney
Denis J. O’Malley is a member of the firm’s Insurance + Reinsurance Group. He represents commercial insurers in a broad range of coverage matters and disputes. Prior to joining the firm,...
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Seth B. Orkand Business Litigation Attorney Robinson Cole
Seth B. Orkand focuses his practice on white-collar criminal defense, government and corporate internal investigations, research misconduct investigations, college and university...
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Keisha Palmer, Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
Keisha Palmer focuses her practice on all aspects of financing activities for entities or projects that can benefit from tax-advantaged obligations. As a member of the firm's Business...
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David Panico Tax Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
David Panico, a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group and a certified public accountant, has nearly three decades of experience providing clients with guidance on the issuance of...
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Endicott Peabody IV Kit Counsel Business Transactions
Endicott Peabody IV (Kit) is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group. Kit has more than 16 years’ experience advising clients on transactional and general corporate matters. This...
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Kathleen M. Porter Partner Intellectual Property Transactions  Private Equity  Intellectual Property Counseling and Protection  Trade and Antitrust
Kathleen Porter is an intellectual property and technology lawyer in the firm's Business Transactions Group and former chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property + Technology Group. Her...
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Kathryn Rattigan Attorney Cybersecurity Data Privacy
Kathryn Rattigan is a member of the firm's Business Litigation Group and Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team. She advises clients on data privacy and security, cybersecurity, and compliance...
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James P. Ray Environmental Litigation Robinson Cole
Jim Ray has more than 25 years of experience as an environmental and product liability litigator and counselor, and he has served as court-appointed common counsel or liaison counsel in...
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Robinson+Cole’s Construction Group comprises a team of capable, accomplished lawyers dedicated to the construction industry in the Northeast. We have devoted our legal careers to serving...
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Norman Roos, a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group, concentrates his practice on transactional, regulatory, and technology matters relating to the financial services and real...
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Glenn A. Santoro Tax Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm
Partner
Glenn Santoro, a lawyer and certified public accountant, focuses his practice in the areas of public finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He combines his...
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Jonathan Schaefer, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Environmental Law Attorney, Hartford
Counsel
Jonathan Schaefer, a member of the firm’s Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, focuses his practice on environmental compliance counseling, permitting, site remediation,...
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Jacqueline Pennino Scheib IP lawyer Robinson Cole
Partner
Jacqueline Scheib chairs the firm’s Intellectual Property +Technology Group. She works with clients across a range of industries in connection with intellectual property, technology, and...
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Emilee Mooney Scott Environmental Attorney Robinson Cole
Counsel
Emilee Mooney Scott is a member of the firm's Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, with experience in facility compliance and transactional matters. Her experience includes a...
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Jenna M. Scoville Attorney Business Litigation Lawyer Robinson and Cole
Associate
Jenna Scoville is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group. She focuses her practice on all aspects of general business litigation and dispute resolution, as well as government...
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Evan Seeman Land Use Lawyer
Counsell
Evan Seeman concentrates his practice in land use and zoning, real property litigation, and municipal law. He is a member of the firm’s Real Estate + Development Group, and he represents...
860-275-8247
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Anastasia M. Semel Healthcare Attorney Robinson Cole
Associate
Anastasia Semel’s practice is focused on health care law, with experience in transactional, regulatory and civil and commercial litigation-related matters. She represents health care...
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Jennifer L. Shanley Immigration Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Associate
Jennifer Shanley focuses her practice on U.S. immigration law, with an emphasis on business immigration matters. She is a member of the firm’s Immigration Group. Immigration Jennifer helps...
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Taylor A. Shea Corporate & Transactional Law Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Partner
Taylor Shea represents privately and publicly held companies in all aspects of corporate and transactional law, including commercial finance transactions, private equity and venture capital...
860.275.8305
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Kenneth A. Sherman Construction Litigation Attorney Robinson Cole Law Firm Boston
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Kenneth Sherman is an experienced construction attorney with significant construction litigation and transactional experience. Ken assists project owners, developers, general contractors,...
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Danielle H. Tangorre Attorney Health Law Robinson Cole Law Firm Albany
Danielle H. Tangorre represents and advises a broad range of health care providers, including clinical laboratories, long-term care facilities, behavioral health providers, substance abuse...
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Melissa Lisa Thompson Healthcare Lawyer Robinson Cole Law Firm
Lisa Thompson advises companies, senior management, and their boards of directors, with a focus on the health care, life sciences and technology industries. She is a member of the firm’s...
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Jean Tomasco, Robinson Cole Law Firm, Hartford, Labor and Employment, Litigation Law Attorney
Jean Tomasco's practice involves employer counseling and employment litigation, with an emphasis on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and benefits litigation. She is a...
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Timothy C. Twardowski Land Use Robinson & Cole Boston, MA
Timothy Twardowski focuses his practice on land use policy, development permitting, and real estate. He is a member of the firm's Land Use and Real Estate + Development Groups. Development...
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Anna Jinhua Wang Markets & Securities Attorney Robinson + Cole Law Firm
Anna Jinhua Wang, a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group, assists clients with capital markets and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. She...
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Abby Warren Labor and Employment Attorney
Abby Warren is a member of the firm's Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group, where she represents employers in labor and employment matters. She focuses her practice on counseling...
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Kayla N. West Labor & Employment Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Kayla West focuses her practice on representing private sector employers in labor and employment matters as well as defending employers in federal and state court and before administrative...
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Jeffrey White Corporate Law Attorney Robinson Cole Hartford
Jeff White provides counseling and dispute resolution advice for manufacturers and distributors. He is chair of the firm's Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly represents clients...
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Barrett P. Wilson-Murphy Business Transactions Attorney Robinson & Cole Boston, MA
Barrett Wilson-Murphy advises clients on legal matters relating to middle market domestic and international financings and restructuring transactions. He represents financial institutions,...
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J. Michael Wirvin Partner  Private Equity  Mergers and Acquisitions  Investment Management  Business Transactions
Michael Wirvin is a member of the firm's Business Transactions Group and a member of its Managing Committee. His practice includes the representation of domestic and international clients...
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Emily A. Zaklukiewicz Labor and Employment Attorney Robinson & Cole Hartford, CT
Emily A. Zaklukiewicz focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers in all areas of labor and employment law and defending employers in federal and state court and before...
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