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449335

Practice:

  • Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
  • Employment Law and Litigation
  • Arbeitsrechtliche Beratung
  • Pay Equity

Anastasia Kerdock Counsel

New York

Anastasia advises and defends clients with respect to a wide range of employment matters including:

  • Allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
  • Pattern or practice, class, and collective actions
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives and pay equity

Anastasia also counsels clients on a variety of legal issues and best practices related to the employee life cycle, including:

  • Recruitment
  • Hiring
  • Performance management
  • Separation of employment
  • Negotiation of employment and severance agreements
440671

Practice:

  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)
  • Financial & Fintech Advisory

Nicole Kerr Associate

Washington, D.C.

Nicole graduated from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law in May 2023. She focused her studies on trial advocacy, earning a Trial Advocacy Certificate and serving as a Teaching Assistant in the trial advocacy program.

Prior to law school, Nicole worked as a Paralegal for Buckley LLP in its Washington, DC office. Having satisfied the requirements of the firm's Paralegal Law School Bonus Program, she received an offer to return as a Summer Associate after completing her first year in law school. Following her 2L year, having accepted a second offer for a Summer Associate position, she again returned to Buckley. Today, Nicole is an Associate in Orrick's Washington, DC office.

Practice:

  • Geistiges Eigentum
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • U.S. International Trade Commission

Katherine Kerrick Managing Associate

Boston

Katie's litigation experience includes reviewing documents, assisting with trial and witness preparation, drafting motions, oppositions, and replies, and preparing expert reports. Katie has also worked with appellate teams, assisting with briefs and preparing for oral argument before the Supreme Court. Her trademark prosecution and transactional experience includes trademark clearance, applications, oppositions, drafting cease and desist letters in both copyright and trademark matters, and representing parties on both sides of Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy disputes.

Katie is a graduate of the Franklin Pierce University of New Hampshire School of Law. While in law school, she externed for the Honorable Joseph Laplante of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She also participated in the IP & Transactional Clinic and published a paper on trademark registrability for political slogans. She focused her studies on the Intellectual Property and Sports and Entertainment fields, obtaining specialization certificates in Intellectual Property Law, Sports Law, and Entertainment Law. Katie also received the Sports and Entertainment Institute's Entertainment Award in 2020.

Practice:

  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Litigation & IP
  • Restructuring

Dr. Nicholas Kessler, LL.M., EMBA Partner

Düsseldorf

Seine Beratungstätigkeit konzentriert sich auf nationale und internationale Schiedsverfahren und komplexe Streitverfahren, vornehmlich mit Bezug zu post-M&A Streitigkeiten, restrukturierungs- und gesellschaftsrechtlichen Fragen, Anlagenbau- und Investitionsstreitigkeiten. Er verfügt über umfassende und langjährige Erfahrung mit Schiedsgerichtsverfahren unter Anwendung der Regeln aller gängigen Institutionen (z.B. ICC, DIS, SCC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ad hoc), sowohl als Parteivertreter als auch als beisitzender und vorsitzender Schiedsrichter.

Nicholas Kessler ist Lehrbeauftragter der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster (Schiedsverfahrensrecht und alternative Streitbeilegung) und an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Internationales und Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht). Er hält publiziert und spricht regelmäßig zu diesen und verwandten Themen.

740

Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Financial Services Investigations & Enforcement
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • (Schieds ) Gerichtsverfahren
  • Asset‐Backed Securities

Thomas Kidera Partner

New York

Tom represents Orrick's renewable energy and infrastructure clients in a vast array of commercial, warranty, and construction litigation matters throughout the U.S. and around the globe, previously having served as a member of the Orrick team that represented Hemlock Semiconductor (a leading producer of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon) in a host of litigations and proceedings arising from the breach of its long-term supply agreements by counterparties. His practice touches all types of renewable energy disputes from PPA litigation, to development and construction claims, to component supply and performance disputes, and everything in between.

In addition to representing his clients in courts and confidential arbitrations, Tom regularly provides pre-litigation counseling to Orrick's renewable energy and infrastructure clients, helping them manage their enterprise liability and pursue and defend claims through mediation and pre-dispute procedures, often resolving matters amicably before they devolve into full litigation or arbitration.

Tom also has litigated structured finance issues for his entire career, representing securitization sponsors and loan servicers in an array of litigations from securities fraud and loan repurchase disputes to ERISA and consumer class actions, also consulting and advising on the interpretation of securitization documents and events of default.

In addition, Tom represents audit firms and accountants in regulatory proceedings commenced by the SEC and the PCAOB along with related civil litigations. He has experience managing and conducting large scale internal investigations, liaising with regulators, remediating problems, and managing risk and liability in delicate circumstances.

Tom maintains an active pro bono practice representing asylum seekers and U.S. veterans seeking discharge status upgrades.

320648

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets

Daniel S. Kim Partner

Santa Monica; Los Angeles; Orange County

Dan has a general business and corporate law practice, representing both emerging and public companies in a variety of matters, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, day-to-day general corporate matters, structured liquidity programs, public offerings, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance and corporate governance.

Dan began his legal career in Silicon Valley and works with a significant number of clients in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world.  Dan is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School. 

Dan’s current and former representations include:

  • Beyond Meat
  • Ceradyne
  • Compellent Technologies
  • GitHub
  • Luminar Technologies
  • Momentus
  • Outward
  • Pinterest
  • Planet Labs
  • Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
  • ZestFinance

 Dan also has represented numerous venture capital and private equity investors including Founders Fund, Kapor Capital, Storm Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Wicklow Capital and many others.  

Jae Kim Associate

New York

A member of the firm’s Litigation business unit, Jae is currently working with teams defending against claims brought by investors, trustees, and monoline insurance companies and state security actions for Orrick’s marquee clients. Jae has extensive experience supporting trial teams defending clients in bet-the-company complex litigation, mass torts, product liability matters, and financial services disputes, as well as working with teams guiding clients through government and agency regulations, compliance, investigations, and enforcement actions. Jae has worked with various global companies on their U.S. litigations, investigatory, and compliance matters. Jae also has experience working with a team in a high-profile white-collar matter and assisted manufacturers with various government filings.

Before attending law school, he served in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps and worked at a South Korean government security agency.

Practice:

  • Employment Law and Litigation
  • Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
  • Interne Revision
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • Class Action Defense

Ernan Kiselica Managing Associate

Orange County

Before joining Orrick, Ernan served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary H. Murguia of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable David G. Campbell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Ernan earned his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he served as Executive Editor on the California Law Review. He also earned a Masters in Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (Austria) and a B.S. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University.

434173

Practice:

  • Arbeitsrechtliche Beratung
  • Employment Law and Litigation
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung

Alexandra Kleemann Managing Associate

San Francisco

Alex draws on her experience representing clients at all stages of development on a variety of matters, including litigating employment and contract disputes; conducting internal investigations; guiding clients through complex executive terminations and large-scale reductions-in-force; defending clients before state agencies in wage-and-hour, discrimination, and labor-related disputes; drafting internal policies; conducting due diligence for mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions; and advising clients on compliance with the complex web of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.