Jae Kim Associate
New York
New York
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.
New York
Joanna advises public and private companies in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Joanna was a corporate associate in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Paris
She advised private and public companies on corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Violette has completed several internships at the various law firms and in the legal department of TotalEnergies’ (refining-chemicals).
Violette recently joined the Orrick team as an associate, after successfully completing her training with the team.
Los Angeles
David's practice centers on disputes over IP and other business interests.
He litigates patent cases against Fortune 500 companies from both sides of the “v.” and advises clients regarding best practices for protecting their IP. He has also helped corporate entities navigate investigations in criminal and bankruptcy contexts. Prior to joining Orrick, David worked as a litigation associate at Milbank LLP.
David also clerked for two years in the federal trial court for the Eastern District of Virginia. During his tenure in the fast-paced “rocket docket,” he was fortunate to assist Judge Allen in presiding over six jury trials and one bench trial. Also, while in law school, David worked as a full-time extern for Judge Kozinski at the Ninth Circuit and was a member of the Entertainment Law Review.
Orange County
Scott's professional passion is to defend employers in complex wage and hour class actions and representative lawsuits filed under California's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) statute, and he has extensive experience doing so. He has represented clients in the tech, insurance, airline, airline service, retail, healthcare, and grocery industries, among others, at all litigation phases.
Scott recognizes that industry nuances means there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wage-and-hour defense. His broad experience has enabled him to identify opportunities to use industry idiosyncrasies to his clients' advantage. Scott's litigation experience includes leading fact investigations, discovery management, drafting dispositive motions, brief writing, and pre-trial dispute resolution.
In addition to his wage-and-hour experience, Scott has defended clients against claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under state and federal laws. He also frequently counsels employers on various employment issues including complex federal and California laws regarding the proper calculation of the regular rate of pay, leave protections and entitlement, wage and hour compliance, exempt vs. non-exempt classifications, and others.
Before practicing law, Scott clerked in Las Vegas for The Honorable Jennifer Dorsey of the District of Nevada. Scott earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Pepperdine University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review, teaching assistant for Advanced Legal Writing, and member of the Trial Advocacy Team.
Scott is an avid snowboarder and enjoys spending time with his husband and their three dogs, Apollo, Atlas, and Ares.
San Francisco
Jake also represents high growth technology companies in several areas, including corporate and securities law, formation, and venture capital financings.
Jake received his JD/MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School of Business in 2018, where he received the Academic Excellence Fellowship. He is also a 2010 graduate of Dartmouth College and prior to attending law school worked at education startups in New York.
New York
Al represents issuers and underwriters in the issuance of credit-linked notes, collateralized bond obligations, synthetic convertible bonds and synthetic money market eligible securities. He also works with clients entering into various swap agreements, such as interest rate, credit default, currency, and equity swaps, and has authored alerts on various financial industry-related topics, including the Dodd-Frank Act.
Al has been ranked by Chambers and Partners both globally and nationally in the structured products category. Legal500 has noted Al for his work in structured finance, quoting a client who stated that he has "impressive expertise in all facets of securitization in general, which is immensely helpful when we are working on complex transactions." The International Financial Law Review has also recognized Al for his work in structured finance and securitization. Euromoney notes him as an expert in Banking, Financial and Transactional Law: Structured Finance and Securitization.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
A seasoned deal lawyer, Matthew guides global technology companies and their financial sponsors through transformational domestic and cross-border transactions. These deals range from private company buyouts and public takeovers in the United States and around the world, to complex, multi-jurisdictional spinoffs and business carveouts.
Matthew has been recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous publications, including Legal 500 and he was selected by the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the top 10 Innovative Corporate Lawyers in California.
San Francisco
Ramy advises public and private companies and their financial sponsors in the technology and life sciences sectors on complex, strategic transactions, including cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and multi-jurisdictional carve-outs. He also counsels boards and investors on fiduciary duties and other corporate governance matters.
Ramy is a member of the board of directors of Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization providing free mental health texting service. He has been recognized as a "Rising Star" in M&A by Super Lawyers.
Select Transactions
Washington, D.C.
Jedd's solutions-based methodology allows clients to gather the appropriate intelligence and legal analysis they need so that they can make informed, risk-based decisions as they navigate the ever-changing state licensing and regulatory ecosystem. His collaborative and strategic approach is designed to maximize outcomes whether evaluating the merits of a transaction or responding to a multi-state enforcement action.
Jedd was the Assistant Commissioner for Non-Depository Supervision in the Office of the Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation, where he coordinated the licensing and supervision of approximately 23,000 individuals and business entities covering the mortgage, student loan, consumer finance, sales finance, debt services, credit reporting and money services industries. He also managed the office’s regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, including playing a leadership role in every significant multistate enforcement matter handled by state regulators during his tenure. Additionally, Jedd oversaw numerous successful legislative and regulatory initiatives.
Prior to that, Jedd served as Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. House of Representatives, where he developed policy and legislative agendas in the areas of housing and financial services, small business and minority business.
Jedd also served as Assistant Attorney General for Maryland, where he handled mortgage fraud and payday lending enforcement prosecutions, as well as mortgage compliance, payday lending and money services business investigations.
Following law school, he served as law clerk to Judge John K. Olson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida.
London
Her expertise includes the creation of both equity-based and cash-based incentive plans, including the full range of HMRC tax-advantaged plans such as EMI plans and CSOPs, working on the incentives aspects of corporate transactions, including both venture capital and private equity investment, public company takeovers, IPOs, and company reorganizations. She considers the impact of the transaction on the share plans for employees and implements new incentive arrangements following investment into companies and businesses. She also guides listed companies on how to reward their executive directors in accordance with market practice and best corporate governance.
Rebecca is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation and a contributor to various publications (such as the Practical Law Company). She received a band 5 ranking in Employee Share Schemes & Incentives by Chambers UK 2025, is a “Leading Individual” under The Legal 500’s legal directory and has been recognized by MergerLinks as one of the top 30 most active up-and-coming tax lawyers in EMEA.
Santa Monica
Alyssa advises public company clients across a broad range of industries regarding equity offerings, compliance with federal securities laws, and requirements of the major U.S. stock exchanges. She assists in-house counsel, management, and boards of directors on SEC and stock exchange disclosure and reporting requirements, director and executive compensation, and corporate governance matters.
Alyssa also counsels both public and private companies on the design, implementation and taxation of executive compensation and equity compensation arrangements, including executive employment agreements, change in control and severance plans, and cash and equity incentive programs, along with other compensation and benefits matters in the context of ongoing business operations, M&A transactions, spin-offs, and venture capital financings.