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Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
  • Investigations internes
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • 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.

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Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Blockchain & Digital Assets
  • Technology & Innovation

Nick Feldman Partner

Los Angeles; Santa Monica

For more than a decade, Nick has guided high-growth companies from inception to exit, advising on formation, financings, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs while serving as outside general counsel on day-to-day legal matters as they scale.

Leveraging Orrick’s sector-focused approach and legal innovation tools, Nick works with companies across a range of industries, with a focus on disruptive technologies—including fintech, Web3 and blockchain, artificial intelligence, healthcare and biotech, digital media, and consumer products. He also represents top venture capital firms investing in these sectors across equity, debt, and token financings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Nick was a senior counsel at Gunderson Dettmer.

Nick earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review and received the Otto Kaus Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship.

Before law school, he built a career as a journalist, photographer, and publicist covering music, food, and the arts. A proud Husky, he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington.

Practice:

  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Contentieux complexes & Résolution des litiges
  • Class Action Defense
  • Procès
  • Life Sciences & HealthTech

Whitney-Ann Mulhauser Senior Associate

Washington, D.C.

Whitney-Ann counsels and represents individual and corporate clients through all stages of litigation with a focus on cybersecurity and privacy issues, including data breach class actions. She has extensive experience in state and federal court and before arbitral tribunals. She can be trusted to jump into a case at any stage to help drive strategy and obtain favorable results. In addition to routinely helping clients obtain early victories through successful motions practice, she has served as a key member on multiple trial teams, including obtaining an important defense verdict after a multi-week trial for a high-profile client.  She was named a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in 2026 for her work in Commercial Litigation, Class Action Defense, and Mass Torts.

Whitney-Ann formerly taught a practical course on civil discovery in federal courts as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

Whitney-Ann was previously a litigation associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. After law school, she served as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Judge Ivan D. Davis, United States Magistrate in the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria division.

Whitney-Ann maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing on immigration relief for children, families fleeing violence at home, and civil rights and housing issues.

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Practice:

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

Elizabeth McGinn Partner

Washington, D.C.; New York

In conjunction with this work, she develops policies and procedures, records retention schedules and training materials. A significant part of her practice involves addressing data security breaches, working proactively with clients to prevent such breaches from occurring, and advising clients in responding to regulatory inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions related to privacy, information security and cybersecurity issues. She also assists numerous professional sports teams comply with data privacy concerns, consumer financing laws and payment system issues.

Beth also represents financial institutions, corporations and individuals in a wide range of matters. She advises clients in investigations, examinations and litigation initiated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general and bank regulatory agencies. She has represented financial institutions in class action litigation concerning federal and state fair lending laws, mortgage fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices statutes, consumer fraud statutes and consumer privacy laws. She has extensive experience counseling clients in response to federal and state subpoenas and handling all aspects of e-discovery.

Over the course of her career, Beth has represented clients in matters involving simultaneous criminal, civil administrative and congressional proceedings. She has defended clients in matters relating to money laundering compliance issues and investigations and litigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various congressional committees, including the U.S. Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee and the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Beth has published and spoken on a variety of topics, including privacy, cybersecurity, electronic discovery, vendor management and consumer financial services litigation. She authored the chapter on “Oversight of Compliance and Control Responsibilities” for Navigating the Digital Age – The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers. She has been recognized for her work in Cyber Law (Data Protection and Privacy) by Legal 500 since 2013, which describes her as “outstanding on privacy and e-discovery issues,” “able to advise both on the regulatory and litigation sides of problems,” an attorney who "exceeds expectations on response and turnaround times,” “has strong industry knowledge in data security and privacy, and is able to walk the fine line between operational efficiency and regulatory compliance' when developing IT policies.” It also described her as “top notch, incredibly responsive, thoughtful, and provides advice that is both practical and efficient.”

Prior to joining Orrick, Beth was a partner at Buckley LLP where she was Co-chair of the firm’s Privacy, Cyber Risk & Data Security practice and E-discovery Committee. Previously she was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She clerked for Federal Magistrate Judge P. Trevor Sharp of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina after law school. Beth is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

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Practice:

  • Restructuring
  • Finance

Manny Grillo Partner

New York

In addition to troubled companies, his clients include investment funds, sponsors and other financial institutions, whom he counsels on insolvency and restructuring matters related to complex financings and securitizations. He also represents sellers and purchasers in distressed merger and asset transactions.

With significant experience across industries such as power, energy, real estate, transportation, technology, healthcare and financial services, Manny negotiates rescue and recapitalization financing transactions on behalf of both lenders and borrowers, including debtor-in-possession loans. He also litigates disputes arising in or from plan confirmations, lender liability matters, avoidance actions and liability management transactions. In addition, Manny represents clients in commercial litigation involving financial instruments and internal investigations in both state and federal courts.

Active in industry and civic organizations, Manny is involved with the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Microenterprise Project of Volunteers of Legal Services (VOLS) in New York City. He also recently served as a member of the Complex Chapter 11 Case Committee for the US Bankruptcy Court for the S.D. of Texas and the Editorial Advisory Board for Bankruptcy Law360.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Real Estate

Taylor Marie Moustris Barokh Senior Associate

Los Angeles

She advises opportunity, investment and private equity funds, institutional investors and developers on commercial real estate transactions including joint venture structuring, financing, development, acquisitions, sales, lease agreements, and other corporate real estate activities. Taylor is familiar with structuring and drafting corporate organizational agreements, financing, acquisition and disposition documents. She has experience with a variety of asset types, including commercial, mixed-use and residential properties. Further, she regularly advises startups, growth stage companies and not-for-profit organizations on their leasing transactions.

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Practice:

  • Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy

Rebecca Caspar-Vazzoler Career Associate

New York

She supports clients in the energy and infrastructure spaces through development, financing, construction and operation of their projects, often working to develop novel and bespoke legal solutions. 

Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation

Hélène Boukez Of Counsel

Paris

Avec plus de 15 ans d'expérience en droit du travail, Hélène met son expertise au service des entreprises, couvrant tous les aspects de cette discipline, en conseil comme en contentieux.

Elle accompagne plus particulièrement les entreprises de toutes tailles dans leurs projets de restructuration, les accompagnant tant dans le choix de l’outil juridique le plus adapté pour mener à bien leurs projets que dans l’approche stratégique vis-à-vis des salariés, des représentants du personnel et syndicaux de l’administration du travail etc.

Hélène conseille également les employeurs dans la gestion de leurs situations sensibles : départs de dirigeants, gestion des problématiques de RPS et notamment en cas d’alerte nécessitant de mener des enquêtes ; gestion des relations avec les représentants du personnel et syndicaux.

Selon les besoins, elle intervien directement aux côtés des employeurs dans leurs négociations avec les organisations syndicales ou encore dans le cadre de médiations.

Son approche allie excellence technique et dimension stratégique, en privilégiant des solutions pragmatiques et opérationnelles.

Hélène s'engage à offrir un accompagnement complet, répondant aux besoins spécifiques de chaque entreprise et en tenant compte des spécificités de chaque dossier.
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Practice:

  • Life Sciences & HealthTech
  • Propriété intellectuelle

Christine Willgoos Counsel

New York

Christine has litigated a wide range of subject matters relating to drug development, including humanized antibody technology, recombinant DNA vectors, nextgen DNA sequencing, complex chemistry and drugs for the treatment of cancer, HIV, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, depression and anxiety, immune disorders, and dermatologic conditions. Christine is experienced in other industries as well, including medical devices, semiconductors, telecommunications and electronics.

Christine’s recent successes include obtaining a trial win and injunction for a major pharmaceutical company’s blockbuster cancer drug, securing a consent judgment and recommendation for fees for two innovator companies’ treatment relating to rare cancers, and representing a biotech company in Patent Office proceedings against a major pharmaceutical company, securing a settlement of $1.25 billion.

Practice:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Michelle Pichardo Managing Associate

Houston

Michelle focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development and general corporate matters for clients in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries.

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Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Martha Verhaelen Career Associate

Dusseldorf

She advises start-ups from their incorporation through their first financing rounds into the growth phase, as well as on internationalization projects. Martha works with venture capital, as well as corporate venture capital investors on start-up financing projects.

Prior to joining Orrick, Martha worked as a trainee lawyer for another international law firm and United Nations Women in Bonn.

Sonora Carroll Associate

Washington, D.C.

Sonora's practice includes a diverse range of complex litigation, regulatory enforcement, and government-initiated investigation matters. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Sonora received her J.D. from the Howard Law School in Washington, D.C. While in law school, she participated in the Howard Criminal Justice Clinic where she represented indigent individuals charged with misdemeanors in Washington, D.C. Superior Court. Sonora was also a student attorney in the Howard Civil Rights Clinic where she contributed to an amicus brief in the landmark case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.