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Janista Lee マネージング・アソシエイト

オレンジ・カウンティ

Prior to starting at Orrick, Janista spent a year as an Orrick Fellow at Community Legal SoCal in the Complex Litigation Unit, where she worked with community members to advocate for systemic change in Orange County. She earned her JD at the UC Irvine School of Law in 2020. While in law school, she externed for the Honorable Fernando M. Olguin in the Central District Court. She also participated in the Domestic Violence Clinic and committed over 200 hours to pro bono work. Janista served on the Executive Board of the UC Irvine Law Review as the Senior Articles Editor.

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Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Space and Defense Tech Law

Laura Lariu パートナー

Santa Monica

She is primarily focused on space & defense transactions, venture capital financings and providing external general counsel guidance. Before joining Orrick, Laura led companies through transformational growth as general counsel and practiced ECVC law.

Laura was an early employee of rocket manufacturer Relativity Space and guided the company's legal strategy through the company's (and world's) first launch of a predominantly 3D-printed full-scale rocket. Throughout that period, Laura helped negotiate $1.3 billion in private funding. She helped secure millions of square feet of physical infrastructure, including a former Boeing C-17 factory and facilities at NASA's Stennis Space Center. She also negotiated customer contracts of over $1 billion with major global satellite operators, and laid the foundation for complying within a national security framework and developing an innovative IP portfolio.

Prior to Relativity Space, Laura was general counsel at Virgin Hyperloop. Before that, Laura was as a corporate attorney with Gunderson Dettmer in New York and worked on innovative deals (venture financings, M&A, IPO) throughout the city's tech boom of 2011-2016. She also applied her fluency in 5 languages to work on a wide array of international deals.

Laura is a founding member of the L Suite, formerly TechGC, a platform of over 2,000 in-house legal leaders at leading tech companies and venture capital funds. She previously served on its Executive Board and Steering Committee and co-led the Los Angeles chapter. She is also on the Steering Committee of Space Beach Law Lab, the leading platform for legal leaders and policymakers to shape the future of the space industry.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • 石油とガス
  • Renewable Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Offshore Wind

Dr. Werner Brickwedde パートナー

デュッセルドルフ

While Werner’s corporate and M&A experience spans a broad range of industries, he has built a strong focus on and deep knowledge of the Energy & Infrastructure sector. His experience extends to acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, complex shareholder arrangements and project agreements of a variety of alternative energy and sustainability projects, including offshore wind, storage and mobility.

Werner also has extensive experience in project development, including advising on Operations & Maintenance and energy-related projects, particularly upstream and midstream. His in-depth understanding of how these projects fit together and how risk is allocated enables him to provide commercial, forward-looking advice on complex, cross-border transactions.

Werner is recommended in Germany for energy transactions (JUVE 2022/2023, Legal 500 2023), M&A (JUVE 2022/2023, Legal 500 2024, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2023/24. WirtschaftsWoche 2023) and corporate law (WirtschaftsWoche 2021).

Practice:

  • 知的財産
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • U.S. International Trade Commission

Laura Brooks Najemy パートナー

Boston

Laura’s litigation experience spans the gamut from initial pleadings through trial and everything in between. She represents numerous clients in the technology, automotive, retail, consumer products, and real estate industries. Her clients appreciate her diligence, effective communication, and excellent strategic judgment. At Orrick, Laura leads the Women’s Initiative for the Boston office and co-chairs the firm’s Middle East & North African inclusion network. She also co-chairs the Boston Bar Association’s Intellectual Property section.

Laura served as a Special District Attorney for Middlesex County in 2014. In that capacity, she prosecuted felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, trying jury and bench trials to final verdict and arguing dispositive and evidentiary motions. In 2010–2011, Laura completed a yearlong fellowship at the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project in Boston, where she assisted individuals who were affirmatively seeking asylum as well as defended individuals who were in removal proceedings in front of the Immigration Court. Through her pro bono practice, Laura continues to be committed to working to help individuals with various immigration matters.

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Practice:

  • Supreme Court & Appellate

Harmann Singh マネージング・アソシエイト

Washington DC

Harmann is a member of Orrick’s Supreme Court and Appellate group. He counsels clients in high-stakes constitutional, administrative, intellectual property, and commercial disputes across industries. His experience includes representing some of the world’s largest companies, nonprofits, and universities in trade secret cases, patent and copyright disputes, challenges to federal and state laws and regulations, and complex business litigation. Harmann also serves as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches the seminar Contemporary Civil Rights Issues at the Supreme Court.

Harmann maintains an active public interest practice and has represented clients in federal immigration appeals challenging their unlawful removal from the United States, advocated for criminal defendants in state appellate courts, and contributed to a gender equity investigation of the NCAA. Harmann is experienced in election law, as he has represented Pennsylvania in defending its certification of the 2020 presidential election results at the U.S. Supreme Court, defended the constitutionality of New York’s candidate filing deadline in federal court, and submitted briefs in support of election administration grants in state and federal court. Governor Andrew Beshear commissioned Harmann as a Kentucky Colonel—the Commonwealth’s highest civilian honor—for successfully defending the Governor’s COVID-19 public health measures at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Harmann served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court; Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. Before law school, he was a Truman-Albright Fellow at the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Harmann graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and Columbia University, where he was named a Truman Scholar.

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • 石油とガス
  • Hydrogen

Jake Cunningham マネージング・アソシエイト

Washington DC

Jake focuses on the development of natural gas infrastructure, including liquefied natural gas terminals and natural gas pipelines, and advises companies on securing permits and authorizations for major energy projects from FERC and DOE.

Jake's experience before FERC encompasses natural gas rate and tariff proceedings, enforcement and compliance matters, and applications for certificates and authorizations under the Natural Gas Act.

Practice:

  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • 政府による調査および強制措置
  • 内部調査

Meg Hennessey オブ・カウンセル

サンフランシスコ; オレンジ・カウンティ

Meg helps online service providers comply with online safety and consumer protection laws by marrying her knowledge of the data-driven environment with a decade of experience in white-collar and regulatory investigations. She also advises her clients on developing Trust & Safety compliance programs to manage the risks of misleading or harmful content online such as child exploitation or hate speech that could lead to investigations or litigation.

As a crisis responder, Meg assists clients at every stage, from starting a dialogue with regulators to responding to formal inquiries to managing investigations. She has led diverse teams of lawyers and consultants in conducting investigations, including those initiated by the DOJ, SEC, FTC, OIG, State AGs, and Congress. She has also acted on both sides of corporate Monitorships, serving on two Monitorship teams, and representing two international companies undergoing years-long scrutiny of an external Monitor. This experience provides her with unique insight into best practices in the assessment and development of ethics, integrity, and online safety trust and compliance programs.

Meg co-leads Orrick’s Orange County women’s inclusion network. Early in her career, she worked with LGBTQ+ youth at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and in the Juvenile Unit at the Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender. She works pro bono for immigration and women's health organizations. She lives in California with her spouse and kids.

740

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Public Finance

Steven G. White シニア・アソシエイト

ポートランド

Steven’s practice includes representing local and state government issuers, tribal governments, eligible borrowers and underwriters in connection with general obligation bond financings, revenue bond financings and lease financings.  Steven serves as bond counsel to the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Housing and Community Services, the Oregon Facilities Authority and a number of Oregon municipalities.

Prior to joining Orrick, Steven worked in publishing in various roles including as a business publication editor, business-focused journalist and news reporter covering trends in various industries as well as municipal and state government, law enforcement and state and federal court matters.

Steven volunteers as a coach for the nationally-recognized We The People program, working with Portland high school students to explore historical and contemporary Constitutional issues in a team competition format sponsored by the Center for Civic Education and Oregon’s Classroom Law Project.

Ben Hayes Project Attorney

Washington DC

Ben works with litigation attorneys and third party vendors to manage the review and production of documents relevant to investigations and litigation. This work includes using early case assessment technology to analyze, categorize and cull data. He also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs.

Ben has coordinated matters involving large-scale international data collections, reviews, and productions to multiple parties and governmental institutions. Ben is Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA), and holds a J.D. from the University of Oregon and an LL.M. in International Trade and Commercial Law from Durham University in the U.K. (with distinction).

Margaret A. Malloy Senior Litigation Attorney

New York

With over two decades of experience in employment law and complex litigation, she has represented clients in high-stakes disputes across federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration. From leading precedent-setting class actions to advocating for clients before the EEOC and New York Courts, Maggie's career is defined by her ability to navigate intricate legal challenges with precision. Whether advising on employment disputes, engaging in litigation, or negotiating resolutions, she delivers straightforward counsel that protects clients and advances their business objectives.

Practice:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Private Credit
  • Finance

Dougal Forrest マネージング・アソシエイト

Washington DC

Dougal has experience representing both lender- and borrower-side clients in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities. He has worked on a variety of domestic and cross-border commercial finance matters, including acquisition financings, direct and syndicated lending transactions and debt refinancings.

Before joining Orrick, Dougal was a debt finance associate in the New York office of White & Case LLP.

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Practice:

  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • 知的財産
  • Technology & Innovation

Abigail Dagher アソシエイト

オレンジ・カウンティ

Abigail’s background in marketing and business development gives her a practical understanding of how brands grow and operate, helping her offer trademark advice that supports her clients’ business goals. She assists with counseling clients on managing domestic and international trademark and copyright portfolios, guiding them through all stages from trademark selection, searching, prosecution, and registration to brand enforcement and protection. Her work also includes handling takedown procedures and resolving domain name disputes. In addition to her prosecution practice, Abigail also has experience with opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Abigail previously worked with The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, the Georgia State-wide Business Court, and Emory University’s Office of Ethics and Compliance, where she developed her skills and grew her passion for global trademark and copyright law while assisting with legal matters in international marketing, emerging technology, and privacy.