Chicago
Amanda’s practice centers on all types of intellectual property matters including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation. Amanda also handles other civil litigation matters including commercial and contract-based disputes.
Amanda clerked for Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and for Judge Arenda Wright Allen of the Eastern District of Virginia. During her tenure on the fast-paced “rocket docket,” Amanda assisted Judge Allen in all aspects of presiding over several jury trials and in managing her weighty civil docket. While clerking on the Ninth Circuit, Amanda was intimately involved in oral argument preparation, case strategy, and opinion drafting for both en banc and three-judge panel proceedings. Both clerkships give Amanda invaluable “behind the scenes” experience and an understanding of persuasive writing and argument techniques as well as the mechanics of judicial decision making. Amanda uses these insights and her ability to quickly identify the tipping point of complex cases to clearly and concisely draft the most compelling argument on behalf of her clients.
Prior to clerking, Amanda was previously an associate at another national law firm, where she handled commercial, appellate, and intellectual property matters. She also served as a PILI Fellow at the National Immigrant Justice Center while studying for the bar examination.
During law school, Amanda served as the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Law and Policy and her student note—(Il)Legal Violence at the Border: A Comparative Analysis of LGBTQ+ Asylum Claims in the United States and Europe—was published in the same. She also earned a Certificate in Public Interest Law and authored the top-ranked Respondent’s brief in the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition.
Amanda is deeply committed to pro bono work. She has successfully represented several asylum seekers from around the world as well as incarcerated individuals alleging civil rights violations.
New York
Erica draws on deep experience in legal ethics and litigation. She served as Staff Attorney with the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, where she investigated and prosecuted judges for ethical violations. Prior to joining Orrick, she was Deputy General Counsel at Foley & Lardner, advising the firm on complex legal ethics, regulatory, compliance, procurement, and other professional responsibility and risk management issues. She began her private practice career as a litigator at Morvillo, Abramowitz and Gibson, Dunn.
Erica clerked for the Hon. Peter K. Leisure of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was an Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing & Research at Fordham University School of Law.
巴黎
Solène assists French and international clients on all aspects of French employment law both in contentious and non-contentious matters.
Her area of expertise covers collective aspects of employment law (professional elections, relationships with the employee representatives, collective agreements, working time, reorganisations, mass redundancies, post-acquisition integrations, internal investigations, background checks and monitoring) and individual aspects (drafting employment documentation, dismissals, negotiation and settlement agreements, bonus schemes and restrictive covenants).
Solène has been a French-qualified lawyer (Avocat à la Cour) since February 2018. Prior to joining Orrick, she was an associate for 7 years within a global UK law firm's employment team.
In addition, she holds a Master’s Degree in Employment law from the University of Paris II Panthéon- Assas. Solène is also an alumna of the Oxford University (Diploma of Legal Studies - 2014).
New York
Her practice focuses on project development, acquisitions, and financing, including debt and tax equity financing, in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Marc partners with government bond issuers, nonprofit organizations, and universities, and has experience assisting leading affordable housing professionals, public power agencies, private universities, museums, and charter schools with their financing goals. Marc provides reliable, sought-after advice to issuer and underwriter clients in transactions involving both long- and short-term, fixed and variable rate obligations, commercial paper, credit and liquidity enhancement, and revenue bonds.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Marc was an economics consultant at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP. Marc obtained his JD/MBA at the University of Southern California.
Chicago
Russell represents private credit funds, asset managers, banks, sponsors, borrowers and other investors in financings for a wide range of energy and infrastructure asset classes, including solar, wind, battery storage, conventional power and other infrastructure projects. With extensive private credit experience, Russell is skilled at structuring and documenting complex financing structures such as senior secured project-level financings, back-leveraged financings, term loan A, term loan B and asset-backed loans.
New York
Kim represents companies and individuals in a variety of complex commercial matters, including breach of contract, securities and stockholder litigation, borrower-lender disputes, trade secret misappropriation, and bankruptcy proceedings. She also has significant experience in white collar criminal and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, as well as internal investigations. Kim regularly appears in courts across the country; before arbitration panels; and before regulators including the SEC, DOJ, and CFTC.
Kim maintains an active pro bono practice, including matters ranging from prisoners' rights to immigration issues and constitutional law.
Kim graduated from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She earned her B.A., with honors and distinction, and M.A. from Stanford University, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Before joining Orrick, Kim practiced in the litigation departments of Milbank LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
休斯敦
Guy Topaz is a versatile litigator whose practice spans complex commercial and financial services disputes in federal and state courts, domestic arbitration, white-collar investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions.
Guy counsels and represents individual and corporate clients including technology companies, global asset managers, Fortune 500 corporations, and private-equity sponsors in high-stakes matters in courts throughout the country. Guy draws upon his federal and state clerkship experiences, and his diverse international background in China, Europe, and the Middle East, to provide practical solutions that safeguard client objectives and reputation. Prior to joining Orrick, Guy practiced in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of an international law firm.
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Maya represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovators in complex, high-stakes intellectual property disputes.
Prior to joining Orrick, Maya clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge David Estudillo of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Maya earned her law degree with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as Online Editor for the University of Chicago Law Review.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Britney is an associate in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. She advises technology companies on entity formation, venture capital financings, and day-to-day corporate governance, supporting clients from inception to exit.
Britney also works with venture capital firms in connection with their investments in early-stage and high-growth technology companies. Her experience includes supporting companies through financing rounds, drafting and reviewing key corporate documents, and ensuring compliance with corporate laws. She also supports clients with board and stockholder matters, equity compensation, and strategic transactions.
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His focus is on contractual disputes in the energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors, where his clients benefit from his experience in high-volume arbitration proceedings. In addition, Kevin is well-versed in legal disputes in the supply industry, the iron and steel industry, and investment arbitration.
In the field of arbitration, he handles proceedings under all relevant arbitration rules, including DIS, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and AAA.
Before joining Orrick, Kevin deepened his specialized knowledge in litigation and conflict resolution through by working for three other leading international law firms in Germany and internationally.
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Julia counsels on compliance issues in relation to European and French tech and data regulations, including:
and other new and emerging legislation impacting online platforms, technology developers, and eCommerce businesses. She advises companies of all sizes on a wide range of compliance matters, ranging the drafting of internal policies, to assisting with regulatory investigations, product counseling and regulatory engagement.
In the context of strategic transactions covering significant and complex technological issues, she is involved in the drafting and negotiation of agreements relating to data transfer, IT, software, content and brand licensing.
Julia is deeply familiar with the commercial considerations’ clients face, having practiced in-house at Twitter, Financial Times and CBS for more than a decade prior to joining Orrick. Julia also teaches a course on AI contracts for the Master's program in AI Law at a leading French university and acts as a mentor for students.