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Practice:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Jake O'Neal Managing Associate

Los Angeles

Drawing on his background as an electrical engineer, Jake litigates complex patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design and fabrication, and renewable energy.  He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.  

Jake is also deeply committed to pro bono work.  As an Orrick Fellow at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, he secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial regarding alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he developed circuits for NASA-contracted space missions.  He attended law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and graduated in the top 10% of his class.  He recently completed a federal district court clerkship in the Central District of California.  

When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he writes and records music under the artist name Drip Lines and spends time with his wife and children.  

Practice:

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Trademark, Copyright & Media
  • Trade Secrets Litigation

Jake O'Neal Managing Associate

Los Angeles

Drawing on his background as an electrical engineer, Jake litigates complex patent matters, encompassing cybersecurity, gaming, digital advertising technologies, analog and digital electronics, circuit design and fabrication, and renewable energy.  He also possesses notable experience in copyright cases involving AI and data scraping.  

Jake is also deeply committed to pro bono work.  As an Orrick Fellow at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, he secured compassionate release for a client serving a life sentence and played a crucial role as third-chair in a 10-day trial regarding alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

Jake graduated first in his class with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, where he developed circuits for NASA-contracted space missions.  He attended law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and graduated in the top 10% of his class.  He recently completed a federal district court clerkship in the Central District of California.  

When Jake isn't advocating for his clients, he writes and records music under the artist name Drip Lines and spends time with his wife and children.  

Noah Rushin Associate

Washington, D.C.

Noah brings a detail-oriented and analytical approach to complex technical disputes. He has conducted prior art searches, analyzed chemical compositions and manufacturing processes, and drafted detailed infringement and invalidity contentions. Noah’s experience includes preparing expert reports, post-hearing briefs, and trial demonstratives, as well as developing deposition strategies and second-chairing depositions. He has participated in two trials before the International Trade Commission, assisting with examination outlines and trial exhibit negotiations.

Noah earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as an editor of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia, where he was a Rodman Scholar. His technical expertise is complemented by proficiency in Matlab, SQL, and other analytical tools. Noah is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D.C.

Noah Rushin Associate

Washington, D.C.

Noah brings a detail-oriented and analytical approach to complex technical disputes. He has conducted prior art searches, analyzed chemical compositions and manufacturing processes, and drafted detailed infringement and invalidity contentions. Noah’s experience includes preparing expert reports, post-hearing briefs, and trial demonstratives, as well as developing deposition strategies and second-chairing depositions. He has participated in two trials before the International Trade Commission, assisting with examination outlines and trial exhibit negotiations.

Noah earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as an editor of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia, where he was a Rodman Scholar. His technical expertise is complemented by proficiency in Matlab, SQL, and other analytical tools. Noah is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D.C.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Derivatives
  • Fintech

Robert Moyle Partner

New York

Rob has experience with a wide variety of asset classes, including credit and charge card receivables, auto loans and leases, dealer floorplan receivables, consumer and small business loans, student loans, tender option bonds and residential mortgages. He represents a variety of market participants, including issuers, sponsors, underwriters, placement and remarketing agents, lenders, borrowers and liquidity providers. Rob also advises clients on the application of securities laws and other financial industry regulations, including Regulation AB II and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Rob joined Orrick in 2005. He serves as Hiring Partner in the New York Office and is a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee.

Not licensed in Florida.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
  • Derivatives
  • Fintech

Robert Moyle Partner

New York

Rob has experience with a wide variety of asset classes, including credit and charge card receivables, auto loans and leases, dealer floorplan receivables, consumer and small business loans, student loans, tender option bonds and residential mortgages. He represents a variety of market participants, including issuers, sponsors, underwriters, placement and remarketing agents, lenders, borrowers and liquidity providers. Rob also advises clients on the application of securities laws and other financial industry regulations, including Regulation AB II and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Rob joined Orrick in 2005. He serves as Hiring Partner in the New York Office and is a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee.

Not licensed in Florida.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Finance

Janet Barbiere Partner

New York

She represents banks, investment banks and other financial institutions in their roles as issuers, underwriters, placement agents, originators, loan sellers and investors in commercial mortgage loan and mezzanine loan securitizations, real estate syndications, origination and servicing programs, the acquisition and sale of interests in mortgage loans, mortgage securities, subordinated debt and mezzanine debt, as well as transactions in the secondary mortgage market.

She has advised banks and other financial institutions in analyzing and structuring a broad array of traditional and unique CMBS transactions, in the restructuring and sale of performing and non-performing commercial mortgage loans, and in connection with CMBS re-securitizations and CRE CLO securitizations. She serves on various SFIG and CREFC Committees.

Prior to joining Orrick, Janet was a partner in the New York offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Structured Finance
  • Finance

Janet Barbiere Partner

New York

She represents banks, investment banks and other financial institutions in their roles as issuers, underwriters, placement agents, originators, loan sellers and investors in commercial mortgage loan and mezzanine loan securitizations, real estate syndications, origination and servicing programs, the acquisition and sale of interests in mortgage loans, mortgage securities, subordinated debt and mezzanine debt, as well as transactions in the secondary mortgage market.

She has advised banks and other financial institutions in analyzing and structuring a broad array of traditional and unique CMBS transactions, in the restructuring and sale of performing and non-performing commercial mortgage loans, and in connection with CMBS re-securitizations and CRE CLO securitizations. She serves on various SFIG and CREFC Committees.

Prior to joining Orrick, Janet was a partner in the New York offices of Kaye Scholer LLP, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Restructuring
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Municipal Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Structured Finance
  • Higher Education and Student Loan Financing

Lorraine McGowen Partner

New York

Lorraine brings 30+ years of legal experience in bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, sovereign debt restructurings and creditors' rights controversies. She interfaces with auditors, government regulators, investment bankers and others, and develops and implements mediation and litigation strategies, and negotiates reorganization plans and complex corporate and finance documents. She also regularly provides commercial law and bankruptcy advice in connection with securitization, M&A, energy & infrastructure and general corporate transactions.

Lorraine has represented various stakeholders in bankruptcies, workouts, distressed debt transactions, sovereign debt restructurings, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives and distressed acquisition matters such as Suriname, Belize, Puerto Rico, Takata Corporation, Windstream, GTT, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Lehman, MF Global, Indiana Toll Road, Chemtura Corporation, Tronox Incorporated, South Bay Expressway, American Dream School, Detroit, General Motors and Stone & Webster.

Lorraine is Partner in Charge of Orrick’s global Inclusion & Belonging Initiatives. She previously served two terms on the firm’s 11-member Board of Directors and as a member of the Management Committee, and she also previously chaired the Restructuring Group.

As a leading Inclusion & Belonging advocate, Lorraine creates programs for the legal profession and the community. She was selected as a 2019 Rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), 2025 Private Practitioner of the Year by the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Lawyers for 2024, 2022, 2018 and 2015, and received Legal Outreach’s Pipeline to Diversity 2017 Champion Award and the New York City Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion 2012 Champion Award. IFLR1000 Rankings named Lorraine a leading lawyer in the U.S. She was selected by Direct Women to be a 2016 Board Institute member. She is a frequent speaker and author on bankruptcy and insolvency and diversity and inclusion.

Among her community involvement, she is a former Vice President and Board Member of the New York City Bar Association and currently co-chairs the City Bar's Digital Assets Task Force. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession and the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where she is chair of the board, and on the Advisory Committees for Legal Outreach and the Vance Center for International Justice of the City Bar, where she serves as co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Vance Center.

Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Restructuring
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Municipal Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Structured Finance
  • Higher Education and Student Loan Financing

Lorraine McGowen Partner

New York

Lorraine brings 30+ years of legal experience in bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, sovereign debt restructurings and creditors' rights controversies. She interfaces with auditors, government regulators, investment bankers and others, and develops and implements mediation and litigation strategies, and negotiates reorganization plans and complex corporate and finance documents. She also regularly provides commercial law and bankruptcy advice in connection with securitization, M&A, energy & infrastructure and general corporate transactions.

Lorraine has represented various stakeholders in bankruptcies, workouts, distressed debt transactions, sovereign debt restructurings, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives and distressed acquisition matters such as Suriname, Belize, Puerto Rico, Takata Corporation, Windstream, GTT, Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Lehman, MF Global, Indiana Toll Road, Chemtura Corporation, Tronox Incorporated, South Bay Expressway, American Dream School, Detroit, General Motors and Stone & Webster.

Lorraine is Partner in Charge of Orrick’s global Inclusion & Belonging Initiatives. She previously served two terms on the firm’s 11-member Board of Directors and as a member of the Management Committee, and she also previously chaired the Restructuring Group.

As a leading Inclusion & Belonging advocate, Lorraine creates programs for the legal profession and the community. She was selected as a 2019 Rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), 2025 Private Practitioner of the Year by the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Lawyers for 2024, 2022, 2018 and 2015, and received Legal Outreach’s Pipeline to Diversity 2017 Champion Award and the New York City Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion 2012 Champion Award. IFLR1000 Rankings named Lorraine a leading lawyer in the U.S. She was selected by Direct Women to be a 2016 Board Institute member. She is a frequent speaker and author on bankruptcy and insolvency and diversity and inclusion.

Among her community involvement, she is a former Vice President and Board Member of the New York City Bar Association and currently co-chairs the City Bar's Digital Assets Task Force. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession and the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, where she is chair of the board, and on the Advisory Committees for Legal Outreach and the Vance Center for International Justice of the City Bar, where she serves as co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Vance Center.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Finance
  • Restructuring
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Raniero D'Aversa Partner

New York

Ron is the designated restructuring counsel to many leading financial institutions such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, Citibank, Commerzbank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Bank of Nova Scotia. He has represented clients in bankruptcies, workouts, DIP loans, distressed debt transactions, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives and distressed acquisitions. Ron has represented interests of financial institutions and investors in such restructuring and bankruptcy cases as Ocean Rig, Seadrill, CHC Helicopter, Erickson, Indiana Toll Road, Pocahontas Parkway, Eagle Bulk, Spyglass Films, American Airlines, Republic Airlines, Chemtura Corporation, Quebecor, AbitibiBowater, North Las Vegas, Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies, Star Diamond, Lehman and Mesa Airlines.

In the Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate category of The Legal 500 US directory, Ron’s clients praise his “practical and strategic approach.” Another noted, “Each time I discuss an issue with [him], I am both amazed at his ability to understand my concerns and his complete knowledge of the subject. He puts me at ease and there is never a time that I cannot reach him.” Regarded as a leader in financial restructurings by clients and peers alike, Ron understands every phase of a bankruptcy and restructuring matter and knows how to effectively position a client to control opposition and maximize results.

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Practice:

  • Finance Sector
  • Finance
  • Restructuring
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Raniero D'Aversa Partner

New York

Ron is the designated restructuring counsel to many leading financial institutions such as The Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, Citibank, Commerzbank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Bank of Nova Scotia. He has represented clients in bankruptcies, workouts, DIP loans, distressed debt transactions, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives and distressed acquisitions. Ron has represented interests of financial institutions and investors in such restructuring and bankruptcy cases as Ocean Rig, Seadrill, CHC Helicopter, Erickson, Indiana Toll Road, Pocahontas Parkway, Eagle Bulk, Spyglass Films, American Airlines, Republic Airlines, Chemtura Corporation, Quebecor, AbitibiBowater, North Las Vegas, Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies, Star Diamond, Lehman and Mesa Airlines.

In the Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate category of The Legal 500 US directory, Ron’s clients praise his “practical and strategic approach.” Another noted, “Each time I discuss an issue with [him], I am both amazed at his ability to understand my concerns and his complete knowledge of the subject. He puts me at ease and there is never a time that I cannot reach him.” Regarded as a leader in financial restructurings by clients and peers alike, Ron understands every phase of a bankruptcy and restructuring matter and knows how to effectively position a client to control opposition and maximize results.