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Practice:
- Employment Law & Litigation
- Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
- Trade Secrets Litigation
- Pay Equity
- Trials
Alice Hoesterey Senior Associate
Silicon Valley; Seattle
Alice has experience representing public and private companies in litigation across multiple industries including entertainment, technology, automotive, and retail. Alice regularly counsels clients on complex litigation strategy in multiple venues, including federal and state court, arbitration, and before government tribunals. She has successfully drafted numerous dispositive motions, managed all aspects of fact and expert discovery, and has substantial experience taking and defending depositions and arguing critical motions. Alice has litigated all types of disputes, including complicated trade secret actions, whistleblower and discrimination claims, enforcement of non-compete agreements, and class actions, reaching favorable resolutions for her clients.
Alice maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing primarily on issues relating to criminal justice reform.
Prior to joining Orrick, Alice worked as an associate in Latham & Watkins’ Century City office. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School where she graduated cum laude.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Renewable Energy
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Private Credit
Russell Hoffman Senior Associate
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.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Compensation & Benefits
- Technology Companies Group
Katherine K. Hogan Senior Associate
Santa Monica
She advises clients on the tax and securities issues related to equity-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock, employee stock purchase plans and deferred compensation arrangements for both private and public companies as well as in the context of initial public offerings and acquisitions.
Dave Holahan Counsel
New York
Dave has extensive trial experience at the state and federal levels, including in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Delaware Court of Chancery, and the Commercial Division of New York State’s Supreme Court, New York County. Dave also has experience representing and defending clients' rights and remedies before federal and state regulators. Among other of Dave's successful trial outcomes, Dave served as co-lead counsel and secured a complete victory for his client in a dispute between two joint venture real-estate development partners after completing a 23-day bench trial in New York County’s Commercial Division and authoring the post-trial brief.
A zealous advocate for his clients, Dave is particularly adept at developing overall litigation strategies and, where advisable, advising clients regarding litigation avoidance, such as resolving business disputes through negotiation and mediation. He is skilled in working efficiently on behalf of his clients by quickly assessing potential liability and exposure, including the viability of any available claims and defenses, and aggressively acting to use the same in helping his clients achieve the best outcome consistent with their practical business objectives. Where appropriate and necessary, Dave has utilized his broad experience in structuring varied agreements with outside litigation funding firms, enabling his clients to litigate or arbitrate meritorious claims while providing alternative sources of funding to pay for the expense of litigation.
Practice:
- Restructuring
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Banking & Finance
Evan C. Hollander Partner
New York
Mr. Hollander has represented key parties in restructuring matters involving a wide range of sectors—including offshore drilling, aerospace, automotive, sovereign wealth, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications. He frequently writes on insolvency related topics and routinely appears on panels at industry conferences.
Kyle Holt Project Attorney
Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)
Kyle Holt Project Attorney
Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)
Kyle 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. She also manages teams of skilled professionals performing document review, redaction, analysis, production and drafting privilege logs. Kyle assists the litigation team to prepare for trial, including drafting deposition summaries, factual memoranda and exhibit charts. She also works with practice office attorneys on transactional tasks, including contract review and due diligence.
Practice:
- Corporate Governance
- Technology Companies Group
Viv Holyoake UK Corp Solutions Assoc Dir
London
Viv has extensive experience working for and with corporate, private and public sector clients, entrepreneurs, large banks, investors, law firms and accountancy firms in all aspects of company secretarial practice and corporate law.
She manages a harmonised team that is focused in providing the highest level of service, tailored to meet each client’s requirements.