Additionally, Brittany is an elected representative to the Tribal Council of the Caddo Nation, a tribal nation located in what is current day Oklahoma. She serves as a Member at Large for the National Native American Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Rebecca has broad experience representing corporations in all stages of litigation, including pre-suit demands, motions to dismiss, fact and expert discovery and depositions, summary judgment, trial preparation, and trial. Rebecca has drafted various briefs for federal and state proceedings encompassing numerous substantive issues, including administrative law, constitutional law, civil procedure, evidentiary issues, business and contract disputes, and class actions.
Throughout her time at Orrick, Rebecca has maintained an active pro bono practice, largely focused on immigration issues.
Rebecca previously served as a law clerk to Hon. Thomas F. Hogan at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and Hon. Judith C. McCarthy at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In his government service, Joseph investigated potentially anticompetitive mergers, allegations of collusion, and potentially monopolistic conduct by firms in the healthcare and many other industries. That experience included working on the litigation team in the United States' challenge of UnitedHealth Group's acquisition of Change Healthcare. In private practice, Joseph has litigated antitrust and other complex commercial matters, advocated on behalf of clients with government agencies, and counseled clients on antitrust risks of potential acquisitions and on HSR filing requirements.
The combination of government and private practice experience, including representing both plaintiffs and defendants, allows Joseph to navigate the demands of modern discovery in litigation and by subpoena. Joseph seeks to achieve optimal outcomes for clients by minimizing disruption, cost, and burden during the litigation process, while focusing on and obtaining the key facts necessary to support his clients’ claims and defenses. His experience guides Joseph’s advocacy to secure successful outcomes at early stages of investigations and litigations, and to build the factual record needed to win at trial.
Joseph also maintains an active pro bono practice, including extensive work for clients seeking to prove their innocence from wrongful convictions.
Vinny Mei is an Associate in Orrick’s Technology Companies Group. Vinny advises technology companies across the software, financial technology, artificial intelligence, consumer internet, and enterprise software industries on matters ranging from general formation to venture capital financings to technology transactions, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to practicing law, Vinny co-founded Marq Vision, a Y Combinator-backed startup on a mission to eliminate counterfeits from online retail. He is passionate about access to justice, gamification in education, and empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Vinny received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was the Bluebook Business Chair of the Harvard Law Review and Managing Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. He earned his B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
She partners with investment funds, fund sponsors, real estate advisors, developers, public and private pension funds and institutional lenders on sophisticated real property acquisitions and dispositions, secured financings, hospitality, construction and development, joint ventures and other corporate real estate activities.
With a particular passion for the hospitality sector, Katie manages nearly all of Orrick’s hotel transactions throughout the United States. She has in-depth knowledge of the legal and contractual aspects unique to the hotel industry, including construction contracts, hotel management and franchise agreements, in addition to more standard loan documentation, joint venture and purchase and sale agreements.
Ryann's practice focuses on representing foreign and domestic individuals and companies in a broad range of industries in anti-corruption compliance, government investigations, and white collar criminal defense matters. Her experiences include conducting internal investigations and representing companies in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and working with companies to develop and enhance their corporate compliance programs. She also represents clients in matters involving complex civil and criminal litigation matters. Ryann joined Orrick after completing a one-year fellowship as an Orrick Fellow at ACLU of Northern California.
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