Lisa Mazzone concentrates her practice on civil litigation involving contract claims, legal malpractice, business torts, and other complex commercial matters in both state and federal court. Her diverse practice spans all aspects of litigation on behalf of her clients, including pre-trial, trial, and appellate work, arbitrations, mediations, settlement negotiations, and has also involved attorney counseling and representation in ARDC proceedings. Ms. Mazzone has briefed and won dispositive motions in both state and federal trial courts, and has successfully represented her clients on appeal in matters before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals… Read more
Ms. McAneny has over 20 years of experience working at various large law firms in the Atlanta area. She practices commercial litigation, with experience in bankruptcy litigation and consumer litigation. In her previous roles, Ms. McAneny defended a Fortune 100 credit card company nationally in bankruptcy litigation. She also defended one of the largest shipment and logistics companies in the world against claims involving the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, and defended a credit reporting agency against claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Ms. McAneny received her JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law…. Read more
Mr. McConnell has more than 20 years experience handling complex reinsurance and insurance-related disputes for reinsurers, insurers and liquidators. He has represented clients in disputes involving coverage, allocation of loss, following obligations, construction of occurrence, event and aggregation provisions, attachment, limits and exhaustion and ECO and XPL liability. Clients rely upon Mr. McConnell, and his deep knowledge of reinsurance and insurance law and practice, for legal and commercial solutions to complex reinsurance and insurance-related disputes. Mr. McConnell has also represented guaranty funds, state agencies, franchisors, and energy companies in a range of commercial disputes. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr…. Read more
Mr. Moy’s practice focuses on patent litigation, pre-litigation counseling, and dispute resolution. He has considerable experience in all aspects of patent litigation, including trial experience, drafting appellate briefs, post-trial briefs, and dispositive motions, preparing Markman claim construction briefs, deposing key fact and expert witnesses, and handling day-today case management responsibilities. He litigates patent matters involving a wide range of technologies, including interactive telephone call processing systems, charter jet reservation systems, electronic immobilization devices, electronic payment systems, digital speech compression software, pharmaceutical products and processes, and consumer recreational products. Mr. Moy also advises clients on a variety of nonlitigation matters, including… Read more
Shunji advises clients on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance matters. Dispute resolution is also a core part of Shunji’s practice, including international commercial litigation and arbitration, both in Japan and in the United States. Before joining SGR, Shunji worked as an attorney in Tokyo for more than 10 years. He advised a variety of clients, from listed companies to startups, and handled general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy cases, and dispute resolutions. Shunji also routinely served as a member of the board of directors (as an outside auditor)… Read more
Susan offers guidance to both publicly and privately held entities navigating the complex legal landscape of conducting business in the United States. Beyond handling specific legal matters, she frequently assumes the role of outside general counsel for American subsidiaries of Japanese firms. In this capacity, she provides comprehensive support to management across all aspects of their operations, ensuring their understanding and adherence to various regulations and laws spanning corporate governance and compliance, employment, export controls, antitrust, creditor’s rights and immigration. Susan’s clientele spans diverse industries, encompassing chemicals, consumer goods, food, manufacturing, real estate, logistics, trade, pharmaceuticals, medical products, retail and… Read more
Marc S. Porter is Counsel in the Real Estate Practice Group of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP where he practices real estate and construction law as well as corporate counseling. Mr. Porter’s expertise includes drafting and negotiating real estate and construction contracts and counseling clients on land use, zoning and development issues. Marc integrates his broad experience of having represented public, private and not-for-profit corporations in complex commercial and industrial land acquisitions and sales with his extensive experience representing clients in arbitration and litigation involving construction disputes, public bidding, zoning, easements and environmental issues. With more than 43 years of… Read more
Jennifer focuses her practice on estate planning, trust administration, and trust litigation. She enjoys helping individuals create estate plans that fit their specific needs. Her goal is to simplify the estate planning process and educate clients on California laws to create personalized estate plans, including advising on transferring business interests. In addition, Jennifer provides a calming presence to loved ones confronted by the loss of their family member during a trust administration that includes straightforward advice to individual and institutional Trustees. Jennifer’s expertise includes all aspects of litigation in the area of trust and estates which informs her advice to… Read more
Paula has over 15 years of experience in complex commercial real estate transactions involving multi-property portfolios, joint venture relationships, distressed assets and challenging title or survey issues. She counsels national property developers, owners, investors, and lenders through all stages of the real estate development finance process. Paula has significant experience representing public utilities in the acquisition and disposition of property rights for energy transmission and renewable energy projects. Paula’s deal management and negotiation skills efficiently move transactions from concept to closing. She is the commercial real estate co-chair of the State Bar of Georgia’s Real Property Law Section. Through her… Read more
With a wealth of experience in research and writing in complex legal matters, Ms. Scaldo provides litigation and general counsel services to her clients. She previously served seventeen years as a law professor for a Jacksonville area law school. As a law teacher and scholar, she was actively engaged in the development of legal theory and application, particularly with regard to constitutional issues and individual rights. She is the author of several law review articles and has proven herself to be a valuable participant and presenter at various national legal conferences. Ms. Scaldo began her career as a state appellate and federal… Read more
