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Sheryl Robinson Wood is the owner and founder of The Wood Law Firm PLLC with its primary office in Washington, DC and a satellite office in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Ms. Wood is a seasoned negotiator adept at resolving legal disputes in either the pre-litigation stage or through the various stages of litigation. She is an experienced trial attorney handling all aspects of commercial litigation, employment disputes, personal injury, family law, legal malpractice and criminal defense matters (specializing in white collar and financial fraud) in state and federal courts. Ms. Wood began her career as an Assistant...

Ralph P. Albrecht is a US Registered Patent Attorney, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and related business transactions, licensing, contracts, and enforcement and litigation. Ralph works in northern Virginia and has offices in Reston, VA, and works with clients from Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Fauquier, Montgomery counties, as well as throughout the DMV, Washington, DC metropolitan area from Baltimore, MD, to Roanoke, VA, to Washington, DC. A former Am-Law 100 law firm Practice Group Leader, Ralph is experienced in management and leading lawyers and legal practices, as well as practicing in all areas...

Edwina Rogers has served as a public policy expert for over 20 years. She is an expert on health care policy and has worked for two Presidents and four Senators. She currently serves as the CEO of the Global Healthspan Policy Institute and a partner at Johnson, Rogers and Clifton - a DC Government Relations and Law Firm. Edwina is the founder of the Center for Prison Reform and the Secular Policy Institute. She served as the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for American in April 2012 until May 2014. From 2006 until 2011 she served...

Mr. Mitchell's practice focuses on civil litigation. With more than 20 years in the practice of law Mr. Mitchell is an experienced litigator. He has represented hundreds of clients in state (DC) courts (e.g., Family Law, Probate Law, Criminal DWI/DUI, etc.) and federal courts (e.g., Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Federal Employment Law, etc.) as well as before government agencies (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Small Business Administration (SBA), District of Columbia-Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), District of Columbia Public Schools, etc.). He has also resolved many legal matters outside of court. He has litigated against top lawyers at big...

From 1987 to 1999, Bettwy was an Assistant Editor of International Legal Materials, a publication of the American Society of International Law. He has specialized in immigration law since 1987 when he began as a prosecutor in immigration court for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in San Francisco. From there, he was promoted to Associate General Counsel in Washington, DC, in charge of attorney training, and then he transferred to the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego, where he continues to specialize in immigration law matters before the U.S. District Court and the Ninth Circuit...

Martin Levine has been a Shareholder at Shulman Rogers for in excess of 20 years. He is one of the most recognized and well respected practitioners of civil litigation in the greater Washington, DC area. Marty focuses his practice in the areas of Medical Malpractice and major Personal Injury matters. During the course of a 28 year career, Mr. Levine has tried in excess of 80 cases at the State and Federal levels. He maintains a National/International practice, having tried or resolved matters in Nevada, California, Texas, North Carolina, England and Switzerland.He has effectuated recoveries for his clients totaling many...

Suzanne M. Tsintolas is a practicing trial attorney with more than 22 years of experience in litigating discrimination, employment law, and defamation cases, primarily in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She began her formal education with a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire and earned her Master’s degrees from Troy University in Human Resource Management and Public Administration. Ms. Tsintolas worked for more than 15 years in corporations and local government as a human resources professional concentrating in recruitment, staffing, and employment matters. She culminated her corporate career as a senior human resources director of...

Edsel brings an outstanding background to the firm. Most recently he concluded a 29 year career as a Public Servant at the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). During his tenure at SBA he served in a number of managerial capacities including: Assistant Administrator, Office of Innovation & Technology where he provided oversight over the nation's largest Seed Capital Programs (Small Business Innovation Research-SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer-STTR) Assistant Administrator, Office of Business Development, where he oversaw varying components of the 8(a) Program including 8(a) certification, program development, 7(j), and mentor-protégé and he also served as a Financial Analyst...

Shahed Kader assists companies with their technology related legal needs - including commercial transactions, product counsel, data privacy, mergers and acquisitions, and government contracts. Shahed’s clients range from startups to publicly traded companies.

Jeffrey M. Orenstein is a skilled commercial litigator with a particular emphasis on bankruptcy litigation. He has been appointed to serve as Bankruptcy Trustee and Examiner in complex Chapter 11 cases. For more than 25 years, he has represented bankruptcy estates, bankruptcy trustees in multiple jurisdictions, creditors and debtors in a wide variety of high profile bankruptcy cases and in business and consumer litigation. Mr. Orenstein has assisted the Federal government in obtaining bankruptcy fraud convictions in numerous cases. The Martindale-Hubbell legal directory gave Mr. Orenstein an AV rating, the highest given for legal ability and professional ethics.

Michael Kondoudis is an award-winning trademark attorney who specializes in protecting brands. He has secured over 2500 trademarks and patents for his clients, who come from all over the U.S. and from over 20 countries. His law firm is nationally known and trusted. You may recognize Mike from publications like Inventor's Digest, Bloomberg, The Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, as well as several local television news outlets. Michael is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which means that he is specifically licensed by the U.S. Government to represent trademark and patent applicants. Michael is...

Matthew Wilson, Esq. knows how difficult it can be if you find yourself facing serious criminal charges or targeted by a government investigation. Mr. Wilson has spent his entire career fighting for the rights of those caught in the crosshairs of the criminal justice system. Mr. Wilson’s criminal defense practice combines an intimate understanding of the law and extensive trial experience with a deep passion for client service.

After graduating from the Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Wilson joined the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) in Prince George’s County, Maryland. As an attorney with the OPD, Mr. Wilson represented thousands...

Attorney Rana Sneij Syriani is an experienced (Immigration, Family & Traffic Attorney), representing clients at the Law offices of American Lawyers Group, PLLC. She has extensive experience in the area of divorce law (contested and uncontested), child custody, child support, adoption, spousal support, property division and settlement and post judgment modifications and name changes and many other family law cases as listed below. Ms. Syriani will represent you, if you live in one of the following Virginia counties: Fairfax , Falls Church, Arlington, Loudoun, Vienna, Warren, King George, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Prince William County, Culpeper and Stafford. Ms. Syriani...

Lynne Bernabei has been litigating whistleblower cases, employment discrimination, and civil rights cases for over thirty years. She is a named and founding partner of Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC in Washington, DC, where she handles discrimination cases across the United States.

Bernabei & Kabat, PLLC, is nationally recognized for expertise in whistleblower law, employment discrimination law, sexual harassment law, civil rights and civil liberties matters and retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We are deeply committed to working for the public interest by protecting the rights of women and minorities and those whose disclosures shed light on matters of public safety...

• Practicing 48 years, Attorney Steven H. Jesser is the founder of Steven H. Jesser, Attorney at Law, P.C. He practices in health care law; appellate law (130 state/federal-civil-felony) appeals; administrative law; schools and education; state, local and municipal law; business and commercial law; probate, wills, trusts and estate administrations and government contracts. For his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell. • After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University, Mr. Jesser attended the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he obtained a Juris...

The Law Offices of Boniface K. Cobbina, PC is a Washington, DC based law practice with the primary areas of practice in Employment Law and Employee Rights,and Business Transactions, Disputes and Litigation. The practice areas are Employment Law and Employee Rights Business, Non-Profit and Government Civil Service EEOC, OHR, MSPB, DC and Federal Practice Disability Discrimination Discrimination Law: Disability, Sex, Gender, Race, Age, National Origin and Religion Discipline, Performance and Adverse Actions Employment Contract Disputes Employment Law & Counseling Equal Pay Act False Claims Act Family and Medical Leave Litigation (FMLA) Federal and DC Employee Representation Gender Discrimination National Origin Discrimination Non-Compete Litigation Pregnancy discrimination Race Discrimination Religious Discrimination Security Clearance...

Mark C. Fava is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP practicing aviation law and land use matters. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Fava served as an elected member of his local municipality’s government until he relocated to Atlanta for three years where he worked as the chief operations attorney for Delta Air Lines, Inc., during and after 9/11. Mr. Fava’s broad aviation practice includes litigation and regulatory law. Admitted to practice in Washington, DC, he represents aviation clients in matters involving the Department of Transportation, the FAA, the TSA, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Currently,...

Sat Nam Khalsa's mission is centered on service, he is dedicated to helping clients resolve difficult problems with excellence and integrity. His clients include individuals, families, small businesses, and nonprofits. Sat Nam Khalsa practices Tax and Business Law, Estate Planning and Probate, and non-adversarial Family Law. In his tax practice, Sat Nam represents individuals and organizations seeking to resolve tax controversies with the IRS and state and local tax authorities. He also represents clients litigating tax disputes in Federal and State courts. Sat Nam’s work for business clients, nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations includes advice related to entity formation and...

Joel Feldman has been practicing law in the Boca Raton for over 39 years.

He is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, with a degree in Government. He got his law degree from Duke University.

His law firm, Feldman & Schneiderman, began in 1999 when he and his law partner, Audrey Schneiderman, Joel purchased its building on Camino Gardens Boulevard. His practice is almost exclusively in the area of family law. He is certified in collaborative law and has served as mediator in divorce cases, arbitrator in attorney fee disputes and has testified as an expert in the areas of...

Jon is a native of Beaumont, Texas and spent most of his childhood there as well as Santa Fe, New Mexico and Denver, Colorado. Jon attended American University in Washington, DC and earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in International Studies, with a focus on international trade and finance; and another in Justice, focusing on organized and white collar crime as well as policing methodology. While at American University, Jon was an elected member of student government and very active in the American University and Washington, DC chapters of the College Republicans. Jon has worked in the finance and real...

Lucrecia P. Johnson, Esq. LL.M. brings a breadth of legal experience to her position as the managing attorney and founder of LPJ Legal, a law firm based in Washington, DC. As a managing attorney, she represents local and international clients in all aspects of business law and real estate law, both transactional and litigation. She has found a niche in highly regulated industries including government contractors, developers and construction. Prior to founding LPJ Legal PLLC, Ms. Johnson worked as a corporate litigation attorney in a large law firm based in Washington, DC. She has also worked as an Attorney in Maryland, litigating a variety of matters to...

Justin Connor is a legal leader with twenty-five years’ experience in law practice including government, private practice, corporate practice and teaching. He has also worked as a lawyer around the world including working in Dubai, UAE as the head of legal and regulatory affairs for a sovereign investor and with the largest law firm in the Gulf region. Justin worked as an attorney at the FCC for almost six years on global M&A transactions, rulemakings, and inter-agency proceedings. In 2004, Justin was selected as U.S. Fulbright fellow to teach law and research in Beirut, Lebanon. Before joining the FCC, Justin was...

With over two decades of experience working in the federal government – including extensive experience as a senior attorney and member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) – Cheri is a vital component of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s nationally recognized federal labor and employment practice group. Additionally, as a former panel member of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (BCMR), she bolsters the firm’s military law practice group by assisting with the removal of injustices from and the correction of errors in service military records.

As Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Cheri oversees all federal sector...

Laila Ghauri is the principal attorney and founder of the firm. She focuses her practice in trademarks, small business advising, and government contracts. Previously, she worked for large firms, including Kelley Drye Warren, government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and midsize firms focusing on employment law and civil rights. She has experience in trademark prosecution and litigation, bid protests and claims in government contract matters, False Claims Act litigation, advising small to mid-size companies in protecting their intellectual property, and has aided nonprofits and start ups with formation and...

With over three decades of experience as appellate lawyer and federal prosecutor, Ted Cooperstein co-founded Clouthier Cooperstein, PLLC for those litigants on appeal in any US federal court or in the State of Mississippi. Ted's wide ranging experience and depth of practice speak for him as an appeals specialist. Trial lawyers hire Mr. Cooperstein, as a lawyer's lawyer, to advise and consult in their cases. His former role within multiple United States Attorney’s Offices bears witness to his legal prowess, having litigated numerous criminal and civil appeals across state and federal courts throughout the United States. His wealth...

A former Assistant United States Attorney with dozens of trials under his belt, Justin Dillon now uses his years of litigation and investigative experience to defend clients in Title IX and campus discipline cases and in complex, high-stakes white-collar criminal investigations. Justin has gained nationwide attention for his work representing students and professors in campus misconduct cases, which he and his firm have handled at more than 100 schools nationwide. Along with his partner Chris Muha, he co-authored Title IX Hearings and Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide, published by The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and available here to any member...

Principal at SL Global Partners, an international consortium of corporate finance attorneys. Areas of specialization include: Global Capital Markets, Cross-Border Transactions, Islamic Finance & Alternative Investment Structures, FinTech, International Regimes, SEC Regulations and Corporate Governance.

Prior experience practicing over a decade at AMLaw 50 Firms in DC, London, Dubai and Shanghai, completing cross-border transactions, international securities offerings, private placements and public offerings on foreign exchanges in Europe, the Middle East and Asia and SEC-registered offering on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Advisory Board Member to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

A key player on a number of trade journal awarded...

I am an attorney practicing in Berlin, MD and on Chincoteague Island, VA. I am a licensed attorney (Maryland, Virginia, DC), certified fraud examiner (nationwide), and registered private investigator (Virginia). Before starting my own law practice, I was a National Park Ranger, a law clerk to a federal judge, a U.S. government prosecutor, and a criminal investigator. I completed my career as the Assistant Inspector General for the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hold a doctorate from the University of Florida, and a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law. Today, most of...

From a career that has spanned the globe, Nancy Wagner has brought the breadth of her experience to her hometown, with a commitment to represent local families in their estate planning and probate needs. Ms. Wagner graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1995 and joined the Washington, DC, office of Fried, Frank. Her practice there encompassed a wide range of government contracts litigation and counseling as well as white collar criminal defense and investigations. From there, Ms. Wagner joined Experience Works, Inc. of Arlington, VA, as Associate General Counsel, assisting the $100M non-profit...

The law firm of Natoli-Lapin, LLC is happy to offer LANTERN LEGAL SERVICES - our suite of cost-effective, Flat-Rate legal solutions designed for the entrepreneur, small business and artist. We provide USER FRIENDLY & VIRTUAL services and strive to maximize your budget through a schedule of fixed prices and low overhead. Beyond his position as Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Natoli-Lapin, LLC, Mr. Natoli has an extensive background creating enterprise as a small business and international entrepreneur. In 1995, he began a start-up trading company based in both New York and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and was one of...

My greatest attribute is the ability to fully invest myself in my clients. To a client, this means that I will do everything possible to understand your needs, to stand up and advocate for your interests, to fine tune every detail of documents created on your behalf, and to secure a favorable outcome in your case. I understand that when a client comes to our law firm, they are often feeling stress, whether from a difficult family issue, being a defendant in a criminal matter, or trying to plan for the future of their loved ones. My goal...

Ruairidh Campbell is an accomplished attorney with over 20 years of international experience offering legal advice and business advisory services to a wide range of clients. He brings a wealth of expertise in corporate and immigration matters with particular strengths in securities, business transactions, financial reporting, public offerings, private placements, corporate governance, internal controls, management and EB-5 investments. His professional career began in the Cairo, Egypt office of Baker & McKenzie from which post Mr. Campbell transitioned to corporate counsel for a cosmetics company in London, England, then to a consultancy in Salt Lake City, Utah. His sojourn in Utah...

Dr. Balta is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bar and has a PhD in Public Administration and Policy with a focus on Space, Science and Technology from George Washington University, a Law Degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, an LLM in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from George Washington University, a Bachelors Degree in International Affairs and a Masters Degree in International Law and Policy from American University in Washington DC. Her culturally, academically and professionally diverse background (having been born and raised in Greece, lived in the United States, England and...

Managing Partner and the founder of The Law Group, Melissa Gott is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Campbell University School of Law. Melissa is a licensed North Carolina attorney, D.R.C. Certified Mediator, Financial (family law) Mediator, and Collaborative Attorney with Coastal Collaborative Colleagues. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Melissa graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration concentrating in finance and the legal environment of business. Melissa then matriculated to Campbell University’s School of Law. While in law school, Melissa was an editor...