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Gordon Conn practices primarily in bankruptcy and business litigation, and is board-certified in business bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. He was counsel of record for Petitioners in Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers, 485 U.S. 197 (1988), and argued and won that case in the United States Supreme Court. In bankruptcy matters, he represents secured creditors, committees, trustees, and unsecured creditors, and has acted as liquidating agent. In business litigation, he has represented clients in a wide variety of cases, including securities, trade regulation, transportation, insurance, banking, and commercial transactions. Gordon is an honors graduate of the...

Jeff Hagen joined The Advocates personal injury law firm after practicing law, first in Colorado, and then in Utah, following his graduation from the New York University School of Law in 1991. He spent his first few years after graduating from law school in general litigation. Except for a three-year stint as in-house corporate counsel for a bank in Ogden, Utah, Jeff practiced primarily in the field of bankruptcy law and consumer rights from 1994 until 2019.

In 1994, Jeff co-founded the law firm of Whatcott, Barrett & Hagen. Within just a few years, the firm became the largest consumer bankruptcy...

Jeff chairs the Firm’s construction and design practice group. Since 1994, Jeff has had the privilege to represent owners, design-builders, design professionals, general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors of all types and sizes, ranging from publicly-traded international companies to small local businesses, on a wide variety of projects, including: petroleum and bio-fuel refineries; fossil-fuel and geothermal power plants; industrial and food processing facilities; military facilities and government housing; earthen dams; sports stadiums; commercial office towers; heavy highway, transportation, and civil; distribution facilities; retail developments; and condominium developments. Although Jeff assists clients at all phases of a construction project, litigation...

Greg Stefflre, Esq. Greg Stefflre is currently Chief Executive of Rail Delivery Services, a motor carrier that pioneered the use of cutting edge technology in providing drayage and distribution in southern California from 1981 until the present. Trained and having practiced over forty years as a transportation lawyer, Greg has been involved in many of our industries’ most progressive institutions and activities, including: Co-founder of the California Trucking Association Intermodal Ateering Committee (now, Conference); Co-founder of the American Trucking Association’s Intermodal Conference and Chairman 1990-1991; Member, American Trucking Associations Policy & Finance Committee...

My practice focuses largely on representing small businesses and startup companies, although I have represented major subsidiaries of publicly-traded companies such as Kroger Co. and the Hillman Group. I also have represented a number of financial institutions such as GE Capital Corporation, Colonial Bank, National Bank of Arizona, Western Alliance Bank and, more recently, Tennessee Commerce Bank. My smaller clients have benefitted from my counseling through their entire life cycles from formation through the moment they have been acquired or have filed bankruptcy, and I have represented executives in their companies' transitions to their children. More specifics...

Ben Beasley received his juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and is an experienced business lawyer. He has represented clients ranging from individuals starting up small businesses to international corporations, including banks, developers, landowners, governmental entities, and sovereign nations. He has worked on some $50 billion worth of transactions. His legal practice is primarily focused on business, finance, tech, and real estate matters. After graduating from law school Ben worked in the London office of a major New York law firm, and he is now a partner at a national business law firm. Ben has assisted clients in all aspects of...

Ray was admitted to the bar in 1979 and is a member of the bars of the Oregon State and Federal courts. He obtained his J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School in 1979.

Before going to law school, Ray worked as a private investigator and in a variety of manual trades including equipment operator, welder’s apprentice, janitor and crew supervisor. Ray has focused his practice on injury cases including personal injury and product liability. He has presented educational seminars on insurance and personal injury topics, and has organised and presented seminars for Oregon and national gatherings of attorneys. He is...

Mr.Wang-Jingzhan is a lawyer based on China (Tianjin). Mr. Wang (Phone: +86 13920701735, same as Wechat ) graduated from school of laws on 2005 and then he started his legal career, initially as a Judge Assistant at a law court in the west of China. Two years later, he went back to Tianjin with a silver medal awarded by China Youth League due to his excellent performance. In April of 2008,he began to practise law as an attorney in one of the top law firms located in Tianjin City of China. Over the years, he accumulated rich experiences in variant areas...

A native of Charleston, Sam graduated from Porter Gaud School and matriculated to the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, as a history major and political science minor. He remained at the University of South Carolina for law school, where he received the CALI award for academic excellence in Products Liability and obtained a Juris Doctorate. Sam moved to New York City following law school to continue his education at New York Maritime College, where he graduated with honors with a Master of Science in International Transportation Management and Merchant Marine deck officer’s license.

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Attorney Hardy attended Suffolk University Law School's Evening Division. He graduated Magna Cum Laude (with high honors) in the top four percent of his class. From 2005 until 2010, Attorney Hardy served as a State Prosecutor in Tampa Florida. Since 2010 he has been in private practice. In Florida State Courts, he has handled thousands of cases ranging from DUI to first degree felonies. In Federal Court, he has handled international extradition cases, bank fraud, drug trafficking, firearms cases, and immigration offenses. Attorney Hardy is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an...

Managing Shareholder John B. White Jr.’s legal career spans 40 years and has resulted in hundreds of jury trials with numerous verdicts and successful settlements, including a $327-million jury verdict against Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals in 2011. John was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster as Chairman of the Board of the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank. John has been named a Best Lawyer in America since 2007 and a South Carolina Super Lawyer for the past 10 years. He serves on the state’s chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the American Association for Justice, as well as in leadership...

Lyndsey D. Dilks grew up in Gillett, Arkansas. She was a charter member of the Arkansas School of Math and Science. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Transportation Logistics from the University of Arkansas in 1998. Ms. Dilks lived in Memphis, Tennessee for four years working in the transportation industry. She returned home to Arkansas and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 2006. During law school, Ms. Dilks studied international transportation law in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also had the honor of being selected as a law clerk for the United States Department of...

My law practice encompasses a broad variety of litigation matters, ranging from complex commercial disputes to white collar criminal defense. I have represented clients in federal and state courts in cases involving copyright and trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, securities violations, bank fraud, tax fraud, toxic torts, unfair competition, and civil and criminal racketeering. I also have extensive experience in commercial mediation and arbitration.

Most recently, my work has involved class action litigation involving wage and hour claims; a partnership dispute over a multi-million dollar capital call; and a variety of intellectual property and business disputes in Los Angeles...

Patrick L. Falcon grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey and attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. He founded Falcon Law Firm, LLC in 1995 with the primary focus on representing the rights of injured individuals, striving to maximize settlement values to fairly compensate clients for the harm they suffered. Patrick has handled thousands of personal injury cases throughout New Jersey including cases in Atlantic County, Burlington County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, Ocean County, Somerset County, and Union County. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Prior to practicing law, Patrick...

As a named partner in Fibich, Leebron, Copeland, Briggs & Josephson, L.L.P, I serve as an employment attorney at one of the preeminent Plaintiff oriented law firms in the country. I am licensed in both Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as all U.S. District Courts throughout Texas and the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. I have also been admitted pro hac vice in courts located throughout Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. I serve as the lead attorney of my firm’s wage and hour practice, focusing on...

Paris is the managing partner of the Firm. His primary areas of expertise are civil and commercial litigation, banking law and cross-border dispute resolutions.
He specializes in corporate and regulatory structures with an emphasis on estate planning vehicles for asset management and tax optimization purposes.
Paris led the proceedings in a mass class action that included both local and international depositors against banking institutions post the 2013 financial crisis in Cyprus. He also represented successfully in court in collaboration with Maxwell Alves Solicitors, a class action of UK clients on CHF denominated consumer loans.

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Mr. Mendieta started his legal career as an intern at the Bank of New York Mellon’s in-house legal department where he gained practical experience in contract drafting and review, corporate compliance, and risk management. He went on to serve as a judicial intern for the Honorable John L. Musmanno, Senior Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, where he conducted extensive legal research in criminal and constitutional law and drafted and published a number of summary opinions on appeals brought before the Court. Finally, as a legal intern for both The Mendieta Law Firm, PLLC (TMLF) and the University of...