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Newsroom image for the post Douglas L. Elsass

Posted January 8, 2020

Douglas L. Elsass

Having practiced law for over 30 years, Doug is a highly skilled business litigator with experience in a variety of industries. He has worked extensively on shareholder and partnership disputes, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and business competition cases.  These …

Newsroom image for the post Sandra L. Jezierski

Posted January 8, 2020

Sandra L. Jezierski

Sandra is a Shareholder and defends major employment disputes for multinational companies. She has successfully tried numerous cases to complete defense verdicts both in court and through arbitration involving gender, disability, race, and religious discrimination, retaliation, defamation, and state and …

Newsroom image for the post Stanley E. Siegel

Posted January 8, 2020

Stanley E. Siegel

Serving as a Shareholder in the firm, Stan is a formidable advocate and adversary. He’s known for being forceful yet disarming —a potent combination when handling and favorably resolving complicated and contentious business matters for his clients. Stan connects deeply …

Newsroom image for the post Stephen K. Warch

Posted January 8, 2020

Stephen K. Warch

With over 30 years of distinguished experience in health care and insurance regulation, including senior roles with a Fortune 10 managed care organization, within government oversight, and as an outside counsel, Steve is uniquely qualified to counsel health care industry …

Newsroom image for the post Tracy J. Van Steenburgh

Posted January 8, 2020

Tracy J. Van Steenburgh

Tracy partners with national clients in a variety of venues and enjoys a reputation of being a “go to” person for handling large scale complex litigation, bringing organization to chaos and generating creative solutions for marshalling facts for trial or …

Newsroom image for the post Heidi Christianson

Posted January 8, 2020

Heidi Christianson

Heidi is a Shareholder with the firm and represents health care and nonprofit entities. Her clients include hospital systems, social service organizations, private and corporate foundations, trade associations, educational institutions, and nonprofit health plans. Heidi’s work includes counseling her nonprofit …

Newsroom image for the post David J. Warden

Posted January 8, 2020

David J. Warden

DJ is a Shareholder with the firm and prides himself on working collaboratively with clients to efficiently defend complex product liability cases and favorably resolve commercial disputes. To achieve these results, DJ thoroughly analyzes each case from its inception and …

Newsroom image for the post Katie M. Connolly

Posted January 8, 2020

Katie M. Connolly

Katie represents publicly traded and Fortune 500 companies across the nation in post-employment covenants and trade secret litigation. She also serves as national counsel in an advisory capacity accounting for each state’s unique requirements when auditing post-employment covenants and maintaining …

Newsroom image for the post Mark J. Girouard

Posted January 8, 2020

Mark J. Girouard

Mark, a Shareholder with the firm, represents employers in single-plaintiff cases, private class actions, and litigation against the EEOC and other government agencies, including defending numerous nationwide discrimination and wage-and-hour class and collective actions. Mark also advises employers regarding a …

Newsroom image for the post Matthew E. Damon

Posted January 8, 2020

Matthew E. Damon

Matt’s practice is built from over three decades’ experience preventing and resolving business disputes in the labor and employment arenas, as well as winning them.  He places clients’ business needs first, providing practical, problem-solving advice focused particularly in the substance …

Newsroom image for the post Michael T. Nilan

Posted January 8, 2020

Michael T. Nilan

Mike, a founding shareholder of the firm, has had a long and interesting career. He has led and successfully managed some of the largest, most complex litigation in the firm’s history, while also conducting himself with integrity and accountability as …

Newsroom image for the post Donald M. Lewis

Posted January 8, 2020

Donald M. Lewis

Don Lewis is retired and no longer practicing law at Nilan Johnson Lewis PA.  He is providing alternative dispute resolution services as a panel member of JAMS.

Newsroom image for the post William D. Hittler

Posted January 8, 2020

William D. Hittler

Widely respected by clients, judges, and adversaries alike, Bill devotes much of his practice to representing insurers and self-funded employee benefit plans in life, health and disability ERISA and bad faith actions. His knowledge of federal and state compliance intricacies …

Newsroom image for the post Brian N. Johnson

Posted January 8, 2020

Brian N. Johnson

Brian, a founding shareholder of the firm, has been practicing law for 40 years. With all of his experience trying cases to juries (over 50 jury trials to verdict), there are almost no problems which Brian has not solved. He’s …

Newsroom image for the post Christy M. Mennen

Posted January 8, 2020

Christy M. Mennen

Christy is a Shareholder with the firm.  Clients see her as a business partner—someone whose goals align with theirs. In addition to her success defending litigation, clients value her ability to successfully manage large volumes of work at a national …

Newsroom image for the post Cortney G. Sylvester

Posted January 8, 2020

Cortney G. Sylvester

Cort’s academic curiosity, analytical abilities, and experience on his feet allow him to easily communicate a complex legal or factual position clearly and concisely. He strives to create persuasive, well-researched arguments to win favorable results for his clients. His goal …

Newsroom image for the post David A. James

Posted January 8, 2020

David A. James

Dave, a Shareholder with the firm, helps clients transform themselves by designing and implementing complex policies or transactions, navigating challenging collective bargaining agreements, and resolving complicated litigation. His clients consider Dave an extension of their human resources and labor relations, …

Newsroom image for the post Erik T. Salveson

Posted January 8, 2020

Erik T. Salveson

Erik is an accomplished lawyer who excels at resolving legal disputes through aggressive representation. He is highly skilled in all phases of the litigation, including legal analysis, strategy, writing, oral advocacy, trials, appeals, and negotiations. His clients appreciate his trial …

Newsroom image for the post Gregory A. Bromen

Posted January 8, 2020

Gregory A. Bromen

Greg, a former CPA and Shareholder with the firm, specializes in business and commercial litigation. He uses the analytical skills he developed as an auditor and financial analyst to investigate and master every detail of his cases. Greg is especially …

Newsroom image for the post Joseph G. Schmitt

Posted January 8, 2020

Joseph G. Schmitt

As a Shareholder and tenacious advocate, Joe always goes the extra mile for his clients. He works proactively to prevent disputes before they arise, knowing it makes more business sense to prevent issues rather than clean up after them. With …

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