Pension-Linked Emergency Savings Accounts (“PLESAs”) are a special retirement plan feature created under SECURE ACT 2.0. PLESAs were first permitted to be made available to participants as of January 1, 2024. PLESAs, which provide a flexible savings opportunity for non-highly compensated employees, can be added to certain defined contribution plans. New guidance regarding this option has been released, which may be of interest to employers and plan sponsors...
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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New York, New York
Overview
Founded in 1919, Patterson Belknap is a law firm of over 200 lawyers committed to providing high quality legal advice and service to clients and to maintaining a congenial and diverse workplace. We make our clients' business issues our own. At the same time, we care about our attorneys, our staff and the community we are privileged to serve. As a result of our performance and our values, the firm was included on The American Lawyer's 2015 "A-List" of 20 leading law firms in the United States.
Patterson Belknap delivers a full range of services across more than 20 practice groups in both litigation and commercial law. Our practice groups and attorneys are regularly ranked among the leaders in New York and nationally by the most respected industry guides, based on client and peer reviews. Clients include a diverse group of institutions and individuals: from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to major media and publishing empires; from consumer products companies to financial institutions; from fine art museums to famous entertainers; from foreign companies seeking to transact business on U.S. stock exchanges to U.S. companies doing business abroad.
Year this Office was Established: 1919
Lawyers Worldwide: 217
Notable
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners
Christopher C. Angell
Retired PartnerMichael S. Arlein
PartnerH. Gregory Baker
PartnerAndrew P. Beame
PartnerJennifer W. Brown
PartnerMichael F. Buchanan
PartnerLaura E. Butzel
PartnerWilliam F. Cavanaugh, Jr.
PartnerLisa E. Cleary
PartnerAndrew D. Cohen
PartnerDiana M. Conner
PartnerAlejandro H. Cruz
PartnerCraig W. Dent
PartnerMuhammad U. Faridi
PartnerAron Fischer
PartnerPhilip R. Forlenza
Retired PartnerJeffrey S. Ginsberg
PartnerDavid M. Glaser
Retired PartnerJoshua A. Goldberg
PartnerAntonia M. Grumbach
Retired PartnerPeter C. Harvey
PartnerDana W. Hiscock
Retired PartnerJoshua Kipnees
PartnerDavid Kleban
PartnerJonah M. Knobler
PartnerRochelle Korman
Retired PartnerRobin Krause
PartnerThomas P. Kurland
PartnerJeffrey E. LaGueux
PartnerJean-Claude Lanza
PartnerLawrence P. Lenzner
PartnerGeorge A. LoBiondo
PartnerRobert P. LoBue
Retired PartnerDaniel A. Lowenthal
PartnerAdeel A. Mangi
PartnerAdeel A. Mangi
PartnerEllen M. Martin
Retired PartnerJane Metcalf
PartnerBarbara L. Mullin
PartnerHope K. Plasha
PartnerLewis V. Popovski
PartnerLauren Schorr Potter
PartnerGeoffrey Potter
PartnerHerman H. Raspé
PartnerHenry J. Ricardo
PartnerDaniel S. Ruzumna
PartnerHarry Sandick
PartnerKenneth L. Sankin
Retired PartnerJohn Sare
PartnerPeter J. Schaeffer
PartnerJohn P. Schmitt
Retired PartnerKarl E. Seib
Retired PartnerAlexander Shapiro
PartnerSaul B. Shapiro
PartnerRachel B. Sherman
PartnerEdward H. Smoot
PartnerDouglas L. Tang
PartnerStephanie Teplin
PartnerRichard R. Upton
Retired PartnerAmy N. Vegari
PartnerSusan Vignola
PartnerJason Vitullo
PartnerFrederick B. Warder III
PartnerTimothy A. Waters
PartnerSteven A. Zalesin
PartnerJustin Zaremby
PartnerAssociates
Charlotte Allyn
AssociateColleen Anderson
AssociateShelley Attadgie
AssociateEric Beinhorn
AssociateNadav D. Ben Zur
AssociateAri K. Bental
AssociateMorgan B. Berenbaum
AssociateErika K. Birk
AssociateKimberly Black
AssociateAnna Blum
AssociateAnna Boltyanskiy
AssociateRhick Bose
AssociateSarah E. Brand
AssociateJacqueline L. Brandon
AssociateKatherine Brisson
AssociateHannah M. Brudney
AssociateDakotah M. Burns
AssociateJacob Chefitz
AssociateElianni De La Cruz
AssociateGerald F. DeSantis
AssociateCassandra Deskus
AssociateJosie Dikkers
AssociateCatherine J. Djang
AssociateLauren Doxey
AssociateEmma Ellman-Golan
AssociateIan D. Eppler
AssociateFolasade K. Famakinwa
AssociateDaniel Feder
AssociateAmanda S. First
AssociateMichael Fisher
AssociatePeter B. Franklin
AssociateNicolás (Nico) Q. Galván
AssociateKathleen Gardner
Associate General CounselShelli Gimelstein
AssociateJoshua M. Goldman
AssociateDaniel Graf
AssociateAndrew I. Haddad
AssociateMichael K. Halper
AssociateSarah Hardtke
AssociateGeorge E. Harris
AssociateKabir Hashmi
AssociateRhoda Hassan
AssociateWilliam M. Hayes
AssociateDevon Hercher
AssociateCollin Hong
AssociateMegha Hoon
AssociateDaisy Y. Joo
AssociateIan C. Kerr
AssociateThomas Kicak
AssociateW. Scott Kim
AssociateIrene J. Kim
AssociateAndrew Kirschenbaum
AssociateRyan J. Kurtz
AssociateMeghan Larywon
AssociateJacqueline Lash Brandon
AssociateSean Lau
AssociateJanice Lee
AssociateAlvin Li
AssociateJulia Long
AssociateJulia Long
AssociateJulia M. MacAllister
AssociateAlexandra Mahler-Haug
AssociateGreg Margolis
AssociateJabari Matthew
AssociateJames Mayer
AssociateMadeline More
AssociateMariana Múnera-Keating
AssociateJessica E. Nachman
AssociateJoyce L. Nadipuram
AssociateAngelica H. Nguyen
AssociateNatalie G. Noble
AssociateColleen O'Leary
AssociateMaggie O'Neil
AssociateKevin Opoku-Gyamfi
AssociateJames R. Parks
AssociateAlexandria Piacenti
AssociateNewton Portorreal, Jr.
AssociateJonah Rizzo-Bleichman
AssociateBonita L. Robinson
AssociateKate Ross
AssociateGizele Rubeiz
AssociateKatlyne Ryan
AssociateVoratida Sangchant
AssociateNicole Scully
AssociateElisabeth (Beth) Shane
AssociateJenna Smith
AssociateStephanie Sofer
AssociateGeorge S. Soussou
AssociateElana M. Stern
AssociateSaniya Suri
AssociateTiffany N. Tam
AssociatePeter Vogel
AssociateJonah Wacholder
AssociateHenry Wainhouse
AssociateKaiying Wang
AssociateIsaac J. Weingram
AssociateMatthew B. Weiss
AssociateMaxwell K. Weiss
AssociateAndrew Wells
AssociateBasil Williams
AssociateAnthony J. Wong
AssociateDanhui (Diane) Xu
AssociateCaroline Zielinski
AssociateCounsel
Anne-Laure Alléhaut
CounselSara A. Arrow
CounselAbhishek Bapna
CounselKaren R. Berry
CounselJacqueline L. Bonneau
CounselEtta Brandman
Of CounselLachlan S. Campbell-Verduyn
CounselJessica S. Carter
Special CounselJ. Jay Cho
CounselRobert J. Cleary
Of CounselGregory L. Diskant
Of CounselDavid W. Dykhouse
Of CounselHugh J. Freund
Of CounselDana B. Fritz
CounselEugene M. Gelernter
Pro Bono CounselStephanie Bunting Glaser
CounselCarolyn B. Handler
CounselAndrew L. Herz
Of CounselJo Backer Laird
Of CounselZhiqiang Liu
CounselJenny L. Longman
CounselChristine H. Miller
Of CounselCharles G. Moerdler
Of CounselClinton W. Morrison
CounselTara J. Norris
CounselZachary P. Novetsky
CounselRobert M. Safron
Of CounselChristina Seda-Acosta
CounselRyan J. Sheehan
CounselJulie A. Simeone
CounselBrian M. Sweet
CounselChristopher Wilds
CounselJohn D. Winter
Of CounselOther
Samantha Anderson
Practice Area AttorneyLauren Andrecovich
Marketing Content ManagerAndrew K. Bloomfield
Litigation Staff AttorneyShaun L. Carr
Staff AttorneyEvan Chin
Business Development AnalystMaryann Clemente
Practice Area AttorneyMichelle W. Cohen
Chief Talent OfficerJenni Dickson
Co-Chief Operating OfficerDahlia B. Doumar
Firm LeadershipDavid Erroll
Practice Area AttorneyMichael Farinacci
Staff AttorneySheetal Gupta
Chief Information OfficerKito K. Huggins
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion OfficerJoAnn Kim
Practice Area AttorneyBharath Palle
Law ClerkNicole Sandler
Chief Business Development OfficerWendy A. Teller
Practice Area AttorneyPeter W. Tomlinson
Firm LeadershipShelley Waldron
Director of E-Discovery and Client ServicesTheresa Wilson
Co-Chief Operating OfficerArticles
New York City's Notice and Distribution Requirement of "Workers' Bill of Rights"
On December 4, 2023, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed into law the New York City Council’s bill, Int 0569-2022 (the “City Law”). The bill, known as the “Workers’ Bill of Rights,” will require New York City employers to abide by certain notice and distribution requirements by July 1, 2024. The notice and distribution requirements will inform employees and independent contractors of their rights under federal, state, and local law. In passing this law, New York City seeks to protect the employment rights of its employees and to elaborate on the rights independent contractors have under City Law...
Press
Firm Secures Mid-Trial Dismissal on Behalf of Universal Remote Control, Inc.
On February 28, 2024, Patterson Belknap successfully secured a dismissal in an employment discrimination and retaliation suit on behalf of their client Universal Remote Control, Inc., a large home automation company, and two individual defendants. After a day-long cross-examination, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss all of her claims against the company and the individual defendants represented by the firm...
Firm Secures Third Consecutive Patent Litigation Win for Janssen Pharmaceuticals
On February 26, 2024, Patterson Belknap obtained a significant victory on behalf of our clients, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiaries Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (Janssen), in a Hatch-Waxman patent infringement litigation regarding drug maker Tolmar’s proposed generic versions of Janssen’s blockbuster long-acting-injectable antipsychotic drug Invega Sustenna®. Following an October 2023 trial, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled in Janssen’s favor, finding Tolmar liable for infringement of the patent-in-suit and rejecting Tolmar’s claims to invalidity...
Blogs
Antitrust Update
Antitrust Update Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis on criminal and civil antitrust and competition-related issues. Patterson Belknap’s antitrust lawyers represent clients in antitrust litigation and counseling matters, including those related to pricing, marketing,...
Bankruptcy Update Blog
Patterson Belknap is pleased to announce the launch of Bankruptcy Update Blog, a source of current news and analysis of key bankruptcy cases and developments in U.S. and international matters. ? Daniel A. Lowenthal, Chair of the Firm?s Business Reorganization and Creditors? Rights Practice, leads...
Data Security Law Blog
DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with...
Misbranded
Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).
New York Commercial Division Decisions
The blog is a source for insights and developments related to practice in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. This blog reviews key developments in the Commercial Division, including important decisions handed down by the Commercial Division and appellate court...
NY Patent Decisions Blog
NYPatentDecisionsBlog.com is a source for the latest patent decisions from the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The blog is authored by Patterson Belknap’s Patent Litigation practice group, whose members are highly experienced trial attorneys with extensive...
Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog
The Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog is your place to follow the criminal law decisions rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. With a rich 225-year history of legendary judges like Learned Hand and Henry Friendly, the Second Circuit has long been known for writing important...