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Bilal Zaheer

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:29 +0000

Bilal is a trial attorney with nearly two decades of experience representing clients in high-stakes, complex commercial disputes, often stemming from failed deals, unfair competition, and governance breakdowns. He is frequently called to advise on “corporate divorces,” where once-promising business relationships have turned adversarial and the financial and reputational risks are highest. His clients span a range of industries, including technology, life sciences, health care, financial services, and industrial, and include early-stage companies, Fortune 500 companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, executives, and boards. Bilal has significant experience in trade secret misappropriation and restrictive covenant litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court proceedings involving emergency injunctive relief, misappropriation claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and state law, and the enforcement of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and no-hire agreements in the post-employment and sale-of-company context. He regularly counsels clients on protecting trade secrets and valuable information in connection with employee transitions, corporate transactions, and competitive threats.

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Philip M. Hirshberg

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:02 +0000

Phil has over 20 years of experience handling complex civil litigation matters, including multi-party construction defect disputes, toxic tort/asbestos matters, premises liability and commercial litigation. Phil has represented clients in all aspects of the litigation process, including jury and bench trials, dispositive motions, mediation, arbitration and appeals. In his construction practice, Phil has represented owners, contractors, and suppliers in connection with construction defect lawsuits, mechanic’s lien and payment disputes, and construction site injury claims. He has also represented retailers and shopping center owners in landlord-tenant matters and lease disputes. While in law school, Phil was a judicial intern for the Honorable Theodore McMillian of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as a Notes and Comments editor of the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law.

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Nikole Setzler Mergo

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:01:50 +0000

With 25 years of experience, trial lawyer Nikole Setzler Mergo represents some of the world’s largest manufacturers, health care providers, life sciences companies, and financial institutions, as well as locally-owned North and South Carolina businesses, in both jury and non-jury litigation.

Nikole regularly conducts investigations into alleged workplace harassment, discrimination, and other misconduct claims for employers across the country. Along with her team, she has the ability to provide rapid and thorough investigation support. In addition, a large part of Nikole’s practice is focused on complex, high-stakes litigation, including trade secret litigation for employers. She vigorously defends clients through some of their most tumultuous times.

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Jayme L. Butcher

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:28 +0000

Jayme Butcher has built her practice helping clients in a wide variety of litigation matters. Jayme has first chair experience in courts across the country and has also led commercial arbitrations at the American Arbitration Association and at FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Recognized by numerous Pittsburgh organizations for her professional excellence, Jayme helps clients reach their goals by developing clearly defined litigation strategies that complement clients’ broader business objectives. Consistent with that, Jayme routinely uses and proposes value billing arrangements tailored to fit each engagement, demonstrating that she is always mindful of the stated objective and achieving it in the most cost-effective manner.

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Christine C. McGuigan

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:09 +0000

Christine McGuigan provides a robust defense and practical advice to businesses in the retail, hospitality, and entertainment sectors facing civil litigation, including premises liability claims.

Christine handles a variety of general liability matters and has particular experience with high value premises liability claims. She assists clients in matters of negligent security, dram shop liability, escalator/elevator incidents, slip or trip and fall, property damage, and others, providing advice focused on achieving the client’s business goals. She is adept at pursuing dispositive motions to avoid protracted litigation and obtaining favorable settlements in complex negotiations. When litigation is required, she is an aggressive and effective advocate for her clients.

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Mary Weeks

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:17:07 +0000

Mary leads the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. She vigorously defends and resolves high-stakes securities litigation and shareholder disputes and manages internal investigations for corporations, officers, and directors. Mary’s efficient approach and lengthy track record of early-stage resolutions in key jurisdictions help clients effectively manage and mitigate risk.

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J. Timothy Mast

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:30 +0000

Tim has more than 25 years of experience litigating complex business disputes in state and federal courts across the U.S. He regularly represents companies and their officers and directors in litigation arising out of public disclosures, securities offerings, financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, ERISA class actions, and post-closing disputes related to working capital adjustments, earn-outs, and breaches of representations and warranties.

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David C. Kiernan

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:30 +0000

David Kiernan is an accomplished trial lawyer who has litigated antitrust and unfair business practice cases, class actions, public nuisance, climate change, joint venture disputes, and bankruptcy matters throughout the United States. He has represented clients in the tech, energy, health care, consumer brand manufacturing, digital advertising, and railroad industries and routinely counsels clients on antitrust and competition law issues related to licensing, interoperability, refusal to deal, discounting, bundling, and pricing.

David recently led the defense of Sutter Health, a hospital system in Northern California, in an antitrust class action alleging that Sutter restrained competition by allegedly forcing insurers to include certain hospitals in their provider networks and forbidding them from steering patients to other hospitals. After a month-long trial, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict and rejected plaintiffs’ claims for $1.2 billion in post-trebled damages. In addition, David led the defense of Marathon Petroleum in obtaining summary judgment in an antitrust class action in which plaintiffs alleged that Marathon and other major refiners conspired to reduce supply and thus inflate the price of gasoline and sought $72 billion in treble damages.

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J. Manly Parks

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:28 +0000

J. Manly Parks represents clients nationally in the areas of antitrust law, complex business litigation, international dispute counseling, franchise and distribution law, and intellectual property litigation. He also has extensive experience with election law matters.

An experienced commercial litigator, trial attorney and appellate advocate, Mr. Parks has handled numerous class action, multi-party, and other complex litigation matters on behalf of clients in a variety of industries including motor vehicle distribution, banking and finance, ocean shipping, duty-free customs warehouses, real estate and insurance.

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Frederic X. (Fritz) Shadley

tthorp — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:16:26 +0000

Fritz brings more than 35 years of litigation experience and the knowledge of a degreed engineer to his much-honored practice representing parties in construction, environmental, product liability, and toxic tort litigation.

Recognized by Chambers USA as one of Ohio’s leading commercial litigators and given Martindale-Hubbell’s® highest ranking (AV Preeminent), Fritz is consistently acknowledged for his excellence in construction and product liability litigation. Since 2009, he has been named annually to The Best Lawyers in America’s list of top lawyers in those fields, and was named Best Lawyers 2019 Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati. American Lawyer Media also named him a top-rated lawyer in construction law, for his representation of both plaintiffs and defendants across a wide range of construction-related disputes, including those involving claims of defective construction, defective design, fraud, and negligence.

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