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Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial Product Liability Women

Elyse D. Echtman

Elyse D. Echtman is a skilled trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience trying and resolving complex commercial and product liability matters. Her practice focuses not only on defending companies in litigation but also on advising clients on ways to quickly resolve disputes. Elyse’s trial experience enables her…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Complex Commercial Corporate M&A

Miles S. Bruder

Miles Bruder represents clients in significant corporate transactions, principally including mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial contracts, entity formation and capitalization, corporate debt and equity finance and incentive compensation arrangements. Miles benefits from a diversity of perspective gained from counseling businesses of all sizes. He serves as outside general counsel to…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial IP & IP Litigation Mass Torts

Hugh Q. Gottschalk

Hugh Gottschalk has taken more than 75 trials to verdict and over 20 arbitrations to award, delivering outstanding results for sophisticated clients. Hugh represents companies and individuals across diverse industries in complex commercial, torts, and intellectual property lawsuits. Hugh is a Fellow and past Colorado State Chair of the American…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Competition Complex Commercial Litigation M&A Shares Client Philosophy

Herbert (Herb) R. Giorgio, Jr.

Herb Giorgio is an accomplished trial attorney whose practice focuses on complex business disputes, M&A litigation, and unfair competition for clients. He has arbitrated and tried cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts and arbitral bodies throughout the country for clients around the world. As co-leader of the…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Complex Commercial Dispute Resolution Shares Client Philosophy Women

Carolyn G. Nussbaum

Carolyn Nussbaum is counsel in the Complex Commercial Disputes group, a member of the Securities and Governance Litigation and Class Action teams and served as Managing Partner of the Rochester office from 2011–2017. Carolyn represents companies and their management and leaders who confront business disputes.

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial Shares Client Philosophy Women

Gwendolyn C. Payton

Gwendolyn Payton is Co-Team Leader of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation practice and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Ms. Payton focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, class actions, trade secret litigation, health care, and antitrust and trade litigation. She has active trial practice in state and federal…

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial Healthcare Media & Entertainment Shares Client Philosophy

Ian K. Byrnside

Ian Byrnside is an experienced litigator and trusted advisor, focusing his practice on complex commercial litigation, healthcare litigation and media law. Drawing on the depth and breadth of his experience, Ian represents clients ranging from individuals to large international companies in high-stakes litigation involving commercial contract disputes, business torts and…

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Complex Commercial Real Estate

Jess A. Pinkerton

Jess Pinkerton focuses his practice in the area of complex commercial real estate transactions. He has extensive experience representing developers, owners, institutional lenders, private equity funds and servicers in connection with the acquisition, development, financing, disposition and leasing of a broad range of commercial real estate projects, including apartment complexes,…

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial Shares Client Philosophy

Kevin M. Jakopchek

Kevin Jakopchek represents publicly traded companies, private equity portfolio firms, high-value private companies, and high-net-worth individuals in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts across the US. Mr. Jakopchek represents clients across a range of industries in a diverse array of complex commercial litigation.

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Class Actions Commercial Litigation Complex Commercial

Michael S. Gardener

Michael specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation and class actions, representing Fortune 100 corporations, health care companies, real estate developers and financial institutions in courts across the country. In addition to his full litigation practice, Michael also serves as General Counsel to the firm.

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024