New York State Lifts Restrictions. On June 7, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared that the State would lift most remaining COVID-19 restrictions when 70% of adult New Yorkers had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. On June 15, 2021, Governor Cuomo held a press conference to announce that New York had reached the 70% first-dose threshold...
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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 Partner
Michael S. Arlein
Partner
H. Gregory Baker
Partner
Andrew P. Beame
Partner
Jennifer W. Brown
Partner
Michael F. Buchanan
Partner
Michelle M. Bufano
Partner
Laura E. Butzel
Partner
William F. Cavanaugh, Jr.
Partner
Lisa E. Cleary
Partner
Andrew D. Cohen
Partner
Diana M. Conner
Partner
Alejandro H. Cruz
Partner
Craig W. Dent
Partner
Dahlia B. Doumar
Partner
Muhammad U. Faridi
Partner
Aron Fischer
Partner
Philip R. Forlenza
Retired Partner
Jeffrey S. Ginsberg
Partner
Joshua A. Goldberg
Partner
Antonia M. Grumbach
Retired Partner
Peter C. Harvey
Partner
Dana W. Hiscock
Retired Partner
Joshua Kipnees
Partner
David Kleban
Partner
Jonah M. Knobler
Partner
Rochelle Korman
Retired Partner
Robin Krause
Partner
Thomas P. Kurland
Partner
Jeffrey E. LaGueux
Partner
Jean-Claude Lanza
Partner
Lawrence P. Lenzner
Partner
George A. LoBiondo
Partner
Robert P. LoBue
Retired Partner
Daniel A. Lowenthal
Partner
Adeel A. Mangi
Partner
Ellen M. Martin
Retired Partner
James V. Masella
Partner
Jane Metcalf
Partner
Barbara L. Mullin
Partner
Robert M. Pennoyer
Retired Partner
Hope K. Plasha
Partner
Lewis V. Popovski
Partner
Lauren Schorr Potter
Partner
Geoffrey Potter
Partner
Herman H. Raspé
Partner
Henry J. Ricardo
Partner
Daniel S. Ruzumna
Partner
Harry Sandick
Partner
Kenneth L. Sankin
Retired Partner
John Sare
Partner
Peter J. Schaeffer
Partner
John P. Schmitt
Retired Partner
Karl E. Seib
Retired Partner
Alexander Shapiro
Partner
Saul B. Shapiro
Partner
Rachel B. Sherman
Partner
Edward H. Smoot
Partner
Douglas L. Tang
Partner
Stephanie Teplin
Partner
Peter W. Tomlinson
Partner
Richard R. Upton
Retired Partner
Amy N. Vegari
Partner
Jason Vitullo
Partner
Frederick B. Warder III
Partner
Timothy A. Waters
Partner
John D. Winter
Partner
Steven A. Zalesin
PartnerAssociates
Charlotte Allyn
Associate
Sara A. Arrow
Associate
Shelley Attadgie
Associate
Leigh E. Barnwell
Associate
Nadav D. Ben Zur
Associate
Kimberly Black
Associate
Anna Blum
Associate
Anna Boltyanskiy
Associate
Rhick Bose
Associate
Katherine Brisson
Associate
Hannah M. Brudney
Associate
Dakotah M. Burns
Associate
George A. Carotenuto
Associate
Gargi Chaudhuri
Associate
Jacob Chefitz
Associate
Jay J. Cho
Associate
Elianni De La Cruz
Associate
Gerald F. DeSantis
Associate
Cassandra Deskus
Associate
Catherine J. Djang
Associate
Lauren Doxey
Associate
Emma Ellman-Golan
Associate
David Erroll
Practice Area Associate
Amanda S. First
Associate
Michael Fisher
Associate
Peter B. Franklin
Associate
Kathleen Gardner
Associate General Counsel
Shelli Gimelstein
Associate
Daniel Graf
Associate
Andrew I. Haddad
Associate
Julia Haigney Long
Associate
Michael K. Halper
Associate
Sarah Hardtke
Associate
Rhoda Hassan
Associate
Devon Hercher
Associate
Jonathan Hermann
Associate
Megha Hoon
Associate
Jolie Huang
Associate
Daisy Y. Joo
Associate
Ian C. Kerr
Associate
W. Scott Kim
Associate
Irene J. Kim
Associate
Tara S. Knapp
Associate
Ryan J. Kurtz
Associate
Nathaniel Lancaster
Associate
Meghan Larywon
Associate
Jacqueline Lash Brandon
Associate
Jacqueline Lash Brandon
Associate
Janice Lee
Associate
Alvin Li
Associate
Zhiqiang Liu
Associate
Anthony C. LoMonaco
Associate
Julia M. MacAllister
Associate
Alexandra Mahler-Haug
Associate
Greg Margolis
Associate
Abigail E. Marion
Associate
James Mayer
Associate
Hilarie Meyers
Associate
Madeline More
Associate
Mariana Múnera-Keating
Associate
Jessica E. Nachman
Associate
Joyce L. Nadipuram
Associate
Angelica H. Nguyen
Associate
Tara J. Norris
Associate
Precious E. Nwankwo
Associate
Colleen O'Leary
Associate
Kevin Opoku-Gyamfi
Associate
James R. Parks
Associate
Newton Portorreal, Jr.
Associate
A. Robert Quirk
Associate
Gautam Rao
Associate
Jonah Rizzo-Bleichman
Associate
Bonita L. Robinson
Associate
Kate Ross
Associate
Gizele Rubeiz
Associate
Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker
Associate
Nicole Scully
Associate
Elisabeth (Beth) Shane
Associate
Ryan J. Sheehan
Associate
Jenna Smith
Associate
Michael Sochynsky
Associate
George S. Soussou
Associate
Jannon Stein
Associate
Elana M. Stern
Associate
Tiffany N. Tam
Associate
Peter Vogel
Associate
Jonah Wacholder
Associate
Henry Wainhouse
Associate
Isaac J. Weingram
Associate
Matthew B. Weiss
Associate
Maxwell K. Weiss
Associate
Christopher Wilds
Associate
Basil Williams
Associate
Danhui (Diane) Xu
AssociateCounsel
Anne-Laure Alléhaut
Counsel
Abhishek Bapna
Counsel
Karen R. Berry
Counsel
Jacqueline L. Bonneau
Counsel
Henry P. Bubel
Of Counsel
Lachlan S. Campbell-Verduyn
Counsel
Jessica S. Carter
Special Counsel
Gregory L. Diskant
Of Counsel
David W. Dykhouse
Of Counsel
Hugh J. Freund
Of Counsel
Dana B. Fritz
Counsel
Eugene M. Gelernter
Pro Bono Counsel
David M. Glaser
Of Counsel
Stephanie Bunting Glaser
Counsel
Carolyn B. Handler
Counsel
Andrew L. Herz
Of Counsel
Jo Backer Laird
Of Counsel
Jenny L. Longman
Counsel
Christine H. Miller
Of Counsel
Clinton W. Morrison
Counsel
Zachary P. Novetsky
Counsel
Robert M. Safron
Of Counsel
Christina Seda-Acosta
Counsel
Julie A. Simeone
Counsel
Brian M. Sweet
Counsel
Susan M. Vignola
Counsel
Justin Zaremby
CounselOther
Ari K. Bental
Law Clerk
Morgan B. Berenbaum
Practice Area Law Clerk
Erika K. Birk
Law Clerk
Andrew K. Bloomfield
Litigation Staff Attorney
Shaun L. Carr
Staff Attorney
Maryann Clemente
Practice Area Attorney
Michelle W. Cohen
Chief Talent Officer
Jenni Dickson
Chief Client Service Officer
Michael Farinacci
Staff Attorney
Nicolás (Nico) Q. Galván
Law Clerk
Sheetal Gupta
Chief Information Officer
Kabir Hashmi
Law Clerk
Kito K. Huggins
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Sally F. King
Chief Operating Officer
Sean Lau
Law Clerk
David Moosmann
Law Clerk
Bharath Palle
Law Clerk
Voratida Sangchant
Law Clerk
Shelley Waldron
Director of E-Discovery and Client Services
Kaiying Wang
Law Clerk
Andrew Wells
Law Clerk
Theresa Wilson
Chief Financial OfficerArticles
New Federal and State Guidance Regarding Vaccinated Employees
OSHA Adopts CDC Vaccine Guidance. On May 17, 2021, the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) updated its online COVID-19 portal to announce that OSHA is revising its employer materials to reflect recent interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”). In the meantime, OSHA recommends that employers “refer to the CDC guidance for information on measures appropriate to protect fully vaccinated workers...
Press
Patterson Belknap Launches Securities Litigation Insider Blog
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP today announced the launch of Securities Litigation Insider, a blog covering a wide range of topics relevant to securities litigation, including notable developments such as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement, SEC rulemaking, securities class actions, and developments in blockchain and crypto-asset regulation, among other areas. Initial blog posts include analyses of the SEC Enforcement Division’s priorities for 2022, the SEC’s current approach to penalties, potential regulation of family offices, and recent developments in cybersecurity enforcement...
Patterson Belknap Announces Three New Partners and Three Counsel
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2022, Douglas L. Tang, Amy N. Vegari, and Timothy A. Waters will become partners of the Firm, and Susan M. Vignola, Lisa Wang, and Justin Zaremby will become counsel. Douglas L. Tang practices in the Firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group, where he advises clients on a wide variety of employee benefits, employment, and executive compensation matters, both in the course of clients’ day-to-day business dealings and in connection with corporate transactions...
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...
Biologics Blog
Biologics Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis related to biologics, including the legal developments, trends and changing regulation that impact the biotechnology industry. Patterson Belknap represents biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in a broad range of...
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...
Exempt Org Resource - Nonprofit Law Blog
ExemptOrgResource.com is an online resource for information and insight on the unique legal issues impacting nonprofit organizations. The site is designed to keep the nonprofit, tax-exempt organization community up-to-date on legal developments, changing regulations and good practices.
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...

