Florida
Boies Schiller Flexner
Trial and appellate lawyer Pascual
Oliu
and co-counsel are defending NextEra Energy Resources LLC in an antitrust and unfair competition lawsuit alleging NextEra has foreclosed competition for wholesale electricity in New England by obstructing the New England Clean Energy Connect Project. The matter is ongoing.
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Andrea
DeField is a Miami-based partner who leads the firm’s cyber insurance practice. Her work is focused on helping companies navigate disasters
and recover funds on behalf of well-known institutions in high-stakes insurance disputes.
Kaja Elmer
represents businesses in high-stakes commercial disputes, most notably in a case referred to as the largest Ponzi Scheme in Mississippi history. The firm acts on behalf of the Receiver of the estates of Adams and Madison Timber Properties to recover money and assets for the benefit of hundreds of defrauded investors.
Daniel Dysart is active in impactful matters throughout the Gulf coast and beyond. He currently
represents an international manufacturer of building products in multi-district litigation and in state court product liability cases that resolved thousands of property damage claims. Rebekka Veith
manages a diverse practice, with routine experience in class action and multi-district litigation. Veith is a member of the counsel team
representing the developer of the downtown New Orleans property
that was under construction when it collapsed in October 2019 in one of the most publicized building collapses in the last decade.
There are currently over 100 related cases pending, including six suits claiming wrongful death, multiple severe personal injury suits, and hundreds of property damage and economic loss claims.
Tennessee
Sanford Heisler Sharp
Experienced litigator
Leigh Anne St. Charles
was named managing
partner of the Nashville office, as well as
firmwide
co-head of the litigation group, and
co-chair of the financial
mismanagement and ERISA
litigation
practice
group. St. Charles is a member of the lead counsel team achieved a settlement of $69 million in what is considered to be the largest-ever for an ERISA case involving fiduciary breaches in a 401k plan. Jonathan Tepe co-chairs the public
interest
litigation practice group. He is lead counsel for plaintiffs City of Martinsville in an action against opioid manufacturers, drug distributors, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers for their role in contributing to the public health crisis caused by prescription opioid abuse.
Trial lawyer
Jerry Tice
is dedicated to
complex patent infringement
disputes in federal district courts across the country. Currently, Tice is part of the team
representing
Relink US LLC in an ongoing litigation against Tesla for infringing a patent related to power flow in a solar-powered grid.
Matt Parks is a Houston-based partner focused on commercial and business litigation. He is lead counsel to GETZ Transport Solutions in a dispute against a private equity-backed
transportation company related to breach-of-contract issues. After a JAMS arbitration was filed seeking unpaid profits, the client won a $33.7 million arbitration award
in June 2024. The award was confirmed in December 2024.
Ashley Kahn
is a Houston-based complex-commercial litigator. Kahn makes up part of the counsel team
representing Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Company, along with Speedway,
in
more than 30 climate change-related
lawsuits across various
jurisdictions across state and federal courts.
Ryan Goldstein
is an Austin-based
commercial litigator who makes up part of the counsel team
retained by
Insys Liquidation Trust in its investigation and in pursuit of claims against the company’s former directors, officers, and others. The firm seeks accountability for the executive misconduct which allegedly contributed to the opioid crisis and led to the downfall of the company.
Dylan Jones is a litigator with trial experience in Texas and New York courts. He is active in an ongoing commercial dispute with bankruptcy components on behalf of the Trustee of the GWG Litigation Trust and its affiliated entities.
Morgan Menchaca is a complex commercial litigator who is currently part of the counsel team
representing the Receiver of the Heartland Receivership Entities in a legal malpractice
proceeding that alleges
there was
negligent advice provided that
allegedly resulted in the company squandering funds.
The firm’s first summer associate-turned-partner is Scott Saldaña
who represents clients in financial fraud and commercial disputes. Saldaña is part of the team
representing
North American Sugar Industries in a lawsuit alleging several Chinese, American, and Singaporean companies violated the Helms-Burton Act by unlawfully trafficking in the client’s
confiscated property in Cuba.
Merideth Daly
is a Richmond-based partner who was a member of the lead counsel team on a mass tort dispute
in defense of INV Performance Surfaces on an action where The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Gadsden sued
the client for alleged contamination of Gadsden’s water supply. The trial court denied INV’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction but was later successful in petitioning the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus. Johnathon Schronce focuses his practice on corporate governance disputes, securities class actions, and other government investigations matters. Schronce routinely
represents clients in confidential litigation for clients across a range of industries.
Updated Aug 2025
