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As a member of Gesmer Updegrove's litigation practice, Nancy is ready to step in to assist clients with any disputes that might arise in the course of their business.  While Nancy is comfortable in a courtroom, she realizes that some of the most important work she can do for her clients is to keep them out of court. Nancy is also a member of the firm’s Employment Group and is available to counsel clients regarding various employment matters, and has a particular expertise in the litigation of non-competition agreements.. Before joining Gesmer, Nancy was associated with Robinson & Cole LLP in Boston where she was a member of the firm’s business litigation group and employment group where she served a broad array of clients in all aspects of litigation and appellate matters.

Andrea's litigation practice focuses on employment law, probate and trust litigation and tort litigation. She has extensive experience in product liability litigation and the defense of electric utilities in complex liability cases. Andrea has successfully tried cases in both state and federal courts and has appeared extensively before administrative agencies including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Massachusetts Division of Insurance.  She has argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.. Andrea is a 1976 cum laude graduate of Smith College and a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Boston College Law School. She also holds a Masters in Social Work from New York University.  Since 2004, Law and Politics has recognized Andrea as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in its annual list published in Boston Magazine.  Only 5% of the lawyers in Massachusetts are awarded that designation.  Since 2013, Andrea has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys.

Among other cases, Jake Walker is currently the lead associate in In re EZCORP Securities Litigation (W.D. Tex.), and Budde v. Global Power Equipment Inc., (N.D. Tex.), both federal securities fraud class actions involving accounting restatements and financial misrepresentations. Jake served as a lead associate in In re Atossa Genetics, Inc., and In re Amicus Therapeutics Securities Litigation (D. N.J.), both securities fraud class actions concerning misrepresentations made to investors about the companies’ interactions with the Food and Drug Administration. Both Atossa and Amicus resulted in favorable settlements for shareholder class members. Jake has also worked on litigation involving the private equity-buyout of a health and fitness chain with substantial real estate assets, In re Lifetime Fitness Shareholder Litigation (D. Minn.), which is currently on appeal to the Eighth Circuit.. Recently, Jake obtained a settlement for Massachusetts customers of Gate House Media newspaper subscriptions, estimated to exceed $2 million in total value. Jake was also a key member of the team that represented the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System in In re Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. Shareholder Litigation, (Cal. Sup. Ct.), obtaining a $30 million settlement for shareholders in a matter arising out of Onyx’s $11-billion-dollar merger with Amgen.. Prior to joining Block & Leviton in 2015, Jake was an associate at two of the country’s top defense firms; Gibson Dunn in Palo Alto and Skadden, Arps in Boston. There, he represented boards of directors, corporate acquisition targets, and acquirers in litigation related to mergers and acquisitions. For example, Jake represented defendants in litigation related to the $5.3 billion private equity acquisition of Del Monte Foods Company in state and federal courts in California and in the Delaware Court of Chancery, as well as in litigation related to Intel’s $7.7 billion acquisition of McAfee Inc. in the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County. He has also represented numerous third-parties, including various investment banks, in M&A litigation in California and Delaware courts.. While Jake’s eight-year career has centered on securities and corporate governance litigation, Jake also has significant experience representing several large technology companies, including in the defense of consumer class actions related to privacy and technology issues. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and has a deep understanding of technology and privacy issues. Jake has also represented companies in antitrust class actions and investigations, stockholder derivative actions, securities class actions, and in investigations before the F.T.C. and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.. In 2016 and 2017, Jake was named a “Rising Star” in securities litigation by Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Jake is admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and California. He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 2010.

Al is a member of Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. He concentrates his practice in all areas of civil litigation, having tried numerous cases before judges and juries. Al's focus involves complex business issues, primarily involving contract disputes and employment issues. He also has a broad depth of experience in family and probate law. He is the chairman of the firm's Hospitality Practice Group, which offers legal assistance from leasing to franchising and licensing for a diverse clientele which includes local restaurants and lodging businesses as well as nationally known chains.

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Christian developed extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation matters and appeals. He handles actions from initial complaint to final judgment, and represents clients at mediations, arbitrations, and trials. Christian offers clients deep experience concerning various business litigation matters, including contract disputes, breach of warranty actions, claims involving non-compete, non-disclosure, and non-solicitation agreements, and actions involving unfair and deceptive acts and practices. Recognizing that trade secrets and other intellectual property often comprise the decisive advantage a business has over its competitors, Christian also enjoys advising clients about how to protect their information and ideas. He has successfully represented clients in litigation matters concerning trade secret misappropriation, patent matters, trademark infringement, and misappropriation of confidential business information. Christian also has years of experience helping clients in construction disputes, tort matters, and probate and fiduciary litigation.. Christian also has extensive appellate experience on the state and federal level including drafting motions, briefs, and conducting oral argument in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and drafting petitions for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. Christian has had success in affirming and overturning rulings from lower courts. One of Christian’s appellate victories earned him a front page article in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

About me: I am a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Defense Practices and Health Care Industry Team.. Prior to joining Foley, I was a Partner with Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.. My practice focuses on complex civil, commercial, and health law litigation and white collar criminal defense.. My experience includes counseling corporations and individuals in a wide range of industries.  I have represented clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitrations and other modes of alternative dispute resolution.. My diverse litigation experience includes representation of:. I am also committed to pro bono work, and have focused on representing asylum seekers.  Among other representations, I have successfully represented a tortured political prisoner from Tanzania; a gay man from Uganda; a Salvadoran woman whose family is targeted by violent gangs, a Sudanese professor who was tortured after speaking out on Darfur; a female political activist from Cameroon; and a political dissident from Haiti.. I am admitted to practice in the state of Massachusetts, and am also permitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.. I was selected for inclusion in the 2004-2009 lists of Massachusetts Super Lawyers®. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state were selected.. I serve as the chairman of the board of directors of Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts and also serve as a member of the personnel committee of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston.

A veteran trial attorney with comprehensive experience in intellectual property and other complex business litigation. I've litigated dozens of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing, false advertising, unfair competition, and other technology disputes in state and federal courts and before arbitration panels.I represent high-tech businesses in many different sectors, particularly in the software industry, advising clients on matters such as proprietary and open source software development and licensing, IT system development and integration, internet and e-commerce, trade secrets and non-competition agreements, and online and traditional media.Additionally, I have considerable appellate experience, having argued before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and written briefs on a wide range of issues to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, and Federal Circuits, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

a trial lawyer that goes to court, arbitrations and mediations to represent people and entities that have had claims filed against them in personal injury or commercial disputes.  I represent manufacturers, airlines, private businesses and individuals in states all across the nation and have jury experience in state and federal courts.. I am a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel's 2009 Trial Academy, held at Stanford Law School in California, and of the National Trial Academy, a premier trial practice seminar held at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, and sponsored by the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).