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CLASS ACTION/MASS TORTS THROUGH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION
JUAN E. MONTEVERDE
FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP
369 Lexington Avenue
10th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-983-9330
Fax: 212-983-9331
jmonteverde@faruqilaw.com
www.faruqilaw.com
Juan E. Monteverde is a partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP and Chair
of the firm’s Shareholder, Merger and Transactional Litigation
Department. Mr. Monteverde regularly litigates high-profile merger
cases in which he has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders
and has improved merger terms. He is also a leading advocate for
shareholder rights, having broken new ground in the area of proxy
challenges related to executive compensation. Mr. Monteverde has
written articles regarding executive compensation and also speaks
regularly at the ABA, PLI, and other conferences regarding merger
litigation or executive compensation issues.
SECURI TIES LITIGATION
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
SALVATORE M.
DI COSTANZO
MCMILLAN, CONSTABILE,
MAKER & PERONE, LLP
2180 Boston Post Road
Larchmont, NY 10538
Tel: 914-834-3500
Fax: 914-834-0620
smd@mcmplaw.com
www.mcmillanconstabile.com
www.plantodayfortomorrow.com
Salvatore M. Di Costanzo is a partner with the firm of McMillan,
Constabile, Maker & Perone, LLP, with offices in Yorktown Heights,
New York and Larchmont, New York. He is an attorney and
accountant whose main areas of practice include elder law
and trusts and estates. Prior to being a partner with McMillan,
Constabile, Maker & Perone, LLP, he was an attorney with Ernst &
Young, LLP in its estate and business succession planning group.
He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
and the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association
(NYSBA). He is a past chair of the Elder Law Committee of the
Westchester County Bar Association and current member of the
executive committee of the NYSBA Elder Law Section.
ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE
ELDER LAW
GAYLE ROSENBLUM
RUBIN & ROSENBLUM, PLLC
445 Broad Hollow Road
Suite 210
Melville, NY 11747
Tel: 631-462-5888
Fax: 613-462-5889
grosenblum@rrmatlaw.com
www.rubinandrosenblum.com
Gayle R. Rosenblum, Esq., a partner at Rubin & Rosenblum,
PLLC, has negotiated and litigated complex issues in the areas of
family and matrimonial law. She handles legal matters including
but not limited to divorce, legal separation, order of protection,
name change, adoption, and post-judgment enforcement and
modification. Ms. Rosenblum has published various articles and
lectured in her field. Her main focus is on the individual needs of
each client and providing guidance that is best suited for them.
FAMILY LAW
BRIAN S. GONCALVES
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
bgoncalves@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
Brian S. Goncalves is an associate in the Ne w York office of Frommer
Lawrence & Haug LLP and practices in all areas of intellectual
property law with a focus on patent prosecution, litigation,
client counseling, opinion work, and due diligence in connection
with acquisitions and investments. He has extensive academic
and professional experience in the technical areas of computer
hardware and software, electronics, and telecommunications.
Prior to practicing law, Mr. Goncalves held lead positions as a
software engineer and systems analyst specializing in enterprise
application development, database systems, e-commerce, and
banking systems.
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y
ANGUS CHEN
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
achen@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
Angus Chen is a partner at the New York office of Frommer
Lawrence & Haug LLP. His practice focuses on intellectual property
litigation, counseling, opinion, and agreement work. He specializes
in Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical patent and regulatory laws.
Dr. Chen began with the firm as Scientific Adviser. He then joined
a specialty pharmaceutical company, where he was responsible
for managing brand and generic patent and regulatory strategies.
Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, where he was awarded a National Cancer
Institute training grant. He received his J.D. from Fordham.
FDA
IN TELLECTUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
VICKI FRANKS
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
vfranks@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
Vicki Franks is an associate in the New York office of Frommer
Lawrence & Haug LLP. Her practice involves patent and
pharmaceutical litigation. Ms. Franks joined Frommer Lawrence &
Haug LLP after receiving her J.D. from The George Washington
University Law School in Washington, D.C. While there, she
participated in an exchange program with the McGill University
Faculty of Law in Montreal. Ms. Franks graduated from the
University of Maryland, College Park, where she received a B.A.
in English language and literature and a B.S. in microbiology.
She also completed the University of Maryland’s Honors Program
and assisted in research at the University of Maryland’s Center
for Agricultural Biotechnology. She is a member of the New York
Intellectual Property Law Association and the Screen Actors Guild.
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERTY
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
NICHOLAS F. GIOVE
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
ngiove@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
Nicholas Giove has extensive experience handling all aspects of
intellectual property litigation with a focus on representing and
counseling innovator and generic pharmaceutical companies
in complex patent infringement actions and governmental
investigations arising out of the settlement of pharmaceutical
patent cases. Mr. Giove graduated cum laude from Georgetown
University with a B.S. in chemistry and a minor in mathematics. He
received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with
a concentration in intellectual property and communications law.
During law school, Mr. Giove served as a clerk to Magistrate Judge
William D. Wall of the Eastern District of New York. Following
law school, he earned an LL.M. in intellectual property from the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
LAURA E. KRAWCZYK
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
lkrawczyk@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
Laura E. Krawczyk’s practice focuses primarily on intellectual
property litigation and patent counseling. She has represented
clients in patent litigations involving a wide array of technologies,
including pharmaceuticals, chemistry, electronics, and computer
graphics. Ms. Krawczyk has experience in addressing all phases
of litigation, such as discovery, motions (including case dispositive
and post-trial), trial, and appellate practice. She graduated, cum
laude, from the Pace University School of Law and was a member
of the Editorial Board of the Pace International Law Review. She
earned her B.S., magna cum laude, in chemical engineering from
Manhattan College. An associate at Frommer Lawrence & Haug
LLP, she is admitted in New York and New Jersey. Ms. Krawczyk is
listed in New York Rising Stars in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
IN TELLECTUAL PROPERT Y LI TIGATION
ANDREW WASSON
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG
LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
Tel: 212-588-0800
Fax: 212-588-0500
awasson@flhlaw.com
www.flhlaw.com
A partner with the New York office of Frommer Lawrence & Haug,
Andrew Wasson’s broad range of experience in both the brand and
generic side of pharmaceuticals has benefitted a substantial roster
of clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries,
especially with respect to issues involving intellectual property
law and regulatory law. Having grown up with a father who was
a patent lawyer, Mr. Wasson has been involved in patents in one
way or another for the better part of his life and has the advantage
of being able to deal with complex patent law concepts in a very
natural way.
FDA
INTELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y
