BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS
LITIG
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PATRICIA POLIS
MCCRORY
KATZ & KORIN, PC
334 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: 317-464-1100
Fax: 317-464-1111
pmccrory@katzkorin.com
www.katzkorin.com
Patricia McCrory concentrates her practice on business and
patent litigation, environmental law, and corporate disputes.
Patricia has represented officers and directors in cases involving
breaches of fiduciary duties and financial institutions in lender
liability issues. She advises corporations on environmental
issues before state, federal, and administrative agencies. She
has been on the Indiana Super Lawyers list since 2004 and is
also listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Patricia was recently
selected by her peers in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 in
the fields of Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and
Finance and The Best Lawyers in America 2015 Mass Tort
Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants Lawyer of the Year.
ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
STEVEN G. “BUZZ”
DURIO
DURIO, MCGOFFIN, STAGG &
ACKERMANN
220 Heymann Boulevard
Lafayette, LA 70503
Tel: 337-233-0300
Fax: 337-233-0694
durio@dmsfirm.com
www.dmsfirm.com
Founding partner of Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann,
Steven G. “Buzz” Durio specializes in selected commercial
business cases. With 37 years of legal proceedings in areas
including business and commercial litigations; banking and
financial institutions; business transactions; corporate business
organization and counseling; corporate dissolution; mergers
and acquisitions; and shareholder rights, he has conducted
trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations, review panels, and
administrative hearings in city, parish, state, and federal trial
and appellate courts. Evidenced by his extensive resume of legal
experience, professional distinction, and community service,
he has earned the respect of his peers, the state bar, and
the community.
BANKING
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
DAVID L. GUERRY
LONG LAW FIRM, LLP
One United Plaza, Suite 500
4041 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel: 225-922-5110
Fax: 225-922-5105
dlg@longlaw.com
www.longlaw.com
Mr. Guerry is a partner with over 25 years of trial experience.
His practice specifically includes representation in the fields of
telecommunications and electric regulatory transactions and
litigation; acquisitions and other business transactions and
related litigation; banking litigation; and lobbying, general,
corporate, and franchise-structure-related business litigation.
Mr. Guerry has also served as Special Counsel to the Louisiana
Housing Finance Authority and the Louisiana Utilities Restoration
Corporation. He is a member of the AAA, serving on the Large,
Complex, Commercial, Construction, and Mediation Panels.
Mr. Guerry has been an active participant in bar and charitable
activities and has been the recipient of numerous certificates
and awards. He is a frequent speaker on litigation topics.
COMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNMEN T RELATIONS
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
MICHAEL A.
PATTERSON
LONG LAW FIRM, LLP
One United Plaza, Suite 500
4041 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel: 225-922-5110
Fax: 225-922-5105
map@longlaw.com
www.longlaw.com
A founding partner of the firm, Mr. Patterson is the senior
litigation partner with over 30 years of trial experience. His
practice is concentrated on the areas of business litigation,
professional liability, construction, and litigation. Mr. Patterson
is an active arbitrator and mediator and frequently serves as
a settlement counsel on behalf of companies seeking early,
effective dispute resolution. He has been a longtime member of
the adjunct faculty of the LSU Law Center, teaching advanced
trial techniques and evidence. Mr. Patterson served as a Judge
Pro Tempore on the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals in
2002. Mr. Patterson served as President of the Louisiana State
Bar Association (LSBA) in 2010-2011.
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: DEFENSE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
FRANK F. DAILY
THE LAW OFFICES OF
FRANK F. DAILY, P.A.
11350 McCormick Road
Executive Plaza III, Suite 704
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Tel: 410-584-9443
Fax: 410-584-9619
info@frankdailylaw.com
www.frankdailylaw.com
Frank F. Daily is principal of The Law Offices of Frank F. Daily,
P.A. where he and his associates practice in the areas of civil
litigation, insurance defense and regulatory matters, toxic torts
(including lead paint and asbestos), and products liability.
He received his B.A. from Duke University and his J.D. from
Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Daily previously served
as Chair of the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association
of Baltimore City, and he served on the Executive Council of
the Bar Association of Baltimore City. He is a member of the
American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Daily has tried over
100 jury trials, and he has lectured extensively on the topics of
complex personal injury litigation, insurance defense, and lead
paint litigation.
PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: DEFENSE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
CIVIL LI TIGATION: DEFENSE
DOUGLAS B. RILEY
TREANOR POPE & HUGHES
500 York Road
Towson, MD 21204
Tel: 410-494-7777
Fax: 410-494-1658
dbriley@tph-law.com
www.tph-law.com
For more than 30 years, Doug Riley has represented secured
and unsecured creditors, trustees, landlords, and creditors’
committees in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings.
Doug advises business and bank clients regarding all aspects
of creditors’ rights, including workouts, reorganizations, and
liquidations. He is an accomplished trial lawyer admitted to
practice in all Maryland courts and the United States courts for
the District of Columbia. Doug is a cum laude graduate of Tulane
University School of Law and Bowdoin College. A Navy veteran,
Doug served in the JAG Corps from 1980 to 1983. Doug was
elected to the Baltimore County Council from 1990 to 1998. His
practice areas are commercial and business litigation, creditors’
rights, and bankruptcy law.
CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS
GENERAL LI TIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
S. THOMAS WIENNER
WIENNER & GOULD, PC
950 West University Drive
Suite 350
Rochester, MI 48307
Tel: 248-841-9401
Fax: 248-652-2729
twienner@wiennergould.com
www.wiennergould.com
Tom Wienner graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1975 and
magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School
in 1978. He was a Note and Comment Editor of the University of
Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Mr. Wienner has had extensive
first-chair trial experience in both commercial and product
liability lawsuits, having tried cases in federal and state courts
in Michigan and around the country. In commercial litigation,
he has a broad range of experience, including in franchise and
employment cases; securities lawsuits and arbitrations; and
contractual, trade secret, and other business lawsuits.
GENERAL LITIGATION
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
J. BRUCE ALVERSON
ALVERSON, TAYLOR,
MORTENSEN & SANDERS
7401 West Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Tel: 702-384-7000
Fax: 702-385-7000
balverson@alversontaylor.com
www.alversontaylor.com
Senior partner of one of Nevada’s largest firms, Alverson
specializes in civil and commercial trial work. He is a Fellow
of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American
College of Trial Lawyers, and the International Society of
Barristers; Advocate, ABOTA; Board Certified by the NBTA
(1985); and Member, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants; and serves on the Board of Trustees for the U.S.
Supreme Court Historical Society. He has been an Adjunct
Professor at William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and
has written and published articles on legal and historical
topics. Education: University of Nevada, B.S. (accounting);
University of San Francisco, J.D.; University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, Ph.D. (history).
PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: DEFENSE
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI TY: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION: DEFENSE
ERIC M. CREIZMAN
CREIZMAN LLC
565 Fifth Avenue 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-972-0200
Fax: 646-200-5022
ecreiz@creizmanllc.com
www.creizmanllc.com
Eric Creizman is a versatile litigator and trial lawyer with
over 14 years of experience including more than eleven years
of practice at preeminent national law firms. He routinely
handles complex, high-profile, high-stakes engagements in
white collar and federal criminal cases, including the successful
representation of a client who was acquitted after a seven-week
federal criminal trial on charges of Medicare fraud and money
laundering; a hung jury in an eight-week federal criminal trial
for one of the lead defendants in what the Department of Justice
reported as the “largest single no-fault automobile fraud ever
charged;” the appeal of a federal criminal restitution order
exceeding $20 million arising out of one of the largest federal
prosecutions under the Lacey Act statute.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
