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Office: Chicago
Joe Arand employs more than 20 years of industry experience in his work in patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and intellectual property litigation, providing clients with full-service counsel aimed at protecting and maximizing the value of IP portfolios. His work includes stints at private law firms, tech companies, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), all informing a broad and deep understanding of the IP landscape.
Lydia Bayley brings robust experience in trademark prosecution and intellectual property litigation, regularly counseling clients across diverse industries on effective strategies to fully protect marketable products and services. Her broad experience includes working with businesses in consumer retail goods, information technology, and industrial equipment.
Jeremy Brenner advises employers and managers on all aspects of employment law focused on preventing and avoiding employee disputes. He has served as a strategic business partner to employers for more than 16 years, both as an HR consultant and as an employment attorney. He focuses extensively on cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and similar state wage laws and has successfully defended wage and hour matters in state and federal courts across the U.S.
Ryan Hardy provides diligent counsel through complex financial disputes and bankruptcy proceedings, approaching matters in and out of the courtroom with a deep understanding of clients’ unique market positions and how they relate to short- and long-term risks and opportunities. He also has extensive experience navigating nonbankruptcy insolvency matters, in which he works outside of standard judicial proceedings to achieve favorable results.
Carlota (Coty) Hopinks-Baul advises clients on a wide range of environmental, safety, and health issues including federal and state regulation of discharges to groundwater and surface waters, as well as drinking water, air, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, chemical releases, and workplace exposure matters.
Daniel Hwang is an IP counselor providing guidance throughout the life cycle of intellectual property rights – from early-stage strategy through dispute readiness, risk management, and enforcement. He advises clients on how to develop, secure, and protect core IP, drawing on broad subject-matter exposure across technology, medical, industrial, and energy innovations to deliver practical, business-focused guidance.
A registered attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Suzanne Konrad focuses her practice on patent prosecution and litigation, helping clients create thoughtful and effective strategies to both protect and maximize the value of marketable products and services. She applies her technical training and professional background in chemical engineering to assist clients in securing and defending intellectual property rights in highly sophisticated areas of business.
Yana Rusovski’s practice focuses on the legal needs of clients in the real estate, finance, and government sectors, with particular emphasis on regulatory compliance, preventative counseling, and defending against enforcement actions. She regularly helps clients identify and manage fair housing and fair lending risks and specializes in developing carefully tailored strategies to resolve disputes in ways that safeguard business goals, reputations, and relationships.
Ravi Sundara assists mainly tax-exempt organizations with corporate and tax matters, regulatory compliance, deferred and direct charitable giving, and employee benefits.