Family Law

• Divorce

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Jasmine is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on high-stakes business litigation, employment law, and white collar criminal defense.
• Sex Crimes
  The founding partners of our Dallas office share the Firm's commitment to impactful civic and charitable endeavors. In a major pro bono effort covered by The New York Times, The Atlantic and ProPublica, our Dallas attorneys Elizabeth Myers and Jenny Ecklund represent sexual assault survivors in a federal class action against the Austin Police Department and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office over alleged failures in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults.
• Fraud
  Elizabeth represents clients in high-stakes litigation across the country, involving commercial disputes, product defects claims, and consumer fraud, and securities fraud...
• Assault
• Money Laundering
  Congress enacted the CTA to address concerns related to illicit activities such as money laundering, terrorism financing, tax fraud, and other financial crimes facilitated through the use of anonymous shell companies. The CTA is designed to bring the United States into compliance with international anti-money laundering standards, including those in the United Kingdom and the 28 member states of the European Union. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) estimates that approximately 32 million reporting entities will be required to register under the CTA in 2024, with an additional 5 million reporting entities needing to register each year thereafter. Reporting by new and existing entities is required as of January 1, 2024, and the impact is significant to small- and medium-sized businesses.
• Internet Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  In 2019, the firm was recognized by the Association of Corporate Counsel as an ACC Value Champion, an international honor that recognizes “best-in-class” innovations that drive value and dramatically improve efficiencies within corporate law departments.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  For the third year in a row, Ryan Russell Kemper and Paul Sonderegger have been named to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Power List for Environmental Law. The 2024 list highlights practitioners from across the state who represent energy and utility companies in securing easements for power transmission lines, negotiating mergers and acquisitions or defending against consumer and class action suits.
• Business Disputes
  Our team also has significant litigation experience, including in the areas of business disputes, appellate practice, product liability and environmental matters.
• Business Transactions
  Chip's practice focuses on the representation of individuals, universities, and national and international companies in commercial transactions and counseling involving t...
• Limited Liability Companies
  Generally, the CTA states that reporting companies need to file a report with FinCEN about itself and its beneficial owners. This includes corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, or other entities. It also includes entities organized under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction and registered to do business by making a filing with a U.S. state or Tribal authority. To help reporting companies and their beneficial owners understand the details, please refer to the following resources and get in touch with a member of our CTA task force, as listed below.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Brendan helps counsel clients on a wide range of intellectual property issues, including intellectual property portfolio management, enforcement and prosecution.
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Keith represents employers of all sizes in a variety of litigation arenas, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour matters.
• Employment Discrimination
  Session 1 – An Introduction to the 2024 Title IX Rule: This session provides an overview of the new Title IX rule. It covers the background and status of the Title IX regulatory framework, new definitions, obligations relating to sex discrimination and retaliation, training and notice standards, supportive measures, and recordkeeping requirements.
• Employment Litigation
  As an experienced litigator in the firm's higher education practice group, Brandt Hill defends educational institutions in student and employment litigation and arbitrati...

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Daniel represents a diverse client base in a broad range of real estate matters, including the development, financing, leasing, acquisition and sale of commercial real es...
• Premises Liability
  Beyond asbestos litigation, our team offers comprehensive representation across a range of legal matters, including premises liability, property damage/environmental issues, product liability claims, class action lawsuits, pharmaceutical litigation, trucking accidents, and labor and employment disputes. This breadth of experience allows us to effectively serve clients facing diverse legal challenges.
• Construction Litigation
  Paul is a litigator and regulatory compliance attorney who has resolved environmental, real estate and construction disputes in state and federal courts. He is co-chair of Thompson Coburn's Environmental Law group and is a former chair of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis Environmental & Conservation Law Committee.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Our real estate group in New York represents a vast array of real estate players in all types of real estate transactions, including mortgage financings, construction loans, commercial lease transactions, acquisitions and dispositions of real estate assets, and a variety of other real estate related transactions.
• Eminent Domain
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Katriina helps clients navigate challenging land use and zoning issues throughout the City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs, paving the way for successful developments.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Castaic Studios, LLC v. Wonderland Studios LLC, the California Court of Appeal held that when a property owner only licenses its real property to another, the property owner cannot use California's summary eviction process, unlawful detainer, against the defaulting party. Here, Castaic entered into a written agreement by which it granted Wonderland the “exclusive right to use" certain areas of Castaic's commercial property. The agreement specified it was a “license agreement" as opposed to a lease, with Castaic retaining legal possession and control of the premises. The agreement also provided that it was to be “governed by the contract[] laws and not by the landlord tenant laws."
• Property Damage
  Kurt is experienced in the defense of personal injury and property damage litigation including FELA, trucking, product liability, class action and mass tort litigation.

Immigration Law

• Family Immigration
• Business Immigration
  As a paralegal in the firm's business immigration practice, Doris manages a variety of visa applications and work authorizations for the firm's clients.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Jayci is a member of the Litigation Group and represents clients in the areas of products liability, toxic torts, personal injury and railroad litigation.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The firm's Los Angeles attorneys practice in a number of different key areas, including general business and corporate; litigation in both federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies; banking and commercial lending transactions; intellectual property; succession planning; estate planning and administration; real estate; and tax. We work closely with our colleagues in other Thompson Coburn offices to ensure that our clients receive the resources needed to handle a wide range of additional legal issues as well.
• Wills
  We also have practitioners experienced in trusts and estates offering services to our corporate and individual clients and their families and financial institutions — from preparing simple wills and forming family trusts to implementing complex estate plans. Our trusts and estates practice group also provides ERISA advice and counsel in connection with complex financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions.
• Trusts
  Vicky has 25 years of experience in estate and trust administration and the preparation of income, fiduciary and estate tax returns.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Serving a diverse pool of clients, our Dallas office represents major corporations, banks, and hospitals. Our attorneys support clients on an array of matters, including state and federal litigation and appeals, white collar investigations and defense, health care transactions and regulatory issues, and bankruptcy litigation.
• Foreclosure
  Cheryl represents lenders and obligors in complex finance transactions, loan restructurings, and bankruptcy, receivership, foreclosure and other proceedings involving cre...
• Tax Law
  Nick advises businesses, tax-exempt organizations, and governmental entities on federal and state tax matters, including tax credit finance, tax-exempt bonds, and transac...