LEVISOHN BERGER - Key Persons
Jonathan Berger represents a wide range of clients, ranging from small start-up businesses to larger corporations in a wide variety of business-related and intellectual property matters.
Lisa Temple is a seasoned business lawyer, with a focus on health technology and other technology transactions, intellectual property matters, licensing, corporate formation and corporate reorganization. She specializes in drafting and negotiating complex content and technology agreements, handling high-volume vendor agreements, simplifying contracting processes and creating streamlined form contracts for clients.
Lisa's career has touched on many aspects of the issues surrounding business and technology firms. She has provided general legal and business advice to healthcare providers, health tech companies and online retail brands, and negotiated and drafted numerous technology and other commercial transactions for a range of businesses.
Lisa worked for IBM's Legal Department as a Senior Attorney, supporting various IBM businesses including software, business collaborations, hardware manufacturing, human resources, environmental law and procurement. Prior to attending Brooklyn Law School she received her B.A. in Sociology from Tufts University.
Prior to joining Temple Law, Lisa was a Senior Editor at Practical Law (Thomson Reuters). In that role, she was responsible for creating multiple standard and annotated agreements and clauses, practice notes and checklists, all of which were published and licensed to paid subscribers. Lisa has a passion for legal drafting, and for bringing simplification and efficiency to her client's contracting processes.
Lisa keeps busy with her husband, three daughters, and three dogs. She is an elected member of the Zoning Board of Appeals in her town and is a regular volunteer at a food pantry.
Pooja Shah practices business and intellectual property law. As part of her business law practice, Pooja counsels on compliance and risk management matters. Pooja is also active in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space and provides counsel to a global bitcoin exchange platform regarding transactional, KYC, AMC, and regulatory matters. Pooja started her career working at a large law firm and expanded her experience to serve as counsel to Morgan Stanley on governance, regulatory, and compliance matters.
Pooja earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. in English, and Philosophy (with a Chemistry minor) from Boston College. During law school, she was a managing editor at Cardozo Jurist, the school's newspaper, and also worked as an extern at the Domestic Violence Project helping survivors navigate legal and social services.
Pooja is also a freelance travel and culture writer with bylines in Thrillist, Huffington Post, Women's Health, and Vogue. She enjoys being a mentor to aspiring law students and encouraging women of color, especially South Asian women, to pursue their professional and personal dreams.
Sam is a seasoned attorney with nearly two decades of experience in general commercial, labor, and appellate litigation practice.
Steve has extensive trial experience in state and federal courts throughout the United States.