MCGUIREWOODS - Key Persons
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Los Angeles - Century City Office Managing Partner
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Consumer Products & Retail Co - Leader
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- Senior Office Administrator
Arthur employs his extensive bond and tax counsel experience to help clients structure, execute and defend innovative solutions to governmental and not-for-profit capital financing needs. He focuses both on taking advantage of the numerous incentives offered under federal tax and state law and addressing the restrictions and limitations the incentives always entail.
Arthur has served as lead bond counsel to some of our nation's most innovative and successful "bond banks." These issuers provide efficient and cost-effective solutions to local government borrowers that are often too small or too rarely in the public finance market to finance infrastructure improvements at rates their citizens can afford. Among many milestones he has helped these clients achieve was the first program in the country offering true pooled issues of direct-pay tax credit qualified school construction bonds.
Arthur has served in a number of leadership roles both at McGuireWoods and in the professional organizations to which he belongs. He currently serves on the firm's opinion committee and recently headed the effort by the tax-exempt financing subcommittee of the tax committee of the American Bar Association to provide comments on, and alternatives to, the IRS' proposed "issue price" regulations.
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Healthcare & Life Sciences Team Co - Leader
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Chairman McGuireWoods' Environmental & Mass Tort Department
- Environmental & Mass Tort Department Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Charlotte Office Managing Partner
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Energy Team Leader
Brittney's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She assists individuals, corporate clients and national financial institutions in a wide variety of high-stakes litigation in both state and federal court.
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- Clerk for Supreme Court of Virginia 's Chief Justice
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Transportation Team Leader
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Data Privacy and Security Team Leader
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Financial Services Litigation Chair
Chris Alderman focuses his practice on advising utilities, project sponsors, investors, and lenders in the development and financing of domestic and international energy and infrastructure projects. He also has experience in project finance, specifically in the area of public-private partnerships, as well as advising on corporate matters, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and energy regulatory filings and proceedings.
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Atlanta Office Managing Partner
- Healthcare & Life Sciences Team Co - Leader
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- London Office Managing Partner
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- Senior Conflicts Attorney
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- San Francisco Office Managing Partner
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- IP Litigation & Transactions Chair
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Healthcare & Life Sciences Team Co - Leader
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Real Estate and Land Use Chair
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Financial Services Team Leader
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Baltimore Office Managing Partner
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Education Team Leader
Femi Aborisade focuses his practice on representing developers, utilities and project financiers in all aspects of their renewable energy development projects and transactions, with a particular focus on real estate and project finance matters.
Garrison practices within the firm's healthcare department and focuses his practice on corporate healthcare transactional matters and regulatory compliance.
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Private Equity Team Co - Leader
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Tax and Employee Benefits Chair
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Securities Chair
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- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Real Estate Capital Markets Team Leader
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- Partner
- Member of the Greater Baltimore Committee
- Strategic Corporate Advisor
Heather Arbogast serves as a strategic corporate advisor to utilities, energy companies, developers, power purchasers, sponsors, investors and other clients on a broad range of transactions and regulatory issues in the power, retail energy, solar, wind and battery storage sectors of the energy industry.
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Healthcare Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Charlottesville Office Managing Partner
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Chief Legal Talent Officer
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Member of the PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEADERSHIP Team
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Tysons Office Managing Partner
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Dallas Office Managing Partner
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- New York Office Managing Partner
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Senior Office Administrator
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- Partner
- Accomplished Trial Lawyer
Jeremiah brings nearly two decades of experience representing multinational companies in commercial litigation, including energy and construction industry disputes. He defends businesses in complex commercial and environmental tort matters, as well as product liability and contamination litigation. He represents clients in trial and appellate courts throughout the United States and in domestic and international arbitrations.
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- Partner
- Coordinator for the Leadership Council
Joan focuses in the defense of complex, multi-plaintiff personal injury actions for product manufacturers and health care service providers. She has represented clients in state and federal courts in more than two dozen states at all stages of litigation, including notching multiple successful civil jury trials and appellate decisions. With a background in mathematics and significant experience in mass tort litigation, Joan is highly regarded for her successful work with medical and technology experts to distill their analyses into opinions that are clear, concise, and helpful for clients, judges and juries.
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Deputy Managing Partner, Development
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- Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Joel focuses exclusively on employment litigation defense. He defends employers in connection with a wide array of claims including those under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Title VII, state discrimination laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and state tort law.
He has resolved complex, high-stakes matters through innovative settlements and successfully tried cases both as a federal prosecutor and against the Department of Justice. In addition to his investigations practice, John is often called upon to brief and argue appeals in courts across the country and has argued appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th Circuits.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods, John served in positions of significant responsibility throughout the government. As Associate Counsel to the President of the United States, he represented the Office of the President in congressional investigations and other sensitive matters. His primary responsibility included handling issues arising out of the Department of Defense and State Department. In addition, he coordinated with the Department of Justice on litigation implicating the Office of the President. And as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, he tried cases ranging from fraud to violent crime and managed complex grand jury investigations involving fraud, public corruption and other matters.
John served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from 2006 to 2007 and to Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 2003 to 2004.
Prior to becoming an attorney, John served as a U.S. naval officer, deploying to the Persian Gulf. He led damage control operations on a Ticonderoga Class Cruiser and served as executive officer of a warship assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command.
John has at various times served as an adjunct professor of appellate and trial advocacy and he serves as Trustee and Vice President of the VMI Foundation. Active in firm leadership, John has previously led McGuireWoods' firmwide recruiting efforts and as a past chair of McGuireWoods' Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department, he led the department to recognition by Law360 as a "Practice Group of the Year." He currently serves on the firm's Board of Partners.
Experience
Obtained complete declination from the Department of Justice, following an initial charging decision, for a major chemical company in a high profile environmental matter.
As lead trial counsel, obtained a full acquittal on 11 counts for a bank executive following a 10-week jury trial in a case brought by the Department of Justice, while all co-defendants were found guilty on multiple charges.
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Norfolk Office Managing Partner
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Private Equity Team Co - Leader
Jonathan Ellis, Former Assistant to U.S. Solicitor General, Joins McGuireWoods
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Member of the PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEADERSHIP Team
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Business and Securities Litigation Chair
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- Office Administrator
- Senior Office Administrator
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Public Finance Chair
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Debt Finance Chair
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- Office Administrator
- Senior Office Administrator
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Restructuring and Insolvency Chair
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Raleigh Office Managing Partner
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Transactions Chair
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- MEDIA CONTACT
- Writer - Business Publications & Media
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Richmond Office Managing Partner
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Chief Innovation and AI Officer
- Joins McGuireWoods As Chief Innovation and AI Officer
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Consumer Products & Retail Co - Leader
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Member of the PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEADERSHIP Team
- Ex Officio
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Deputy Managing Partner, Corporate Departments
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Complex Commercial Litigation Chair
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Labor and Employment Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Jacksonville Office Managing Partner
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- Senior Office Administrator
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Chief Administrative Operations Officer
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- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Los Angeles - Downtown Office Managing Partner
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Partner
- Corporate and Private Equity Chair
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- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Deputy Managing Partner, Litigation Departments
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- Chairman of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Regulatory and Compliance Chair
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Houston Office Managing Partner
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Chicago Office Managing Partner