Sheppard Mullin Opens in Washington, D.C.; Firm Opens Office in Nation's Capital, Offers Clients Regulatory Expertise.Business Editors/Legal Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2003 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today that it is opening a Washington D.C. office, effective February 15, 2003. The office is the Firm's first outside California, and will be led by Edward F. Schiff, a highly respected transactional attorney specializing in corporate and complex real estate matters, and Robert L. Magielnicki, a veteran antitrust and trade regulation counselor and business lawyer. The Washington, D.C. office will offer Sheppard Mullin's clients nationwide assistance in many regulatory areas, including antitrust and trade regulation, government contracts, aviation, environmental and land use, and health care. "This is a milestone event for Sheppard Mullin. It is fitting that during the Firm's 76th year, we open an office in our nation's capital," said Guy Halgren, Chairman of the Firm's Executive Committee. "The addition of Ed and Bob and the opening of an East Coast office will help us provide the best service possible to our clients and give us a strong base of operations Noun 1. base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" base air base, air station - a base for military aircraft army base - a large base of operations for an army for handling matters of federal and national significance." Commented Schiff, "Washington is the focal point for national regulatory matters, and our proximity to federal agencies will allow us to better serve the current and growing needs of clients." He added, "Our national and international clients will now have access to a full complement of legal services in virtually all legal and regulatory areas." Joining Schiff and Magielnicki in the new Sheppard Mullin office are tax expert Ronald A. Feuerstein, commercial litigator Roy Goldberg and corporate lawyer Thomas Ball. The Firm expects to announce the addition of more lawyers very soon. Mr. Schiff has extensive experience in assisting public and privately held companies structure and manage complex real estate, financial and corporate transactions; advising entrepreneurs and investors on raising and investing public and private capital; and developing creative and effective financing techniques. He handles acquisitions and divestitures, equity and debt restructurings, leveraged buy-outs, joint ventures and strategic partnerships for clients ranging from emerging businesses and commercial banks, to venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and institutional lenders. Mr. Schiff has represented offshore corporations in connection with United States tax treatment of domestic and foreign generated revenues; lenders in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities; syndications in the placement of financing for the acquisition of performing and non-performing loan portfolios; European-based lenders in connection with financing the acquisition and development of hotels, conference centers, and recreational facilities; institutional lenders involving the restructuring of debt for income-producing properties; and tenants and landlords in the negotiation of leases for industrial, commercial and retail space. Mr. Schiff received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. in 1966 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1969, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif An unincorporated national scholastic honor society in law. Its purpose is to foster excellence in legal scholarship and to recognize those who have attained high grades in law school or who have distinguished themselves in the teaching of law. . He served as a law clerk to the Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
Mr. Magielnicki has a multi-disciplinary practice with emphases on antitrust, domestic and international business transactions, and complex civil and criminal litigation. He has extensive experience in antitrust and trade regulation, both domestically and internationally, and served as division general counsel at General Electric. Mr. Magielnicki has provided antitrust counseling on a broad spectrum of business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, distribution systems, trade association activities, standards development issues and more. He has represented clients before the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the FTC FTC See Federal Trade Commission (FTC). . Internationally, Mr. Magielnicki has represented clients in investigations by the Competition Directorate of the European Union, as well as national competition authorities of several European and South American nations and the Japan Fair Trade Commission. His litigation experience includes representing corporations and individuals in both civil and criminal investigations and litigation, including class actions. Mr. Magielnicki's business representations include the sale of a consumer products subsidiary of an international company and the formation of an international joint venture between a Fortune 100 client and a Mexican company. He represents an array of clients engaged in manufacturing, telecommunications, computers, healthcare and environmental services. Mr. Magielnicki received his A.B., with honors (Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. ), from Rutgers University in 1967 and his J.D. from Cornell Law School The Cornell Law School was formally opened in 1887, but was moved to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1937. The law school building, an ornate, Gothic structure, was the result of a donation by Myron Charles Taylor, a former CEO of US Steel, and a member of the Cornell , with distinction, in 1970, where he served as Editor of the Cornell Law Review The Cornell Law Review is the flagship legal journal of Cornell Law School. Originally published in 1915 as the Cornell Law Quarterly, the journal features scholarship in all fields of law. . He was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Magielnicki is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. Tax practitioner Ronald Feuerstein has an LL.M. in taxation from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the and a J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is a private ABA-certified American law school. It is located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Spring Valley area of Northwest Washington, DC. (1973). He has worked at the United States Tax Court The United States Tax Court is a Federal court of record established under Article I of the Constitution of the United States which specializes in adjudicating disputes over federal income tax assessments. , and focuses his practice on tax controversy work before the IRS and state tax agencies. He also assists clients with tax planning, tax structuring of transactional matters, and sophisticated estate planning, international and employee benefit matters. Roy Goldberg, a 1987 graduate of the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
Thomas Ball, a 1997 graduate of Columbus School of Law The Columbus School of Law is the law school of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1897. Today the school is home to hundreds of students from across the nation and from all walks of life. of Catholic University, has a broad corporate practice, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, formation, and stock/debt issuance. Sheppard Mullin has more than 340 attorneys among its eight offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara, West Los Angeles
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