At Vedder Price, we believe in delivering high-value, best in-class legal counsel that is practical, responsive and results-driven.

As an ever-evolving firm, we're excited to continually add talent and depth to growing practice areas and groups.

Meet our most recent lateral shareholders:

Javier A. Lopez, Miami Office

Javier "Javy" Lopez is a Shareholder in Vedder Price's Miami office and a member of the firm's Litigation practice area. Mr. Lopez focuses his practice on complex commercial, business and civil litigation in U.S. federal and state courts. He has extensive experience representing high-profile companies and individuals in a wide range of legal matters, including contract and business disputes, commercial transactions, intellectual property matters, fraud, defamation, class actions and shareholder disputes. Mr. Lopez is a seasoned trial lawyer and was lead counsel in securing one of the top 10 largest jury verdicts in the State of Florida and one of the highest settlements in the United States in 2022

 

Tomasz Kulawik, Washington, DC Office

Tomasz Kulawik is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Washington, DC office and a member of the firm’s Finance & Transactions group. Mr. Kulawik focuses his practice on leveraged finance and all types of secured lending, including acquisition financings, asset-based lending and refinancings in both the syndicated and direct lending spaces, both domestically and in Europe and in Latin America.

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James P. Looby, Chicago Office

James P. Looby is a Shareholder at Vedder Price’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Area. Mr. Looby focuses his practice on high-stakes and complex employment cases throughout the United States, including matters involving wage and hour disputes, independent contractor and joint employment issues, discrimination, and retaliation.

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Jason DuVall, Dallas Office

Jason DuVall is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Dallas office and a member of the firm’s Finance & Transactions group. Mr. DuVall has extensive experience in corporate M&A matters, having represented numerous financial institutions, private equity funds, mezzanine funds, agent banks, borrowers and other institutional investors. Transactions he has worked on have involved senior and subordinated debt, asset-based lending, equipment and project financings, secured and unsecured lending, structured financings, health care financings and other forms of debt and equity financing.

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Christopher K. Buch, Chicago Office

 

Christopher K. Buch is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice area in Chicago. Mr. Buch has a multidisciplinary practice that focuses on a variety of employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He leverages a seasoned perspective to clients’ business challenges and the development of business strategies.

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Hoyoon Nam, New York Office

Hoyoon Nam is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Global Transportation Finance (GTF) team in the firm's New York office. Mr. Nam frequently represents banks, investment funds, corporate borrowers and financial sponsors in connection with financing and restructuring transactions. He also works on direct lending and other private credit matters, representing private debt providers in connection with acquisition debt, special situations, rescue and bridge financings as well as working capital and liquidity-enhancing credit transactions.

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Kate F. Buckley, New York Office

Kate F. Buckley is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Finance & Transactions group in the firm's New York office. Ms. Buckley represents equity funds, portfolio companies and public and private companies in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of mergers and acquisitions (buy-and sell-side), debt and balance sheet restructurings, joint ventures, roll-over transactions, divestitures, secured lending facilities and structured investments and formations.

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Jeremy M. Alexander, Washington, DC Office

Jeremy M. Alexander is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Washington, DC office and Chair of the Health Care & Life Sciences practice group. Mr. Alexander focuses his practice on managing intricate regulatory, transactional and enforcement issues for health care providers and suppliers. These include physician practices, outpatient rehabilitation therapy providers, home health care providers, behavioral health providers, hospitals, and medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He also represents a variety of health industry-focused private equity companies.

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Rich Tilghman, Chicago Office

Rich Tilghman is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Chicago office and a member of the firm's Litigation group. Mr. Tilghman focuses his practice on complex business litigation and arbitration matters, with an emphasis on the pharmaceutical, health care, and life sciences industries. Mr. Tilghman regularly represents clients in the defense of privacy claims and class actions. He also frequently represents businesses in matters involving trade secrets, confidential information, and restrictive covenants. 

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Christine De Pree, Miami Office

Christine De Pree is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Investment Services group in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. De Pree focuses her practice on disclosure document and prospectus review, as well as proxy statements. Additionally, she has extensive knowledge in counseling investment companies and investment advisers in connection with regulatory, compliance and transactional issues.

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Todd F. Lurie, Washington, D.C. Office

Todd F. Lurie is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Investment Services group in the firm’s Washington, DC office. He focuses his practice on cleared and non-cleared derivatives, and investment management advising, including fund formation and regulation. Before entering private practice, Mr. Lurie was Vice President and Associate General Counsel for MetLife, where he was responsible for strategic advisory for MetLife’s global derivatives platform, including documentation, transactional review and engagement with state, federal and global regulators. Over the course of his career, Mr. Lurie has also spent several years working for corporate financial institutions.

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Gregg D. Bernhard, Los Angeles Office

Gregg D. Bernhard is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Real Estate practice group. He represents owners, sellers, buyers, borrowers, tenants and landlords in various areas. Mr. Bernhard’s practice primarily focuses on U.S. and international real estate transactions, with an emphasis on acquisition, leasing, financing and development. He has extensive experience negotiating and preparing purchase and sale documents, leases, loan agreements common-interest development documents, joint venture arrangements, and development agreements.

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Adam L. Schwartz, Miami Office

Adam L. Schwartz is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Chambers USA-ranked Government Investigations & White Collar Defense team in the firm's Miami office. Mr. Schwartz represents companies and individuals in matters involving the the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securtities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Department for Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and other criminal law enforcement and civil regulatory authorities.  Mr. Schwartz also counsels financial institutions and professionals on compliance with SEC regulations, FINRA rules, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and anti-money laundering laws.

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Jonathan Z. Kurry, Miami Office

Jonathan Z. Kurry is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Miami office and a member of the firm’s Real Estate practice group. With a comprehensive understanding of the industry, Jonathan advises lenders, investors, and developers in navigating the complexities of commercial real estate finance, acquisition and disposition, development and management. Mr. Kurry’s expertise spans a diverse range of projects, including hospitality, retail, multi-family, industrial, office and mixed-use. He excels in handling intricate joint ventures, portfolio transactions, loan restructurings, and public-private partnerships. His international focus extends to clients and projects located in Latin America and the Caribbean, adding a global perspective to his practice.

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Michael A. Wahlander, San Francisco Office

Michael Wahlander’s practice is focused on all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including wage and hour, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination cases, and issues arising under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. As a litigator, he represents employers in single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, representative action, collective action and class action cases pending in federal and state courts, and state administrative agencies.

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Hope Goldstein, Dallas Office

Hope Goldstein’s practice covers a wide range of issues concerning employers, and she provides both traditional labor law and employment law advice and litigation services. She has extensive experience representing clients in matters involving compliance with the National Labor Relations Act, labor negotiations and arbitrations, mergers and acquisitions, labor crisis management and long-term workforce strategies.

Learn more about Hope Goldstein.