Rimon Partners & Counsel
Bruce Abramson
California, District of Columbia
Advises clients about valuation, deployment and antitrust effects of intellectual property.
Former Professor of Computers Science at USC, Principal with Charles River Associates and Clerk with the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Ph.D. from Columbia University (Computer Science); J.D. from Georgetown.
Renee Atlas
Illinois, Israel
Formerly a Civil Rights Judge for the State of Illinois
Over 20 years of international experience in employment and commercial law
Former in-house counsel for Applied Materials
Bernays T. (Buz) Barclay
New York
Experienced counsel in the areas of electric, natural gas, and infrastructure-related transactions.
Advises on matters ranging from startup representation to IPOS with international components.
Formerly a partner at Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Torys LLP, King & Spalding LLP, and Porter and Travers LLP. Graduate of University of Chicago Law School.
John Boyd
New York
Partner in the firm's intellectual property practice
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at publicly traded high-tech companies in the biotechnology and semiconductor industries
Paul Economon
District of Columbia, Virginia
Paul Economon is a corporate, contract, business transactional and technology attorney with an extensive background in providing both legal and business support to the small to medium enterprise sector, with a strong focus on high technology.
Mark Feldman
New York
Education: Harvard Law School
Firm Experience: Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Counsel to hedge funds, private equity vehicles, international mergers, startups and international ventures
Matthew Finberg
District of Columbia, Maryland, Colorado
Education: Wharton School of Business; George Washington University
Firm Experience: Hogan & Hartson
Published In: The Tax Advisor; Journal of Accounting; Auditing and Finance; Commercial Investment
William Galkin
Maryland
Specialist in Internet, privacy and New Media law.
Author of Maryland Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Forms and Practice Manual
Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Martin Goodman
California
Specialist in creditors’ rights law with over 40 years of industry experience
Routine counsel to Intuit, California Bank & Trust & Mechanics Bank
Dov Grunschlag
California
Obtained Super Lawyer, rating for years 2005-2010, and as one of the best lawyers in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times
Fellow of the National College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Alexander E. Hamilton
California
Partner in the firm’s real estate practice
Author of a leading real estate treatise in California for Thomson Reuters
Appointed to San Francisco Existing Building Efficiency Task Force by Mayor Gavin Newsom
Michael Moradzadeh
California
Michael is the Executive DIrector of Rimon, P.C.
Education: Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; B.A. from UC Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa
Prior Experience: Ropes & Gray LLP; US Attorney's Office; Napster; CheckPoint Software; EZ Web Mall
Lara Pearson
Nevada
Co-founder of the State Bar of Nevada’s section of intellectual property law
Pro bono counsel to to numerous non-profit organizations including: 1% for the Planet; Rock the Earth; Social Enterprise Alliance; Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association; The Tahoe Rim Trail Association; The Children’s Cabinet; and HeadCount.
Carson Porter
District of Columbia
Partner in Rimon's healthcare practice with extensive private practice experience, including as Counsel to Arent Fox, business experience, serving as CEO to several closely-held companies, and not-for-profit experience, serving as Director, Board Member and General Counsel of several organizations.
At age 30, became one of the youngest attorneys ever to argue and win a case before the United States Supreme Court.
Robin Powers
New York
Specialist in financial transactions entered into by hedge funds and other financial institutions, with an emphasis on derivatives, prime brokerage and securities lending agreements.
Recently represented a credit fund in structuring and negotiating a $500 million total return swap (TRS) based on a portfolio of loans.
Phillip Quatrini
Virginia, District of Columbia
Phil works closely with technology and emerging growth companies, particularly those located in the Dulles Technology Corridor.
Scott Raber
California, New York
Partner in Rimon’s Litigation, Healthcare, and Employment Law practice groups.
Specializes in complex business, employment, trade secret and fiduciary matters.
Graduate of University of California, Berkeley and New York University School of Law
Rosanna Russell
California
Partner in the firm’s real estate practice
Clients have included Adobe, Applied Materials, Siemens Real Estate, Norwest Venture Partners, Prospect Venture Partners, and Toyota Infotechnology Center, U.S.A., Inc.
Carl Sherer
New York, Israel
Education: Columbia Law School; MBA from New York University
Firm Experience: Simpson Thacher; Schulte Roth & Zabel
Regulatory Experience: Assistant General Counsel of Israeli Securities Authority
Yaacov P. Silberman
California, Massachusetts
Yaacov is the Director of Operations at Rimon.
Education: University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude; Senior Editor, Journal of Labor and Employment Law; B.A. from Yeshiva University, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude
Prior Experience: attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP; clerk for judge A. Jay Cristol of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida; Assistant Director of TheLaw.com
Samuel (“Sandy”) B. Sterrett, Jr.
District of Columbia, New York
Counsel to start-up and emerging growth companies, privately held businesses, and Fortune 500 corporations.
Principal outside counsel for multiple biotechnology, medical device, business services, information technology, software, and other technology companies.
Frederick Tsien
California, New York
Member of the firm’s intellectual property transactions practice group
Seasoned high-tech counsel representing emerging companies in negotiations with tech giants including Google, IBM, Hitachi, Panasonic, Akamai, Dell, Cisco, AT&T and Ebay
Irving Wiesen
New York
Irving L. Wiesen, has had over twenty-five years experience in the food & drug and device industry representing a broad spectrum of brand name and generic pharmaceutical and medical device clients, both domestic and international.
Dave Wolf
New York, Israel
Formerly Lead Tax Counsel for publicly traded communications company.
Education: University of Pennsylvania Law School
