News

Seattle, Washington, December 10, 2019 – The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the 14th Annual Turnaround Awards on Monday, December 9th.   Potomac Law was named a winner for the Community-Impact Award. Pamela Egan, of Potomac’s Seattle office, helped leverage the powers of the Bankruptcy Court to convert a dilapidated residential hotel, the Empyrean, […]
Read More

Congratulations to PLG partner Susan Metcalfe for winning the 2019 Chopped for CHOP Battle of the Champions. Hosted by Magna Legal Services, the annual Chopped for CHOP mock trial competition brings top litigators from across the country to battle onstage at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City.  The winner is chosen by […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Gabriela I. Coman has joined the firm as a Partner in our Patent practice group. Partner Gabriela Coman counsels clients in the strategic development of complex patent assets in the areas of biotechnology, chemicals, and semiconductors.  She assists clients with prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, and intellectual […]
Read More

Potomac Law (“PLG”) is serving as special M&A counsel to Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: INNV) in its merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aytu BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AYTU).  The transaction was announced September 12, 2019 and is expected to close as early as December 2019, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.  Under the […]
Read More

Potomac Law Group (“PLG“) served as special M&A counsel to SPY Inc. (“SPY“) (OTC: XSPY) in its merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bollé Brands, Inc.  The transaction closed effective September 6, 2019. Established in 1994, SPY is a Southern California-based eyewear company that designs, markets and distributes premium sunglasses, goggles and prescription frame eyewear. […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Joyce has joined us as a Partner in our Litigation and Communications, Media and Entertainment practice groups. Stephanie Joyce has an extensive background in business and consumer protection litigation within the telecommunications space, including claims brought pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, Telephone Consumer Protection Act and […]
Read More

An assessment of the year thus far for Congress is a mixed bag with many important issues yet to be dealt with in 2019.  Although the budget deal that Congress reached before the recess began is arguably an accomplishment, there is still opportunity for problems when Congress returns in September because Congress will need to […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Gregory L. Ewing has joined us as a Partner in our International Dispute Resolution and Privacy and Cybersecurity practice groups. Mr. Ewing focuses his practice on dispute resolution and advising clients around cybersecurity, privacy, blockchain, and other technology related issues.   As a litigator and arbitration specialist, Mr. Ewing has extensive […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Pamela M. Egan has joined us as a Partner in our Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Litigation and Corporate practice groups. Pamela Egan is a bankruptcy attorney with twenty years of experience leveraging the problem-solving powers of the bankruptcy court for her clients. High-level litigation skills complement Ms. Egan’s creativity and […]
Read More

Partner Carla Garrett serves as a panelist for the SEC’s event on Wednesday, August 14 at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska discussing “Capital Formation Success Stories from the Silicon Prairie” and “Harmonization: What a Concept! Exploring Options to Reshape the Offering Framework” The Small Business Forum provides a platform to discuss small business capital formation, culminating in the […]
Read More

On Tuesday, August 13, Partner Carla Garrett will Chair the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee meeting  at 9:30 a.m. CT, at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and is open to the public. The meeting will be webcast live.  See additional information here.  The Advisory Committee provides the Securities & Exchange Commission with advice and recommendations on […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Judith Kim has joined us as a Partner in our Patent practice group. For about twenty-four years, Judith Kim has counseled clients innovating in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, immunology, diagnostics, biofuel, agrosciences, food products, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and personal care. Ms. Kim’s practice includes: Preparation of patent applications and their prosecution and appeals […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that David Veator has joined us as a Partner in our Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group. David Veator practices in the area of public and administrative law.  He represents businesses with regulatory exposure, including entrepreneurs with new or disruptive business models, and has obtained results for clients in high-stakes […]
Read More

Thank you PLG partner Doug Bonner and counsel Jeff Kosseff for speaking at yesterday’s #ACCNCR  program.  The webinar featured Mr. Bonner, Mr. Kosseff and Under Armour’s Rebecca Shore-Suslowitz and covered U.S. privacy legislation, best practices and security issues with vendor contracts.  Listen and download here.
Read More

We are pleased to announce Steven W. Walter has joined us as a Partner in our Banking and Commercial Loan Group.  Steve Walter has almost twenty years of experience representing national, regional, and local financial institutions and borrowers in all types of secured and unsecured, syndicated and single-lender credit facilities.  He handles all aspects of […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce Matt Bergman has joined us as a Partner in our Banking and Commercial Loan Group.  Matt Bergman is a Partner in our Banking and Commercial Loan Group.  Mr. Bergman has closed more than $3.5 billion in deals while representing both lenders and borrowers.  He and his team cost-effectively serve Washington D.C. […]
Read More

Potomac Law represented Opterna International Corporation (“Opterna”) in its sale to PPC Broadband, Inc., a Belden brand and leading developer and manufacturer of telecommunications connectivity solutions. Opterna, headquartered in Sterling, Viriginia, is a major supplier of fiberoptic products for network infrastructure, data center, Internet of Things (IoT) and Fiber-to-the- Premises (FTTX) applications.   It has […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Lisa Stone has joined Potomac Law Group’s Washington, D.C. office as a Partner in the firm’s Energy and Environmental practice groups. Ms. Stone is an accomplished lawyer with over two decades experience helping companies and other organizations navigate federal and state regulatory matters involving energy and environmental issues.  Ms. […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Isaac Mamaysky has joined us as a Partner in our General Counsel Services and Education practice groups. Isaac Mamaysky is a Partner practicing in the areas of employment law, business litigation, and education law.  An experienced general counsel, Mr. Mamaysky offers comprehensive solutions to clients’ multi-disciplinary legal needs.  He has worked […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Madon has joined us as a Counsel in our Government Contracts  group.  Jessica Madon is a skilled business Counsel and experienced trusted advisor practicing in our Government Contracts, International and Technology and IP Transactions groups.  Results driven, she provides legal/risk management advice and tools that enable her clients to further […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that David DeSalle has joined us as a Partner in our Energy, Environmental, Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, Government Relations and Public Policy, and Corporate practice groups.  Mr. DeSalle has more than two decades of practice experience, primarily in the electric, natural gas, telecommunications, alternative energy, transportation, and water industry […]
Read More

PLG Partner Reed Sexter recently closed a transaction on behalf of PTM Partners, LLC, which is an Opportunity Zone Fund.  The transaction was a joint venture with an affiliate of Douglas Development Corporation for the redevelopment of the old Coast Guard Headquarters in Buzzard Point, Washington, DC, into a 453 unit multi-family project with approximately 17,000 square feet of […]
Read More

The first step in the budget process will be the release of the Administration’s budget, which reportedly will be March 11th.  Congress will then need to approve new overall spending levels for FY 2020, which starts on October 1st.  If such legislation is not approved, automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, apply to lower discretionary […]
Read More

The 116th Congress convened on January 3rd as divided government returned to Washington with the Democrats in control of the House and Republicans in control of the Senate and the White House.  The government reopened January 26th with a short-term deal reached to fund those government operations without approved fiscal year spending until February 15th.   Read More
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Gregory Braker has joined us as a Partner in our Environmental, Real Estate and Finance, and White Collar Defense and Investigations practice groups.    Mr. Braker has been providing environmental guidance to clients for more than twenty-five years on issues affecting property acquisition, development, and management; transportation and distribution; […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Viva Hammer has joined us as a Partner in our Tax group. Ms. Hammer is a tax policy and practice leader, with over twenty-five years’ experience at the Office of Tax Policy in the Treasury Department, at the Joint Committee on Taxation in the U.S. Congress, and in private […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that PLG partner Chris Meazell has been named one of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for Washington, DC in 2018. Candidates are selected based on a broad array of criteria, including professional experience, litigation experience, significant case results, representative high stakes matters, peer reputation, and community impact.  Only one-half percent (0.5%) of active attorneys in the […]
Read More

Potomac Law is pleased to announce that Larry Schroepfer has become a Partner of the firm. Larry Schroepfer is a Partner in the Corporate, Intellectual Property, Technology Transactions, and General Counsel Services practice groups.  He has more than thirty years of legal and business experience, of which twenty years have been devoted to licensing and […]
Read More

Congratulations to Susan Metcalfe on becoming the three-time champion of the Annual Competitive Mock Trial Conference sponsored by Magna Legal Services in Atlantic City!  The competition featured four trial attorneys going head-to-head in a mock trial setting to present their best case to a panel of judges made up of claims executives and corporate counsel.  Ms. Metcalfe won $12,000 […]
Read More

Ms. Metcalfe is a featured speaker in a panel discussion on “Perspectives on Non-Traditional Franchise Ownership Structures” at the American Bar Association’s Forum on Franchise in Nashville, Tennessee.  This is the annual meeting of the Forum on Franchise whose mission “is to be the preeminent forum for the study and discussion of the legal aspects of franchising.”
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Ed Wender has joined us as a Partner in our Real Estate and Finance, Corporate, and Outside General Counsel practice groups.   Mr. Wender has over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate and general business counseling, representing a variety of borrowers with institutional lenders, Freddie Mac, HUD-insured loans […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Chris Meazell has joined us as a Partner in the Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Media & Regulatory groups.   Mr. Meazell has extensive experience solving complex business problems through advocacy and counseling.  He represents clients in a wide range of matters including contract and content licensing disputes, business torts, cases involving […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Susan Metcalfe has joined us as a Partner in our Litigation and Intellectual Property groups.   Ms. Metcalfe has over eighteen years’ experience as a trial attorney handling a broad array of complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, from trademark, trade secret, and non-competition disputes to […]
Read More

Published in August 2018, Ms. Broadwater co-authored “Culture Meets Compliance: The NBOA Guide to Assessing Human Resources at Independent Schools,” a hands-on guide to ensuring that independent schools’ human resources operations comply with a growing list of federal requirements. Click here to see more information about the book.
Read More

We are pleased to announce that PLG partner William Baker was elected Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science & Technology Law at the ABA’s recent annual meeting in Chicago.  The Section addresses a wide range of legal issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. For more information, please see the Section’s website at […]
Read More

Potomac Law is pleased to announce that Jessica Chod and George Dolina have become Partners of the firm. Jessica Chod is a Partner in the firm’s Corporate group.  Ms. Chod has experience both as a corporate counsel of a multi-national corporation and as outside counsel.  Her practice focuses on general corporate and contract law matters, as […]
Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Potomac Law Group is pleased to announce the launch of its General Counsel Services Practice.  Offering skill in calibrating legal advice to business reality, the attorneys in the practice draw upon substantial in-house experience – in many cases at senior leadership levels – and years of tenure at the nation’s largest and […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce Jasmine Blackmeir has joined us as a Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Group. Ms. Blackmeir’s practice involves all facets of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, mortgage and mezzanine financings, joint venture arrangements, and leasing transactions relating to office buildings, hotels, multifamily rental properties, commercial […]
Read More

Potomac Law Group is pleased to announce that Janet F. Satterthwaite, a leading partner in the firm’s Trademark Group, was named once again to The 2018 edition of the Managing Intellectual Property – IP STARS The  Global Top 250 Women in IP 2018 Ms. Satterthwaite is known for both contentious and noncontentious trademark counseling, prosecution and […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Reed P. Sexter has joined us as a Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Group. Mr. Sexter has more than 20 years of commercial real estate and general business transactional law experience representing lenders, borrowers, developers, landlords and tenants. He concentrates his practice on real estate […]
Read More

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a number of upcoming annual deadlines applicable to carriers and other service providers.  The filings outlined here are typically due on either March 31 or April 1 annually, however, under Commission rules, when a filing deadline occurs on a weekend, the deadline is moved to the next business day. Accordingly, the […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Viresh R. Patel has joined us as a Counsel in our Patent group. Mr. Patel’s practice includes drafting and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications in the electrical, mechanical, medical device, computer, software, and business method arts. He also has experience with appeals, reexamination proceedings, and post-grant proceedings before […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Barry S. Goldsmith has joined the firm as a Partner in our Patent group. Mr. Goldsmith’s practice focuses on patent matters in a wide variety of electrical/computer engineering disciplines including computer software and hardware, integrated circuit designs, computer processor architectures, semiconductor processing, cellular and land-based telecommunication systems, smartphone features, […]
Read More

Potomac Law is pleased to announce that Katherine Barker Marshall has become a Partner of the firm in the Communications, Media and Entertainment, Technology & IP Transactions, and Privacy & Cybersecurity groups. Ms. Marshall routinely advises wireless carriers, wireline carriers, infrastructure companies, emerging technology companies, satellite companies, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) providers on […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Ken Fagin has joined us as a Counsel in our Patent Practice. For over 25 years, Mr. Fagin has worked with a vast array of mechanical, electromechanical, electrical engineering, and various other technologies. He has served as one of a select few remaining U.S. counsel handling prosecution on behalf […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Knicole C. Emanuel has joined us as a Partner in the Health Care practice group. For more than 18 years, Ms. Emanuel has maintained a litigation practice, concentrating on Medicare and Medicaid litigation, health care regulatory compliance, administrative law and regulatory law.  She understands the intricate Medicare and Medicaid […]
Read More

To read the article, click here.
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Douglas Bonner has joined the firm as a Partner in the Telecommunications, Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Media, Entertainment, and Communications practice groups. Mr. Bonner has more than 25 years of experience representing wireline and wireless providers, cable TV, VoIP and broadcast companies in regulatory matters before the FCC, FTC, […]
Read More

The Georgia Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled for PLG client LG Electronics in Cash v. LG Electronics, a products-liability suit brought by survivors of a Dacula, GA house fire that killed two of their family members. The fire originated in an area of the family’s living room that included several items, including an LG […]
Read More

Potomac Law Group partner William Baker was voted Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science & Technology Law at the ABA annual meeting in New York this month.  Mr. Baker will automatically become Chair of the Section at the ABA annual meeting next August.  Mr. Baker has more than 30 years of experience in […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Melinda A. Sossamon has joined us as a Partner in our Intellectual Property and Corporate practice areas. Ms. Sossamon is a Partner who counsels on a wide range of intellectual property issues and corporate and commercial transactions, as well as provides outsourced general counsel services. She brings more than […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Rouget Frederic (Ric) Henschel has joined the firm as a Partner in the Intellectual Property group. Dr. Henschel’s practice focuses on counseling clients in patent matters, representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), litigation, and licensing. His experience includes technologies such as biotechnology, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and […]
Read More

Potomac Law’s basketball team participated in the 4th Annual SOUL Corporate Basketball Challenge this past weekend in Washington DC, winning both the 3-point shoot-out competition and the overall tournament with a perfect 7-0 record.   The team defeated PricewaterhouseCoopers in the final to claim the title.  SOUL (Student-Athletes Organized to Understand Leadership) is a sports-based youth […]
Read More

On March 1, the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulations took effect. Although the regulations only cover banks, insurance companies, and other financial services companies that are regulated by DFS, the new rules could affect companies that provide services to DFS-regulated organizations. Among the key requirements of the new rules for regulated […]
Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today unanimously affirmed a decision in favor of a Saudi family wrongfully accused of violating a federal trafficking statute. PLG had obtained summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where the court rejected a domestic employee’s claim brought under the […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that John R. Snyder has joined the firm as a Partner in the Litigation, Administrative & Regulatory, Appellate & Critical Motions, and Arbitration practice groups. John Snyder has more than thirty years of experience as a litigator and regulatory attorney with a focus on commercial and financial litigation, including defense […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Todd S. Bontemps has joined the firm as a Partner in the Intellectual Property group. Mr. Bontemps brings more than twenty years of experience in his field with particular expertise in intellectual property protection and strategic branding, both domestically and internationally. His practice is focused on trademark, copyright, domain […]
Read More

Potomac Law is pleased to announce that Teresa A. Alutto Schmidt and Iris Wong have become Partners of the firm. Teresa (“Reese”) A. Alutto-Schmidt Reese Alutto-Schmidt is a Partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations and Litigation practice groups, with deep experience in internal investigations, government enforcement litigation, and motions practice in state and federal courts.  She received her J.D. from the American University, Washington […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Jeff Kosseff has joined us as Counsel in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and Media, Entertainment, and Communications practice groups. Mr. Kosseff brings experience counseling clients, ranging from start-ups to some of the world’s largest companies, on emerging privacy and cybersecurity legal issues.  He is the author of the […]
Read More

By: Jeff Kosseff, Counsel in Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group. Companies, nonprofits, and other organizations should develop comprehensive plans to recover from cybersecurity incidents such as data breaches and ransomware, according to new guidance issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery, NIST Special Publication 800-184, is not a legally […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Richard P. McHugh has joined us as a Partner in our Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice group. Mr. McHugh is a specialist in all areas of employee benefits law, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, incentive compensation programs, ESOPs and health and welfare benefit plans, with considerable experience […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Katherine Barker Marshall has joined our firm as Counsel in our Media, Entertainment & Communications and Technology & IP Transactions practice groups. Ms. Marshall advises wireless carriers, wireline carriers, infrastructure companies, emerging technology companies, satellite companies, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) providers on local, state, and federal regulatory and transactional issues. Specifically, Ms. Marshall […]
Read More

By: Timothy Bergin, Partner in Litigation and Antitrust practice groups. On October 20, 2016, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) jointly issued Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals (“Guidance”).  An accompanying press release by the Antitrust Division states that executives and managers “may face jail time” and, along […]
Read More

By: Wendy Fischman, Partner in Employment and Corporate practice groups. In May 2016, the Department of Labor issued a new “Final Rule” drastically changing the calculation for when and how employees may be exempted from the federal law requiring overtime pay.  The Final Rule was set to become effective on December 1, 2016. Late yesterday, […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Neil McGaraghan has joined us as a Partner in our Litigation group and will spearhead the launch of our Boston office.   Mr. McGaraghan focuses his practice on complex dispute resolution in federal and state courts, administrative proceedings, arbitration, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.  Mr. McGaraghan represents both plaintiffs […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Chuck Lobsenz has joined our firm as a Partner in our Patent, Intellectual Property, and Technology Transactions groups. Mr. Lobsenz has over 25 years of experience practicing law. He is a registered patent attorney and has prepared and prosecuted patents relating to electrical and mechanical technologies as well as […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Chod has joined us as a Counsel in the Corporate group. Jessica Chod’s practice focuses on general corporate and contract law matters, as well as corporate governance and best practices.  Prior to joining Potomac Law, Ms. Chod served as a corporate counsel of a multi-national corporation and as outside counsel. […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Laurent Campo has joined us as a Partner in the Corporate group. Mr. Campo has extensive and broad experience counseling clients in M&A, corporate transactions, strategic alliances, complex commercial transactions, as well as administrative and regulatory law compliance. He brings more than two decades of experience both as an in-house […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Vanessa Chernick has joined the firm as Counsel in our Real Estate group. Vanessa Chernick has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate and finance law. She understands the full life cycle of real estate from strategy to purchase, development, finance, operations and leasing to workouts, foreclosures […]
Read More

We are pleased to announce that Ted Planzos has joined the firm as a Partner in our White Collar Defense and Investigations and Litigation practice groups. Ted Planzos is a Partner who has a long and successful record of defending corporate executives, public and private companies and individuals in criminal, regulatory and congressional investigations and […]
Read More