Mr. Dixon counsels clients on a wide range of environmental and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on helping financial institutions, real estate developers, electric utilities, and industrial/manufacturing companies manage and mitigate environmental risks in complex transactions and operations. He has extensive experience conducting environmental due diligence in large loan and M&A transactions and crafting unique remediation and mitigation strategies tailored to address the particular concerns at hand. Mr. Dixon also has extensive experience advising clients on compliance and enforcement matters concerning environmental laws, including RCRA, CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and their state counterparts. Before… Read more
Mr. Dokko’s practice involves representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage and hour violations in individual plaintiff matters as well as in class and representative actions. Mr. Dokko has handled numerous cases in both federal and state court, through trial and in the appellate courts throughout California. Mr. Dokko has also served as employment general counsel, providing advice and counsel to clients on a variety of employment practices including posting requirements, sexual harassment training, meal and rest breaks requirements, and the classification of employees as exempt… Read more
He works with businesses and public entities to secure a variety of entitlements required in the land development process. Mr. Fjelstul also represents clients in litigation focused primarily on land use, constitutional, statutory, and environmental claims. He has worked on some of the State’s most recognizable projects, including Atlantic Station, Rivian, and Perimeter Summit. Mr. Fjelstul has worked in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining SGR, he served as Chief Counsel for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, and later as its Deputy Director and Acting Executive Director. Mr. Fjelstul also served as the head of the Georgia… Read more
Mr. Gigante concentrates his practice in the field of eminent domain. His experience spans four decades and eight Illinois counties as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the leading lawyers in eminent domain in Illinois. Mr. Gigante’s clients include large corporations as well as small business owners, commercial tenants, public bodies and homeowners. He also has represented large and small commercial tenants who have lost all or a portion of their leased premises. He has been involved in litigation on the loss or infringement… Read more
Javier Gonzalez advises domestic and international clients on merger and acquisitions and business transactions, serving as counsel on a broad range of commercial and corporate matters. Javier’s work is focused on the Latin American (LATAM) market, helping US Hispanic-owned businesses, and US businesses with a global presence. With more than 20 years of experience, Javier counsels clients across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution and franchising, food manufacturing and logistics, and construction. His work frequently involves helping businesses enter new markets or expand existing operations through cross-border strategies, corporate structuring, acquisitions, and day-to-day corporate governance and commercial contracting. Javier’s… Read more
Ms. Gordon has nearly 18 years of experience in the legal field, first as a paralegal and then as an attorney. Her practice centers largely on business litigation but has also included healthcare law, products liability, antitrust, estate litigation, and many others. She joins Smith Gambrell as part of its white collar criminal defense practice group, along with Tom Bever, Tony Cochran and Emily Ward. Ms. Gordon’s practice consists largely of drafting and filing pleadings and motions, legal research, discovery, and preparing for depositions, hearings, trials, arbitrations, and mediations. She also works with clients responding to government subpoenas and civil… Read more
Martin Guizzardi is a transactional attorney qualified to practice in New York State. He has experience counseling Italian and U.S. private and public companies in joint ventures, complex commercial transactions, corporate law, mid-market domestic M&A, international M&A, and international strategic planning. Martin works as a business partner to clients’ senior management in planning and implementing international expansion activities, with the bulk of his experience being in manufacturing and commercial operations. Martin has assisted hundreds of Italian companies in planning and establishing manufacturing and commercial operations in the U.S., most notably, through the negotiation of joint ventures with U.S. partners, the… Read more
Jeff D. Harris is Counsel in the Litigation Practice and concentrates his practice in business litigation and alternative dispute resolution, especially in matters relating to construction, commercial real estate, corporate and partnership disputes, professional liability and fiduciary duties. His 45 years of business litigation experience is complemented by having served as de facto general counsel for a major client and having a substantial role, on behalf of the owner or contractor, in the redevelopment of major projects in Chicago, including Navy Pier, Marina City and Prudential Plaza. As a result, he brings a combination of legal and business acumen to… Read more
For over 40 years Mr. Hartmann has handled and served as lead trial attorney on a variety of complex business and employment litigation matters. He has successfully tried to verdict dozens of jury and non-jury commercial cases in federal and state courts throughout the country, as well as appeals, arbitrations and mediations. Commercial Loans: Mr. Hartmann represents secured lenders in the enforcement of commercial loan agreements in various contexts such as work-outs, foreclosures, receiverships, lender liability and prepayment premiums. Insurance: Mr. Hartmann represents life insurance companies in litigation involving sales practices, disputes with agents, and policies including claim disputes, rescissions and… Read more
Ms. Hodges has nearly 17 years of public service experience representing local government clients in all facets of government operations. As the former Deputy General Counsel of the Office of General Counsel, City of Jacksonville, she has previously offered invaluable counsel to a wide array of City of Jacksonville, Duval County, governmental entities, including the Jacksonville Mayor, 19-member Jacksonville City Council, special districts, independent authorities, and various local government boards and commissions. Her practice spans across a broad spectrum of local government law and transactional work, encompassing real estate and public finance transactions, government procurement, budget ordinances, economic development and… Read more
