Mr. Metsch practice was primarily in the area of commercial dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation, appeals work, and litigation in the Federal, State and Surrogate’s Courts. He developed extensive experience in the areas of banking, title work, brokerage, construction, architecture and engineering as they apply to the purchase, sale, financing, design, development, construction, renovation and leasing of commercial and residential real properties. Mr. Metsch representations included cooperatives, condominiums, banks, institutional lenders, developers, landlords and tenants. His practice was also in the area of employment law and litigation where representations includes both employers and employees. Mr. Metsch is deeply committed to… Read more
Mr. Newman has particular expertise in complex business litigation, including antitrust and securities litigation, director and officer liability and shareholder derivative litigation. He has extensive jury trial and arbitration experience. Mr. Newman has represented large clients in multiple antitrust cases, including both defendants and plaintiffs. Mr. Newman has also represented directors and officers for more than 25 years in the context of shareholder derivative and securities claims. He has also represented special investigative board committees, as well as directors and officers investigated by such committees. Mr. Newman is also involved in securities class actions and other shareholder-related litigation such as… Read more
He has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. He is involved on a continuing basis with a number of corporations providing legal services as general counsel. Mr. Paller is involved extensively in the representation of private equity funds both on the buy side, as well as the sell side. He has significant experience in representing companies that are being sold as well as companies that are acquiring other entities. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Paller received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina in 1956. He earned his LL.B. degree from… Read more
Mr. Patterson specializes in real estate and municipal bond finance law. He has served as lead bond counsel in connection with the issuance of bonds by the state of Georgia. He also has represented several governmental authorities and entities, particularly in matters relating to housing and redevelopment. Mr. Patterson has served as President of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, President of the Gate City Bar Association, Chairman of the Judicial Commission of the City of Atlanta, member of the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Specialization and Recertification and the Formal Advisory Opinion Board, as well as a member of… Read more
Mr. Pramov practices in the areas of general business, real estate and taxation. General business matters include corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and reorganizations and institutional loans, workouts and restructuring. Real estate matters include purchase and sale transactions, financing, development and construction, leasing, licenses and easements, tax planning – exchanges, entity selection, environmental compliance, land use and planning, property taxation and title issues. Taxation matters include corporate and partnership taxation, real estate taxation, personal tax planning and tax controversy work including litigation. Hank is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Virginia… Read more
Gregg A. Rapoport joined SGR as Of Counsel in 2018. Drawing from his years as a partner and an associate at a previous national firm, and at smaller boutique litigation firms, Gregg brings a depth of experience in complex commercial, real estate, and insurance matters, as well as the breadth of a “generalist” litigation practice. Known for taking on the most complex and challenging high-stakes cases, whether in the trial and appellate courts or in arbitration, Gregg has successfully represented companies, shareholders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits and individuals in hundreds of federal and state cases across California and beyond. Gregg advises and… Read more
Thomas Rhodes has practiced antitrust and trade-regulation law on a national scale for more than 35 years. Mr. Rhodes’s clients include airlines and producers of copper wire, buses, sporting goods, industrial machinery, medical devices, aluminum products, motor homes, construction products, agricultural products, paper, steel, ceramics, food products, automotive parts, juvenile products, and chemicals, as well as hospitals and trade and professional associations. Mr. Rhodes has been lead counsel in large antitrust cases and has handled the antitrust side of mergers and acquisitions. He represents a number of trade and professional associations as antitrust counsel or general counsel. Mr. Rhodes is… Read more
Mr. Turner has over 30 years of personal experience representing airlines, aircraft lessors and financiers, parts manufacturers and engine overhaul facilities. He also has extensive corporate and M&A experience having represented a number of publicly and privately held manufacturing and healthcare clients and public boards in a variety of acquisition, sale and financing contexts. Mr. Turner has served as principal outside counsel for a number of major airlines in the United States and Latin America as well as representing various U.S., European and Latin American airlines and aircraft lessors in connection with a wide variety of domestic and cross-border aircraft… Read more
