Winston Promotes 16 Attorneys to Partner

Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been elected to partner. Spanning six practice areas and six offices, the promotions further our commitment to growth within our female and diverse attorney ranks. The following attorneys were promoted:

• Jonathan Amoona (New York) regularly represents the National Football League Players Association and NFL players. He has served as counsel in some of the most significant sports legal matters in recent history and has successfully represented numerous athletes, players unions, sports agents, and agencies.
• Brian Benko (Washington, D.C.) advises clients of all sizes on a broad array of employee benefit and executive compensation matters, including the design, restructuring, amendment, and administration of defined benefit pension plans, cash balance plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), incentive compensation programs, and cafeteria and welfare plans.
• Bryce Cooper (Chicago) concentrates his practice on complex commercial disputes and intellectual property litigation. He has significant experience in all aspects of litigation in federal and state courts from discovery through trial and appeal.
• Mike Gaddis (Dallas) practices complex business litigation, with a particular focus on trade secret litigation and qui tam/whistleblower litigation. He has represented public and closely held companies, as well as individuals, in areas such as trade secrets, business torts, breach of contract, copyright and trademark claims, employment disputes, and securities investigations.
• Carrie Hardman (New York) concentrates her practice on financial restructuring and insolvency matters. She represents parties including debtors, committees, secured creditors, partners/equity interests, and trustees in all facets of the restructuring and insolvency process.
• Jordan Katzenberg (New York) represents investment banks and other institutional lenders in a range of commercial real estate finance transactions, including the origination, work-out and disposition of mortgage and mezzanine loans. In addition, he has experience drafting and negotiating intercreditor and co-lender agreements as well as loan purchase and sale agreements.
• Diana Leiden (Los Angeles) has significant experience in copyright and trademark litigation, as well as litigating and counseling clients regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and its application to emerging technology and Internet issues. She also has experience litigating high-profile, complex antitrust conspiracy and monopolization cases, and has particular knowledge in the mixed issues of antitrust and intellectual property law.
• Matthew Saxon (Washington, D.C.) concentrates his practice on complex commercial disputes, involving financial institutions, and pharmaceutical companies. He has litigated and arbitrated a broad range of matters, including securities disputes, Rule 10(b)-5, Reg SHO, breach of fiduciary, product liability, mass torts, unfair competition claims, wire fraud, and FCPA.
• Michael Skokna (Chicago) concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and corporate internal investigations. He has experience advising clients on a variety of contractual disputes, including breach of contract, breach of warranty, and the availability of contractual and UCC remedies.
• Alan Stevens (Charlotte) concentrates his practice on financial services litigation, white collar criminal defense, government investigations, and general commercial litigation. He regularly represents national banks, senior business executives, and employees in financial litigation matters.
• Jordan Traister (New York), a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, represents arrangers, lenders and borrowers in connection with syndicated secured and unsecured credit facilities, including leveraged buyouts and other mergers and acquisitions.
• Staci Yablon (New York) focuses her practice on white collar and internal investigations, FCPA, sanctions, and regulatory defense. An experienced investigator, she regularly handles matters for diverse clients including international banks and Fortune 500 companies.