ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper Partners Steve Lewis and Chuck Palmer are among Atlanta’s most powerful leaders, according to the 2024 Atlanta 500 published by Atlanta Magazine. Lewis, who most recently served as firmwide chair, was recognized in the publication’s Legends section and Palmer, who most recently served as Atlanta office managing partner, was highlighted in its Professionals section.
Lewis is an accomplished corporate practitioner who is known in and beyond Atlanta for his leadership of Troutman Pepper, helming the national law firm through numerous milestones including the largest merger in its 125+ year history. His clients trust him to help navigate critical business issues and to evaluate and execute strategic transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He serves as outside general counsel to several closely held companies and is particularly experienced in advising family owned businesses.
Palmer has built a reputation for being a skilled advocate and a positive leader in Atlanta’s business community. He has advised clients in a range of industries, helping them navigate their interactions with government. His deep experience and long-term relationships inform a perspective focused on helping clients achieve their goals while also being mindful of the community interests and public policies associated with those goals.
The 2024 Atlanta 500 is “an anthology of the power that resides in Atlanta” with honorees selected by the publication’s editorial team. View the full list of the city’s most powerful leaders online here.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper client HMP Global, a leading omnichannel healthcare education, events, and market insights company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Drug Channels Institute (DCI), a well-known and trusted source of market intelligence and analysis covering the $1.5 trillion pharmaceutical landscape. Read a company announcement about the deal here.
Founded in 2012, DCI helps its customers make sense of pharmaceutical economics and the increasingly complex pharmacy distribution and reimbursement system through data-driven insights, research, timely analysis, and highly regarded perspectives. The DCI acquisition aligns seamlessly with HMP Global’s strategic vision to further diversify its portfolio and accelerate its position in healthcare market analysis and intelligence.
The Troutman Pepper team advising HMP Global in the transaction was led by Partners Brandon Raphael and Matt Greenberg and included Raffaele Cicala, Matthew Ramsey, Monica Vu, and Laura Kleinberg. HMP Global is a portfolio company of firm client Susquehanna Growth Equity, a middle market private equity firm.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – David B. Dove, executive counsel to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, will join Troutman Pepper to lead the national law firm’s Regulatory and Economic Investment Practice in Georgia on February 1. Dove has served in several high-ranking government positions throughout his career, including executive counsel to Georgia’s 83rd governor, interim director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, and chief of staff and legal counsel to the Georgia Secretary of State.
“Through his career in public service, David gained distinctive insight into the intersection of government, politics, and litigation,” said Partner Charlie Peeler, Troutman Pepper’s new Atlanta office managing partner. “We are delighted he has chosen to return to private practice with Troutman Pepper and are excited about what his diverse and unique experience can offer our clients here in Georgia and beyond.”
“His broad experience with the economic investment efforts in Georgia over the last five years, coupled with his specific and demonstrative expertise in environmental and other state regulatory matters, make David the ideal partner,” said Partner John West, chair of the firm’s Business Litigation department. “His leadership will substantially expand client offerings in Georgia.”
The Regulatory and Economic Investment Practice is part of the firm’s larger Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement (RISE) Practice Group, which counsels clients in a wide range of legal and public policy matters. For businesses in heavily regulated industries, the team offers guidance on compliance and reporting as well as, when necessary, litigation and administrative appeals of regulatory enforcement actions. The team also partners with businesses and industry groups to work proactively on legislative strategy, state attorneys general interactions, and the regulatory rulemaking process.
“I am looking forward to re-entering private practice with Troutman Pepper, which has the client service, innovation focus, and industry reputation that aligns with my practice vision,” Dove said. “I have been honored to work with Governor Kemp and the Kemp family in many different capacities over the last 14 years. I am thankful for the trust they have placed in me to manage his office’s legal matters, and I look forward to applying my skills and expertise to the representation of Troutman Pepper’s clients.”
As the Governor’s executive counsel, Dove’s achievements were many. Working with the Attorney General’s office, he helped to secure landmark victories in the Tri-State Water Wars, namely in In Re ACF Basin and in the 9-0 decision at the Supreme Court of the United States in Florida v. Georgia. He also marshaled Governor Kemp’s appointments, resulting in the most diverse group of judicial appointments in Georgia history. He is one of four Georgia commissioners for the Uniform Law Commission. He served as a member of the Georgia Coronavirus Fraud Task Force, the Georgia Jobs and Water and Sewer Infrastructure Committee, and Chair of the Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission.
Dove earned his JD and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Georgia, where he remains engaged, serving as chairman of the Alumni Board of Directors for its School of Public and International Affairs and as a board member for the Law School Alumni Council. He also serves as an adjunct professor of law.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA/PHILADELPHIA – Six Troutman Pepper partners have been appointed to office managing partner (OMP) positions in the following offices: Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rochester, and Washington, D.C. The promotions were effective January 1, 2024.
“These partners have achieved remarkable results during their tenures with the firm and have proven to be incredible leaders and mentors,” said Troutman Pepper Managing Partner Amie Colby. “We thank them for stepping up to serve in what are key markets for our national firm as together we work to advance our strategic plan to best assist our clients.”
New OMPs:
Atlanta
Charles E. Peeler, White Collar + Government Investigations
Philadelphia
Joseph T. Imperiale, Construction
Pittsburgh
Robert A. Gallagher, Construction
Portland
Adrienne L. Thompson, Energy
Rochester
Tate L. Tischner, Intellectual Property
Washington, D.C.
Christopher R. Jones, Energy
The appointments coincide with Colby officially stepping into the role as firmwide managing partner, and Tom Cole assuming the role of chair. Since its historic merger in 2020, Troutman Pepper has achieved notable growth, advancing to No. 45 in the Am Law 100 rankings and securing numerous national recognitions in Chambers USA, among other prestigious ranking authorities. The firm has been recognized for its pioneering use of AI – it was among the first to launch a bespoke AI assistant, Athena, and its approach to client service – the firm launched an innovative client value program, Troutman Pepper Plus, just last year.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Tate L. Tischner, a partner and registered patent attorney in Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Rochester, effective January 1, 2024. Tischner succeeds Partner Andrew P. Zappia.
“I am looking forward to taking on this important leadership role in Rochester,” Tischner said. “The Rochester Office will continue to provide the outstanding quality of service to clients and the community that lives in the heart of every professional in our office.”
Tischner’s practice focuses on providing strategy counsel on intellectual property issues for clients in the human medicine and plant and agriculture technology areas. He counsels clients on all aspects of building patent protection domestically and internationally through utility patents, plant patents, plant breeder’s rights, and plant variety protection certificates. Tischner also represents public and private companies and institutions of higher education in post-issuance proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), agreement and licensing work, noninfringement and validity opinions, and patent litigation.
Tischner is active in the local community and a member of key industry groups including the New York State Bar Association. He is a former board member and past president of the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association, and has been recognized by several industry authorities, including being named an Upstate New York Rising Star for Intellectual Property by Law & Politics Magazine.
Troutman Pepper’s Rochester office, which opened in 2019, offers strategic patent counseling, post-issuance practice, and patent litigation capabilities for clients in several industries, with a particular focus on health sciences, plants/agriculture, and electronics/computer sciences. The legal professionals in the office regularly assist clients with patent preparation and prosecution, patent litigation, strategic procurement and development of IP assets, IP risk management, licensing, opinions, joint development agreements, and commercial transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PORTLAND – Adrienne L. Thompson, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Energy practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Portland, effective January 1, 2024.
“I am honored for the opportunity to lead, and I am committed to furthering the vision of those who served before me, including Lara Skidmore, who founded our office,” Thompson said. “To that end, I will continue to uphold our values of collaboration and service, while expanding in the areas that make the most strategic sense for our clients and the firm.”
Thompson provides regulatory and transactional advice to clients involved in the generation, marketing, and transmission of electric energy. Her practice focuses particularly on administrative issues before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, especially as they concern the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Thompson currently serves as President of the Western Chapter of the Energy Bar Association and is a current board member of the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal. In 2023, she was named to Portland Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class.
Located in one of the fastest-growing regions in the United States, Troutman Pepper’s Portland office was launched with a strong focus on utilities, independent power producers, and other participants in the energy industry of the Pacific Northwest. Today, the office counsels national and international clients on a broad range of legal, regulatory, and business concerns, and works closely with other offices on utility tax and related energy issues. Portland attorneys advise clients in the energy, technology, retail, and other sectors on cross-border securities and investment matters, corporate transactions, real estate acquisitions and development, tax reporting, and tax controversies, and labor and employment litigation, among other disputes.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PITTSBURGH – Robert A. Gallagher, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Construction practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Pittsburgh, effective January 1, 2024. Gallagher succeeds Partner Ralph A. Finizio.
“I am honored to take on this leadership role with the Pittsburgh office,” Gallagher said. “The office’s culture originally attracted me to join as a summer associate. The clients and people here have shaped that culture and are why it has been my second home for over 17 years. As Troutman Pepper continues to grow, I look forward to building on the foundation that Ralph and those before him so ably established during their tenures.”
Gallagher dedicates his practice to representing technology companies, contractors, and owners on infrastructure projects, with a primary emphasis in the water, energy, transportation, and waste sectors. He has handled disputes, ranging from $1 million to more than $4.5 billion in contract value, in nearly every U.S. state and across six continents. He is the editor-in-chief of Constructlaw®, a blog focusing on recent trends in construction law and construction litigation. Gallagher has been recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and other industry authorities.
Gallagher is active in the Pittsburgh community. He is a member and elected section council of the Construction Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association. He is president of Mars Girls Youth Lacrosse Association and an Assistant Professor by Courtesy at Duquesne University where he has taught Law and Ethics and Advanced Law and Ethics for over 15 years.
Troutman Pepper’s Pittsburgh office opened in 1995 to meet clients’ needs in western Pennsylvania and to expand the firm’s statewide practice. Home to many large regional financial services firms, technology, and life sciences companies, the Pittsburgh region is served by Troutman Pepper professionals focusing on commercial and construction litigation, corporate and securities law, financial services, affordable housing, intellectual property and patent issues, oil and gas, and real estate matters.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Joseph T. Imperiale, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Construction practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Philadelphia, effective January 1, 2024. Imperiale succeeds Partner Michael H. Friedman.
“It is an honor and a privilege to be trusted by leadership in this new role. I want to continue Michael’s remarkable success as we take the firm and the Philadelphia office into the future,” Imperiale said. “This region is of high importance to the firm’s strategy, so I am particularly focused on keeping us forward thinking in terms of innovation, talent, and client service.”
Imperiale has practiced in Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Construction Practice group since 2004. He is a first-chair trial attorney who resolves his clients’ most difficult and complex domestic and international disputes, ranging from $1 million to more than $5 billion in contract value. His client roster includes owners, EPC contractors, construction managers, general contractors, and subcontractors. In addition to litigation disputes, Imperiale also advises clients on a wide array of construction projects, including power plants, mass transit systems, highways, high voltage electric transmission lines, pipelines, and heavy industrial and commercial construction projects.
Beyond his successful construction practice, Imperiale’s ties to the city and state run deep. He is recognized consistently as a leading lawyer in Pennsylvania and has dedicated time to various boards and organizations that serve the Philadelphia community. Imperiale also received his J.D. from Villanova University.
Troutman Pepper’s Philadelphia office is one of the firm’s oldest and largest offices. It has grown from a two-person law office founded in 1890 to a large, sophisticated law firm with a national and international practice. Attorneys have active practices in litigation; corporate, securities, and finance; health sciences; life sciences transactions; investment fund formation and funds services; labor; intellectual property; technology matters; construction; bankruptcy; and tax and estates work.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
WASHINGTON – Christopher R. Jones, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Energy practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Washington, D.C., effective January 1, 2024. Jones succeeds Partner Henry Liu.
Troutman Pepper’s Washington office just off Pennsylvania avenue is home to over 130 legal and public affairs professionals and continues to grow. “Troutman Pepper is increasingly becoming the place that D.C.- based lawyers and public affairs professionals want to practice,” Jones said. “I look forward to helping fuel the continued growth of our presence in the nation’s capital.”
Jones leads the firm’s award-winning federal energy regulation practice based in Washington. He has consistently received recognition as a top energy attorney from Chambers USA and Legal 500, among other industry authorities. He publishes frequently on energy industry trends, news, and regulatory policy.
Troutman Pepper’s Washington, D.C. office has more than 100 professionals, including former senior federal regulators and counsel from various federal government agencies. The office has a diverse range of practices, including energy regulation and litigation, tax, environmental law, insurance and reinsurance, IP, government contracts, and more. It also serves as the base for the federal practice of Troutman Pepper Strategies, a standalone full-service government relations, strategic advocacy, and issue management firm. Attorneys and staff in D.C. actively engage with the local community by serving on business and charitable boards and providing pro bono legal services to individuals and nonprofits.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – Charlie Peeler, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s White Collar + Government Investigations practice, has been appointed to office managing partner in Atlanta, effective January 1, 2024. Peeler succeeds Partner Chuck Palmer, who has led the office since 2019.
“It is an honor to be called upon to lead our firm’s largest office, and I look forward to building upon Chuck’s extraordinary work over the last five years,” Peeler said. “I am particularly focused on our commitment to our clients and the community, as well as emerging legal technologies that will help us better serve both.”
Peeler, the former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, joined Troutman Pepper in 2021 and assists clients in navigating the current regulatory and enforcement climate to prevent, resolve and, if necessary, litigate critical and sensitive issues. Clients turn to Peeler when facing complex internal investigations, civil and criminal government enforcement actions, commercial disputes, and litigation arising from cyberattacks and data breaches.
In addition to his successful legal practice, Peeler has extensive ties to the local community and is a recognized leader both within the firm and greater industry. He has served on the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission under two Georgia governors, the Georgia Attorney General’s Anti-Gang Task Force, the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the Middle District of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Conference Planning Committee. He has been recognized by Chambers USA for his white-collar work and was named as one of the “Most Influential Georgians” by James Magazine, among other accolades.
Troutman Pepper’s Atlanta office, the firm’s largest by headcount, is home to more than 200 attorneys. The firm has been a vital part of the growth and development of the Atlanta area as well as the state of Georgia. Attorneys provide national and international counsel to Fortune 500, middle market, and emerging companies in all major areas of legal practice. Clients span numerous industries including energy, media and entertainment, financial institutions, real estate, transportation, communications and technology, as well as global manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, and government entities.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.