RICHMOND, Va. – Troutman Pepper and two attorneys from the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group have been awarded the 2022 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The certificate celebrates individuals and law firms that have volunteered significant time and effort to help financially under-resourced inventors and small businesses protect their ideas, positioning them to more fully realize their ideas and dreams.
The USPTO’s Patent Pro Bono Program was established under the 2011 America Invents Act as a nationwide network of independently operated regional programs that match volunteer practitioners with inventors for the purpose of securing patent protection. Troutman Pepper is among 25 corporations and law firms recognized for contributing significant hours to one or more participating regional programs.
Intellectual Property Attorneys John Morrissett, and Scott Bergeson are recognized for providing 50 or more pro bono hours in 2022 to the Georgia PATENTS program, which assists solo inventors, nonprofits, and small businesses with finding patent agents and attorneys to help file patents on a pro bono basis. Troutman Pepper is a founding supporter of the program, which has grown to assist inventors in South Carolina and North Carolina.
Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Intellectual Property Practice provides the complete range of services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and assists clients with litigation and dispute resolution, licensing and other transactions. Clients include startups, Fortune 100 companies, academic and research institutes, business incubators, and technology companies in a wide range of industries.
Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.
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 – Troutman Pepper was recognized with two 2023 Southeastern Legal Awards from the Daily Report, earning accolades in the Most Innovative Law Firms and On the Rise categories for its Troutman Pepper Plus client value program and Partner Anna Altizer Dix’s excellence, respectively.
The Southeastern Legal Awards, known previously as the Georgia Legal Awards before expanding to include several nearby states, celebrate law firms and attorneys “who have left an indelible mark on the legal community in the southeast and beyond through their unwavering dedication to the profession.”
Most Innovative Law Firm – Troutman Pepper Plus
Troutman Pepper earned the Most Innovative Law Firm award for its standard-setting client value and listening program, Troutman Pepper Plus. The program harnesses the expertise and talents of business professionals across the firm to connect clients with additional resources, create innovative solutions, and provide key insights to deliver efficiency and build stronger relationships. Clients have benefited from bespoke solutions in areas like innovation, diversity, pricing, legal project management, pro bono, and more.
On the Rise – Anna Altizer Dix
Dix, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Real Estate Practice Group, received the On the Rise award, which recognizes “the southeast’s most promising lawyers under the age of 40.” Dix has a wealth of experience advising on sophisticated and substantial real estate acquisitions and dispositions, financing matters, leasing matters, and development transactions. With a primary focus on student housing developments, she also is highly experienced in representing national quick service restaurants and industrial developers.
The 2023 Southeastern Legal Award winners will be recognized at a June 22 gala at Flourish Atlanta and featured in a June special section of the Daily Report.
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 start-ups 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.
WILMINGTON, D.E. – Evelyn Meltzer, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Financial Restructuring + Insolvency Practice Group, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency, with nearly 11,000 members. Meltzer, who serves as co-chair of the ABI International Committee, also was named ABI’s Committee Member of the Year for 2022, and the ABI International Committee was recognized as ABI’s Committee of the Year for 2022.
“I am proud of the work the International Committee accomplished in the last year in support of ABI’s efforts to best serve its members through high-quality programming, comprehensive continuing education, and extensive networking opportunities,” Meltzer said. “It will be an honor to serve ABI in a new capacity as a board member, and I look forward to continuing to advance the great work of the ABI.”
Meltzer focuses her practice on distressed M&A, corporate bankruptcy, and creditors’ rights. She regularly represents sellers and purchasers in distressed M&A transactions including Article 9 sales, asset sales conducted as part of assignments for the benefit of creditors (ABC), and sales conducted pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. She has significant experience guiding corporate debtors, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and others through all aspects of complex Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings. She also represents companies and assignees in connection with Delaware ABC proceedings in the Delaware Chancery Court. Her clients include both plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy-related litigation matters including avoidance actions.
In addition to her work with ABI, Meltzer serves as secretary for the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), co-chair of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section Legislative Committee, and is a board member for Law360’s Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board.
Troutman Pepper’s Financial Restructuring + Insolvency Practice Group provides clients with creative solutions in financial restructuring and insolvency matters that prioritize recovery or return on investment. The team’s deep understanding of pre- and post-insolvency issues from every stakeholder’s perspective enables the group to help clients prevent and prepare for financial crises and to serve as trusted advisors to effectively respond to financial distress.
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 start-ups 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 – Joseph “Joe” Reilly, an experienced attorney who advises financial services companies in a wide variety of regulatory, enforcement, and compliance matters, has joined Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Consumer Financial Services Practice Group as a partner. He most recently practiced at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.
Based in Washington, D.C., Reilly has over two decades of experience representing financial institutions – from fintech start-ups and neobanks to lenders and mortgage servicers – in a wide variety of regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters. He has extensive experience in enforcement actions, informal investigations, and examinations by the CFPB, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, SEC, numerous state agencies, and the mortgage government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae.
Reilly’s compliance counseling covers the entire panoply of consumer and business lending laws and rules under TILA/Reg. Z, ECOA/Reg. B, RESPA/Reg. X, UDAAP, EFTA/Reg. E, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, debt-collection laws, GLBA privacy provisions, and state licensing regimes, among others. For banks and bank-affiliated clients, he also advises on bank powers, federal preemption, interstate expansion, and a range of Bank Holding Company Act matters, including rules on inter-affiliate transactions, tying, and director qualifications.
“We are delighted to welcome Joe – a highly sought-after financial services and bank regulatory compliance attorney – to Troutman Pepper,” said John West, chair of the firm’s Business Litigation department. “His expertise, including particular knowledge of mortgage compliance issues, will greatly benefit our mortgage, fintech, and payments company clients across the firm.”
“Joe is a well-known financial services authority both in D.C. and nationally who not only brings mortgage regulatory expertise but state licensing capabilities to the firm,” said Henry Liu, managing partner of Troutman Pepper’s Washington, D.C. office.
Reilly is the third partner to join the firm’s highly regarded Consumer Financial Services team in the last two months. Partners Jessamyn Vedro and Andrew Mann joined in March and April, respectively. Last year, Troutman Pepper attracted an industry-leading, seven-partner team to the practice. The team helps clients resolve litigation, provides regulatory guidance, and assists with investigations and actions initiated by federal and state government agencies.
“Troutman Pepper has a market-leading financial service team that is known for its dedication to client service,” Reilly said. “I look forward to partnering with my colleagues across the firm to better serve our clients’ needs.”
Reilly earned his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Virginia Law Review, and his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. After law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dennis Jacobs, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a member of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
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 and Senior Counsel Nina Gussack have been recognized among the 2023 Professional Excellence Award winners by The Legal Intelligencer. The awards highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the Pennsylvania legal community.
Troutman Pepper is named among the publication’s 2023 Law Firm Innovators for the creation of Troutman Pepper Plus, the firm’s client value program, and Gussack is recognized among the Best Law Firm Mentors for her leadership of the firm’s Client Development and Executive Leadership Program.
Law Firm Innovators – Troutman Pepper Plus
Troutman Pepper Plus aims to connect clients with additional resources, create innovative solutions, and provide key insights to deliver efficiency and build stronger relationships. The client value program combines the services of attorneys and skilled professionals across the firm to provide clients of all sizes with tailored solutions in areas like client experience, innovation, diversity, pricing, legal project management, pro bono, and more.
Best Law Firm Mentors – Nina Gussack
As a nationally recognized leader of the pharmaceutical and medical device defense bar, Gussack is sought after for her ability to find effective strategies to resolve the hardest and most complex of cases. In 2019, she created Troutman Pepper’s Client Development and Executive Leadership Program, which brings together a diverse group of partners and counsel for in-depth training on strengthening client relationships, growing new business, developing effective teams and attorneys, and developing leadership skills.
The Legal Intelligencer Professional Excellence Awards will recognize honorees in special editorial sections and during an awards event on June 14 in Philadelphia. The full list of honorees can be viewed 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.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Troutman Pepper Partners Adrian Boddie and Brett Hubler have been named among the Charlotte Business Journal’s2023 40 Under 40 Award winners. The awards recognize the region’s top business and civic leaders under 40 who have demonstrated commitment to their career and community.
From 280 nominations, winners were selected based on several criteria including their business success (financial results, career growth), community involvement (volunteer work, advocacy), leadership ability (public profile, reputation), and overall influence (impact on the region, on public policy, or on quality of life).
At Troutman Pepper, Boddie focuses on complex real estate transactions, joint ventures, and public finance lending. His practice covers a wide range of matters, including the acquisition and disposition of real estate, equity investments, refinancings, and loans for the construction and development of all property types. Additionally, he notably focuses on transactions within the affordable housing sector, regularly negotiating on behalf of and providing advocacy for clients in this space.
In addition to helping his clients maximize profits through acquisitions, developments, and dispositions, Boddie’s work as a real estate attorney has had a profound impact on the Charlotte community. Through his work in helping developers purchase naturally occurring affordable housing with the intent of maintaining the affordability of the asset and partnering with Charlotte-based organizations on a pro bono basis, Boddie has helped uplift the lives of families and individuals who may have otherwise struggled to secure safe and stable housing.
A very active member of his community, Boddie has done meaningful board service with the Red Cross and currently serves on the Board for Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region and is a Co-Chair of the Region’s Family Services Committee, where he is helping to advance equity in housing.
Hubler is known for his practical, business-first approach to dealmaking and problem solving. His legal practice encompasses transactions that involve mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and investment transactions, and other strategic alliances, as well as fund formations. He regularly represents private equity funds, venture capital funds and public and private companies across a broad range of industries, including industrials, energy, real estate, infrastructure, technology and health care.
Hubler’s pro bono efforts have historically focused on obtaining expunction orders for individuals who have been convicted or charged with crimes in North Carolina. This year, Hubler will also begin to serve as Troutman Pepper’s liaison and team-lead for the Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Business (CLIMB). Formed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, CLIMB is a nonprofit organized by a group of local law firms to provide access to free, sophisticated business law services to low-income entrepreneurs and small businesses.
In the community, Hubler serves as a board member of the Charlotte Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and has served as a moderator of multiple seminars for ACG’s annual “Deal Crawl” conference. In these roles, he has sought to highlight that Charlotte is a city that punches above its weight in business, consistently attracting leaders from all over the country to visit for opportunities to connect, learn and grow.
Boddie and Hubler will be honored at a May 17 awards celebration and profiled in a special section of the Charlotte Business Journal.
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 start-ups 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.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Troutman Pepper client Pyramid Laboratories, Inc., a leading drug product contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured a growth investment from Audax Private Equity, a leading alternative investment manager and capital partner. Read a company press release about the investment.
Founded in 1988, Pyramid provides formulation development, analytical and stability testing, as well as aseptic fill-finish manufacturing services focused on large molecule therapeutics. The company has built a strong reputation for quality, technical expertise, and dedication to customer service with a comprehensive offering spanning preclinical development to scaled commercial manufacturing and distribution services.
The Troutman Pepper team advising Pyramid was led by Todd Boylan and Chris Miller (health sciences) and included Samantha Peruto, Daisy Flores, and Jenny Ji (corporate); Morgan Klinzing (tax); and Judy O’Grady (regulatory).
Troutman Pepper is a go-to firm for life sciences transactions with a large, multidisciplinary team with a deep understanding of the space. The firm regularly advises pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, diagnostics, and other life sciences clients on all types of corporate matters — governance and general corporate advice; M&A transactions; licensing transactions and other complex collaborations; IPOs, follow-on public offerings, PIPE transactions, and other capital markets transactions; seed and later-stage venture capital financings; and much more.
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 start-ups 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 Guardian Capital Partners, an operationally focused private equity firm based in suburban Philadelphia, recently announced the successful sale of its portfolio company, Tactical Medical Solutions, to CNL Strategic Capital. Read a press release about the sale.
TacMed Solutions designs, develops, and manufactures medical products that equip, train, and protect professionals in pre-hospital, emergency trauma situations. TacMed Solutions’ suite of traumatic injury products, hemorrhage control tourniquets, immobilization tools, and critical care kits serve first responders, military, law enforcement, and civilian public safety operations. TacMed Solutions’ medical simulation training solutions combine advanced technology and durable materials to offer customers the highest fidelity training simulators and provide realistic replicas for emergency medical personnel training exercises.
Guardian Capital Partners makes control investments in lower middle market consumer, niche manufacturing, and specialty service companies. Guardian partners with management teams to provide equity capital to fuel the growth of privately held businesses as well as strategic advice and guidance. This partnership enabled TacMed Solutions to grow revenue by 2.5x in just over four years.
Troutman Pepper Partner Daniel McDonough led a multidisciplinary team advising Guardian Capital Partners in the sale. Team members included Bruce K. Fenton (Private Equity), Mark Wilhelm (Corporate), Saba Ashraf (Tax & Benefits), Hilary Cairnie (Government Contracts), Dave Wormser (Corporate), Michael Crumbock (Employee Benefits), Peter Dragna (Corporate), Erin Whaley (Health Care Regulatory), and Kevin Miserez (Health Care Transactions).
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle transactions ranging in size from tens of millions of dollars to multibillion dollars. Core areas of service include private equity, mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions and corporate carve-outs), capital markets and corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities laws compliance. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients on matters involving fund formation and fund management.
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 – R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Construction Practice Group, has been selected to serve as a member of The International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Young & International (Y&I) Board. Torres-Fowler previously served on the board from 2020 through 2023.
Established in 2004, ICDR Y&I is a group for young arbitration practitioners, academics and government lawyers, to meet, exchange ideas, and learn from peers and more senior ADR practitioners. Y&I membership has grown to over 3,000 individuals from some 100 countries, and it has hosted numerous events throughout the world.
Torres-Fowler has a decade of experience advising clients in connection with construction-related disputes and specializes in complex domestic and international arbitration proceedings. He has counseled clients in connection with construction and infrastructure projects in the U.S., Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, and has significant experience representing owners, contractors, and suppliers/subcontractors in connection with disputes involving power plants, airports, commercial buildings, and other civil infrastructure works.
Troutman Pepper’s Construction Practice Group counsels clients on some of the largest, most sophisticated construction projects in the world and is among the leading firms in total number of complex disputes tried and won in federal and state courts nationwide and arbitration forums domestic and international. The practice has been nationally recognized by Chambers and Partners, U.S. News: Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” and local publications across the country and was named among Law360’s 2021 Practice Groups of the 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.
RICHMOND, Va./WASHINGTON – Agustin Rodriguez, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy, + Enforcement (RISE) Practice Group, has been selected to serve on Law360’s Cannabis Editorial Advisory Board for the second consecutive year. The Board provides feedback on Law360’s coverage of the cannabis industry and expert insight on how to best shape future coverage.
Rodriguez represents manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and suppliers in all aspects of their businesses, including federal and state licensing, tax and regulatory compliance, administrative disputes involving federal and state agencies, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial agreements.
Before joining Troutman Pepper, Rodriguez was a vice president and associate general counsel at Altria Group, Inc., the largest tobacco company in the U.S. In this role, he addressed a wide range of compliance, corporate governance, litigation, and transactional issues worldwide, focusing on strategic results and successful resolutions. Rodriguez leverages this experience to work with clients in all segments of the cannabis and tobacco industries.
Troutman Pepper’s RISE Practice Group counsels clients in a wide range of legal and public policy matters. For businesses in heavily regulated industries, such as cannabis, tobacco, alcohol, financial services, health care, telecommunications, and insurance, 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.
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 start-ups 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.
Our Cannabis Practice provides advice on issues related to applicable federal and state law. Marijuana remains an illegal controlled substance under federal law.