Hogan Lovells adds group of four commercial litigation partners to D.C. office, bolstering leading practice after record year

"We are thrilled to welcome Gary, Bill, Jen and Matt to Hogan Lovells," said Des Hogan, global Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice group. "Nationally prominent in a number of areas of business critical litigation, they add significant firepower to our litigation team—already one of the largest and strongest in the country. We are busier than ever, coming off of a record year for our practice, and welcome the added support they will be able to provide to clients."

Adam K. Levin, Practice Area Leader for the Litigation practice in the Americas, added: "We have known Gary and his team for years. They have decades of experience representing clients in a wide range of business litigation, including securities class actions, investor disputes, professional services, and bankruptcy litigation, as well as related enforcement actions. Their experience complements the firm’s strengths in key sectors such as health care and life sciences, financial institutions, and private capital."

Orseck, who served as Co-Managing Partner of Kramer Levin’s Washington, D.C. Office (with Windom) and was Chair of their Litigation Practice, has led the defense of billion-dollar federal securities class actions and related shareholder derivative suits. He also represented some of the biggest national public health care companies, hedge funds, banks, and public accounting firms. He has tried all manner of civil cases, and defends clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Orseck founded and led the litigation boutique Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, and previously served in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

"We are really pleased to have joined Hogan Lovells," Orseck said. "The firm’s platform is a perfect fit for our practice—with its global footprint, national prominence in litigation and regulatory counsel, and a robust corporate practice. We look forward to working with our colleagues here to bring clients the full range of services they need when they are facing business critical litigation and enforcement."

Trunk represents corporations, financial institutions, hedge funds, and other clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation. He has tried cases in federal and state courts across the country, argued appeals in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and represented parties before the U.S. Supreme Court. Trunk represents hedge funds and other investors in litigation arising from complex refinancing and liability-management transactions. He also defends companies and their boards of directors against derivative lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and related matters.

Windom, who served as Kramer Levin’s Co-Managing Partner of Washington, D.C. (with Orseck) and as the Co-Head of Kramer Levin’s Health Care Practice Group, represents clients in complex civil litigation, securities and shareholder litigation, government investigations, and enforcement actions. Her clients include publicly traded companies, major financial institutions, accounting firms, and hedge funds. She frequently represents clients in the highly regulated areas of health care, government contracting, public accounting and banking, and often leads matters that present parallel civil, criminal and regulatory risks.

Madden represents clients in high-stakes trial, enforcement, and appellate matters involving bankruptcy and investment-related litigation, securities class actions, auditor defense, and complex commercial cases. His work includes representing bondholders and other creditors at trial and on appeal in corporate and municipal reorganizations in a variety of industries. He also represents debtors as special litigation and investigations counsel. He defends public companies, their directors and officers, accounting firms, and other professionals in securities class actions and related litigation.

Ajay Kuntamukkala, Office Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office, said: "Gary, Bill, Jen, and Matt have well-established reputations in the Washington community for their exceptional work and we are excited to have them join us at Hogan Lovells. We continue to prioritize growth in the D.C. office—one of the oldest and largest offices in Washington, and one of the key economic engines of the firm."

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Since 1904, our lawyers in the nation’s capital have been instrumental in assisting clients in resolving their most difficult commercial, regulatory, and legal obstacles. Hogan Lovells’ Washington, D.C. office is the firm’s largest office in the United States, with over 500 lawyers spanning all three of the firm’s practice groups -- Corporate & Finance, Global Regulatory and IP, and Litigation, Arbitration and Employment. We operate at the intersection of business and government, with a deep understanding of how geopolitics, political risks, and regulatory issues affect clients across numerous key sectors.