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Theodore Kobus III

Ted has been a leader, mentor and counsellor in the digital risk space for more than 20 years. He has earned authority in the areas of privacy, data security and cybersecurity, leading clients to entrust him and his attorneys with more than 15,000 data breach responses. Businesses, government and other organizations turn to Ted for sound advice on compliance, developing response strategies, breaches implicating domestic and international laws, and defense of both class action litigation and regulatory actions. Ted leads the fastest-growing practice group at the firm, the Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group, which was formed in January 2020 and focuses on the data lifecycle. Notably, he has developed key relationships with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he and his team have helped to establish protocols to protect corporate victims following a data breach. He knows the most proactive regulators involved in this space and interacts with them regularly. Ted has led the defense to hundreds of regulatory investigations, including those brought by the Attorney General Multi-State, Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, Departments of Insurance, SEC and FTC. In the healthcare space, Ted has defended more than 300 OCR investigations and has negotiated more privacy/security-related resolution agreements than any other lawyer. Under his leadership, the DADM group has garnered ongoing recognition from industry heavyweights such as BTI, Law360, ALM, Vault and others. Ted also provides pertinent quotes and contributions when contacted by major media outlets who are looking for the latest news and trends in privacy and data security. Ted has spoken at the National Association of Attorneys General on data security issues in a closed session, as well as the National Security Cyber Specialist’s Training Conference organized by the DOJ. Ted is the firmwide chair of BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management Group and, as of January 2023, is serving his third three-year term on the Policy Committee.

Melissa Mannino

Melissa Mannino, co-leader of the International Trade and National Security team and a Chambers ranked attorney, is an experienced export controls, foreign investment (CFIUS) and economic sanctions practitioner. Her broad based national security practice includes advising a range of companies, from start-ups to industry leading businesses, across a variety of sectors on compliance with the U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations and the CFIUS laws and regulations. She also represents clients through each stage of proceedings before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury and State on export control, CFIUS and sanctions matters. Melissa previously served as the Chief of the Enforcement and Litigation Division, Office of Chief Counsel for Industry and Security, at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She leverages her government and private practice experience to provide strategic and practical legal advice to clients.

John Siegal is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer in federal and state courts in New York and across the nation. He advises, litigates and arbitrates primarily for financial services, media and real estate industry clients in private business disputes and matters involving public agencies and controversies. John has a 30-year track record of successful results for clients in the areas of fiduciary duties, business divorces, partnership disputes, contracts, financial fraud, trade secrets and noncompetes, government investigations and government contracts, Article 78 proceedings, real estate development and property management disputes, defamation, privacy and reporter’s privilege, false advertising, civil rights, class actions and other constitutional and business disputes.

Melissa Mannino

Melissa Mannino, co-leader of the International Trade and National Security team and a Chambers ranked attorney, is an experienced export controls, foreign investment (CFIUS) and economic sanctions practitioner. Her broad based national security practice includes advising a range of companies, from start-ups to industry leading businesses, across a variety of sectors on compliance with the U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations and the CFIUS laws and regulations. She also represents clients through each stage of proceedings before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury and State on export control, CFIUS and sanctions matters. Melissa previously served as the Chief of the Enforcement and Litigation Division, Office of Chief Counsel for Industry and Security, at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She leverages her government and private practice experience to provide strategic and practical legal advice to clients.

John Siegal is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer in federal and state courts in New York and across the nation. He advises, litigates and arbitrates primarily for financial services, media and real estate industry clients in private business disputes and matters involving public agencies and controversies. John has a 30-year track record of successful results for clients in the areas of fiduciary duties, business divorces, partnership disputes, contracts, financial fraud, trade secrets and noncompetes, government investigations and government contracts, Article 78 proceedings, real estate development and property management disputes, defamation, privacy and reporter’s privilege, false advertising, civil rights, class actions and other constitutional and business disputes.

Ann O'Brien is a partner and co-leader of the firm's Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. She also leads the firm’s Criminal Antitrust and Cartels team. Ann is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Ann's practice focuses on advising clients facing criminal and civil government antitrust investigations or litigation. Ann’s insight on antitrust agency priorities, goals and policies are a valuable asset to companies facing international, domestic and multi-agency exposure. She has substantial experience leading every aspect of domestic and international antitrust and white collar investigations and prosecutions, including litigating federal criminal jury trials. Additionally, she provides clients with cutting-edge compliance counseling and training that can help deter or quickly detect antitrust exposure, informed by what is most important to the Antitrust Division and the courts. Ann has extensive knowledge of antitrust enforcement practices and policy decisions, gained from her time working at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland. During her nearly 20-year tenure, she assumed numerous senior leadership and management positions in the Antitrust Division, notably as the Assistant Chief of two sections and as the Acting Director of Criminal Enforcement. She was involved in virtually every major criminal enforcement and policy decision made by the Antitrust Division for nearly two decades, and reviewed and approved hundreds of case recommendations, leniency recommendations, search warrants, and requests for grand jury or preliminary inquiry authority. Notably, she gained comprehensive knowledge of antitrust corporate compliance and developed strong relationships with domestic and foreign antitrust enforcers and regulators. Additionally, Ann served as the Antitrust Division representative on the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, as well as a member of the Grant Fraud Working Group and Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group. Ann also has extensive experience advising clients on price-gouging issues and representative client's facing state price-gouging investigations. Having established herself as a thought leader in the antitrust community, Ann regularly speaks and writes on a broad-range of antitrust topics, including serving as co-editor of Competition Policy International’s Cartel column. She has also trained hundreds of antitrust prosecutors and law enforcement agents, and served as a liaison to other DOJ components and government agencies. Utilizing her in-depth understanding of antitrust policy and prosecution, Ann skillfully guides clients through their unique antitrust and white collar matters.

Mark Itri is the Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Orange County office. He concentrates his practice on the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications and litigation matters, focusing on high technology relating to electronics and computer software arts, semiconductors, analog circuitry, microprocessor design, Internet of Things, image processing, pattern and speech recognition, server and network systems, WiFi and Bluetooth, mechanical devices, medical devices, solid state memories, authentication, cyber security, instruments, AI and machine learning, and unmanned and autonomous vehicles. He also negotiates and drafts technology transfer agreements, joint development agreements and licenses and advises his clients on strategic IP planning, patent and trademark portfolio management, freedom to operate and other opinion work and due diligence in connection with technology and trademark acquisitions. A former electrical engineer, Mark worked in the research and development of microprocessor designs and flight control systems in the private aerospace industry, giving him an insider's perspective of the patent and trademark process. He has been named among the Daily Journal's Top 25 Portfolio Managers, one of the leading lawyers in the U.S. for utility and design patent prosecution by The Legal 500, and as one of "The World's Leading Patent Practitioners" by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000.

Theodore Kobus III

Ted has been a leader, mentor and counsellor in the digital risk space for more than 20 years. He has earned authority in the areas of privacy, data security and cybersecurity, leading clients to entrust him and his attorneys with more than 15,000 data breach responses. Businesses, government and other organizations turn to Ted for sound advice on compliance, developing response strategies, breaches implicating domestic and international laws, and defense of both class action litigation and regulatory actions. Ted leads the fastest-growing practice group at the firm, the Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group, which was formed in January 2020 and focuses on the data lifecycle. Notably, he has developed key relationships with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he and his team have helped to establish protocols to protect corporate victims following a data breach. He knows the most proactive regulators involved in this space and interacts with them regularly. Ted has led the defense to hundreds of regulatory investigations, including those brought by the Attorney General Multi-State, Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, Departments of Insurance, SEC and FTC. In the healthcare space, Ted has defended more than 300 OCR investigations and has negotiated more privacy/security-related resolution agreements than any other lawyer. Under his leadership, the DADM group has garnered ongoing recognition from industry heavyweights such as BTI, Law360, ALM, Vault and others. Ted also provides pertinent quotes and contributions when contacted by major media outlets who are looking for the latest news and trends in privacy and data security. Ted has spoken at the National Association of Attorneys General on data security issues in a closed session, as well as the National Security Cyber Specialist’s Training Conference organized by the DOJ. Ted is the firmwide chair of BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management Group and, as of January 2023, is serving his third three-year term on the Policy Committee.

John Siegal is an accomplished trial and appellate lawyer in federal and state courts in New York and across the nation. He advises, litigates and arbitrates primarily for financial services, media and real estate industry clients in private business disputes and matters involving public agencies and controversies. John has a 30-year track record of successful results for clients in the areas of fiduciary duties, business divorces, partnership disputes, contracts, financial fraud, trade secrets and noncompetes, government investigations and government contracts, Article 78 proceedings, real estate development and property management disputes, defamation, privacy and reporter’s privilege, false advertising, civil rights, class actions and other constitutional and business disputes.