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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices

2049 CENTURY PARK EAST
38TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-32
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Russell Hayman

Work Department
White Collar & Securities
Position
Russell Hayman represents companies in the technology, health, life sciences and in other sectors in complex civil litigation nationwide. Drawing on his background as a federal prosecutor, he has also represented companies in government investigations and criminal proceedings. A successful trial lawyer having taken over 25 cases to trial, Russell has successfully defended clients in complex federal antitrust, patent infringement and theft of trade secret cases involving acoustic, cellular, Wi-Fi, software, mobile app, semiconductor and memory technologies. Russell’s trial experience in antitrust matters includes both horizontal and vertical restraint claims.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
McDermott Will & Emery LLP is known for its white-collar criminal defense and corporate investigations, representing both individuals and corporations. The team handles complex government investigations, focusing on anti-bribery compliance, healthcare fraud, and the FCPA. Laura McLane in Boston co-leads the firm’s practice, defending clients in healthcare-related FCA matters. Based in Miami Benton Curtis represents clients in cases involving fraud, kickbacks, and securities violations, while in Los Angeles Gordon Greenberg specializes in high-stakes civil and criminal cases. Working alongside Greenberg, Russell Hayman brings expertise as a former federal prosecutor, defending clients in antitrust, patent infringement, and trade secret theft cases. In New York, Edward Diskant, co-head of the practice, is known for leading sensitive investigations and managing regulatory enforcement matters, particularly those involving the FCA and anti-bribery laws. Steven Scholes, based in Chicago, boasts expertise in SEC investigations, and illegal trading and breaches of fiduciary duties.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense