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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Offices
2300 N STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20037-1122
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Melissa Lesmes
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
The team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP represents clients in complex, high-stakes commercial, retail, energy and as well as insurance litigation. Clark Thiel works from San Francisco and oversees global and regional arbitration and litigation of contract breaches, cost overruns and insurance recovery disputes. Melissa Lesmes is based in Washington DC and has extensive knowledge of US construction defect litigation including EIFS and Chinese drywall, mold, and defective products. John Heisse is located in San Fransisco, and he has represented clients on significant energy, housing, and hospitality projects. Houston-based Charles Conrad is often engaged in commercial disputes pertaining to construction as well as the energy industry. Jeffrey Gans also works from Washington DC and is noted for his expertise in claims of actual and constructive acceleration, delay and disruption, and bond and insurance coverage.
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Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government relations
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings