Deborah Baum > Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Offices

1200 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States
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Deborah Baum

Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Operating ‘efficiently and collaboratively’, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is often called upon to handle multi-party litigation involving multiple proceedings, from breach of contract, antitrust and tax cases to insurance recovery and consumer class actions. The team represents both national and international clients from a range of sectors, from the tech, real estate and construction to the healthcare, aviation and oil and gas industries. Deborah Baum in Washington DC leads the team, representing clients before state, federal and appellate courts and arbitral tribunals. Splitting his time between Miami and Beijing, Geoffrey Sant is a go to for global banks, investment companies and businesses. Based in Houston, Willie Wood receives high praise from clients, while DC-based Melissa Lesmes is lauded as ‘extremely responsive and diligent’. Anne Voight joined the team in Silicon Valley from King & Spalding LLP in August 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- 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
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)