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Susan Lee ’02 is a Partner in the Healthcare Group at Hogan Lovells. Susan specializes in FDA work and works primarily with the pharma and biotech industries. Prior to practicing law, Susan served as a vice president for economic policy at a Washington, D.C. think-tank and as a consultant and manager at a premier global management consulting firm. In this podcast, Susan gives an overview of regulatory work and notes that regulatory work can be particularly attractive for those looking to develop a deep expertise in one particular subject matter and for those who are interested in the dynamics of a particular highly regulated industry.

Ellen Ching, a 2007 graduate of HLS is a partner in the corporate department at Paul Weiss in New York City. Ellen focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings. She has represented both publicly traded and privately held companies in a broad range of industries and has been named a “Rising Star” by the New York Law Journal.

Natalie Perez '14 is an Engagement Manager in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company.  At McKinsey, Natalie works primarily with financial institutions. She worked as an SEO Intern at Cleary Gottlieb before law school and spent her 1L summer at the SEC and 2L summer working as a summer associate at Bingham McCutchen.

Madison McGreal '18 will start as a consultant in the Boston office of BCG in the Fall of 2018 and serves as a Management Consulting Chair for the Harvard Association for Law and Business. Madison spent her 1L summer at BCG and her second summer working as a summer associate at Ropes & Gray. Prior to law school, Madison worked for 2 years in asset management at BNY Melon.

Dale Cendali, head of Kirkland & Ellis’s Copyright, Trademark, Internet and Advertising practice group, is perhaps one of the most highly regarded attorneys in…

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer’s Lou Ederer has represented companies from Tommy Hilfiger to Tom’s (the shoe maker) in precedent-setting cases involving counterfeit and brand protection disputes. His law firm partner John Ulin’s practice deals prominently protecting media and entertainment companies against piracy and unauthorized streaming. Hear about their cases and their careers in this podcast.

Neil Levy is a partner in King & Spalding’s Energy Regulatory practice who is based in Washington DC. He represents power producers, marketers, developers, pipeline and distribution companies before federal and state agencies and courts of appeal. His work covers regulatory, litigation and transactional issues arising under the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act, and other laws related to the energy sector. Earlier in his career, Neil also served as a Trial Attorney and Attorney-Advisor in the FERC Office of General Counsel. He has been recognized in band one by Chambers Global for his expertise in energy matters.

Jonathan Benloulou '05 was a Partner in the Corporate Group in the LA office of Proskauer. His practice at Proskauer encompassed mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, corporate governance and securities laws matters. Jon started his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and in this podcast touches on how corporate practice differs in those markets.

Richard Fenyes ’95 is a Partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He advises clients on debt and…

Becky Zelenka is a corporate partner in the Washington, DC office of Fried Frank. Her practice focuses on “asset management work,” which is a broad description for what she does. Day-to-day, her work focuses on working with private equity firms and creating investment funds. She says, “we raise the funds for an M&A [mergers & acquisitions] team to go and use that money to buy a company or sell a company.” Becky’s practice is unique – and has a surprising “global nature” to it. In the podcast, she connects the type of corporate work that she does to the types of work that hedge fund, M&A and capital markets lawyers do.

Blair Berk, a partner at Tarlow & Berk, details her experience as a private criminal defense lawyer. This podcast provides an excellent…

Stephen Rosenthal ’96, a Partner at Podhurst & Orseck, takes on civil cases of all types, across widely divergent…

David Marroso (’00) is a trial lawyer in the Century City Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Myers. Clients…

Michael Beauvais, co-chair of the life sciences and digital health practices in Ropes & Gray in Boston, MA,…

Russ Young (’96) is a partner at the international law firm Baker & McKenzie. He has an economics background and…

Elizabeth C. Curtin, a partner in Sidley Austin‘s Chicago office, advises and defends pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing, and consumer goods…

Anna Graves is a corporate partner and Co-leader of the Restaurant, Food & Beverage Group at the law firm of Pillsbury…

Sam Hong is an associate in Kirkland‘s Chicago intellectual property group. Sam’s practice focuses on technology and intellectual property-related…

Tobias Berkman ’10 is an Associate at the Consensus Building Institute, where he is a trainer, mediator, facilitator, and researcher working on a variety…

Mark D. Werner, a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin, represents borrowers, issuers, lenders, arrangers, underwriters and…

Scott Fitzgerald is the managing partner of the Boston office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP, and…