June 27, 2022
At Stroock, we always keep an eye on the future of the firm. That means creating a workplace culture focused on cultivating the best and brightest legal leaders of the future — and ensuring that our associates are engaged in crafting creative, efficient legal solutions across a wide range of practices.
Our bench has grown from coast-to-coast over the past year, with early-career attorneys continuing to be drawn to Stroock's unique, associate-approved work environment at all four offices.
Read on to meet our most recent lateral associate hires.
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Bolutito Adewunmi
Litigation
Miami
Bolutito Adewunmi is a Law Clerk in the firm’s Litigation Group, where she assists in all aspects of Financial Services Litigation Regulatory and Enforcement matters
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Kara Altman
Tax
Washington, D.C.
Kara Altman is an associate in the firm’s Tax practice. She advises funds, large banks, and private clients on fund formation and operation, strategic acquisitions, structured notes, and tax-efficient structuring. Additionally, Kara drafts and negotiates provisions related to hedge and private equity fund formations, partnership interest acquisitions, partnership recapitalizations and contributions, sale documents, investment agreements, LLC agreements, side letters and indemnities.
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Andrew Astuno
National Security/CFIUS/Compliance
Washington, D.C.
Andrew Astuno is an associate with the firm’s National Security / CFIUS / Compliance practice. His CFIUS work draws on his experience with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Investment Security and the World Bank. As a former Policy Advisor at Treasury, Andrew was responsible for reviewing Joint Voluntary Notices and Declarations before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); evaluating proposed transactions for national security concerns; and collaborating with agencies across CFIUS during the evaluation, investigation, and mitigation phases of reviews.
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Spencer R. Caldwell-McMillan
Corporate
New York
Spencer Caldwell-McMillan represents issuers in debt and equity offerings, other financing, and related transactions. He advises companies on general corporate governance matters, SEC compliance, Exchange Act reporting requirements and NYSE/NASDAQ rules.
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Naadia M. Chowdhury
Real Estate
New York
Naadia Chowdhury is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group, where she primarily assists financial institutions and private equity funds in a broad range of transactions, as well as real estate owners and developers involved in nationwide acquisition, sales and borrower-side financing. Naadia also assists clients in a wide variety of real estate matters, including commercial and industrial lease agreements, complex corporate asset purchases, acquisitions, dispositions, sales agreements, joint ventures, and other commercial transactions.
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Caen Dennis
Intellectual Property
New York
Caen Dennis is an Associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, where she assists with a variety of matters while focusing her practice on issues related to trademarks and compliance.
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Adrian A. Diaz
Tax
New York
Adrian A. Diaz is an associate in the firm’s Real Estate and New York Real Estate Tax Certiorari Groups, where he focuses on real estate tax assessment appeals and other tax certiorari related matters in New York City. Adrian’s experience includes assisting with assessment issues for various types of commercial properties, condominium and cooperative properties, tax projections and Real Property Income & Expense (RPIE) filing requirements. |
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Adrian J. Diaz
Real Estate
Miami
Adrian J. Diaz is an associate in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, where he assists with commercial real estate acquisitions, mortgage and mezzanine financing transactions, joint ventures and a variety of other real estate matters. |
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Barbara A. Hayes
Real Estate
New York
Barbara Hayes is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group, where she assists clients in all phases of acquisition, disposition, development and financing transactions. Barbara also assists clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, sales agreements, joint ventures and other commercial transactions. |
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Courtney Hunt
Real Estate
Washington, D.C.
Courtney Hunt is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group, where she assists with new leases, expansions, contractions, subleases, assignments and all lease-related documentation. Courtney also assists clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, sales agreements, joint ventures and other commercial transactions.
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Nami R. Kang
Litigation
Los Angeles
Nami Kang’s practice focuses on commercial and business litigation. She represents businesses and individuals in a wide array of litigation matters including conflicts over trust management, bankruptcy matters, title defense, and claims arising from breach of contract, negligence and fraud. Ms. Kang represents clients in both federal and state courts, and experienced in all aspects of litigation. |
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Nicole Lloret
Litigation
New York
Nicole Lloret focuses on white collar criminal defense and litigation relating to internal and government investigations. She also has experience defending individuals charged with cybercrimes, as well as advising clients on technology-related matters, including software licensing agreements and developing data privacy policies. Nicole has experience in defending clients charged under the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. |
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Gabriel G. Mandler
Litigation
Miami
Gabriel Mandler represents entities and individuals in a broad range of matters, including commercial and complex litigation, real estate, intellectual property and general business transactions. He has experience representing a wide range of businesses from international corporations to entrepreneurial startups, both in state and federal courts. Gabriel works to find innovative yet efficient legal solutions for his clients. |
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Peter W. Marshall
Real Estate
Los Angeles
Peter Marshall is an associate in the Los Angeles office where he practices in the firm's Real Estate Department. Peter’s practice includes a broad range of real estate transactions including acquisitions and dispositions, sale-leasebacks, 1031 exchanges, leasing, construction and development, financing, and joint ventures. He represents institutional and non-institutional landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, brokers, owners, contractors, borrowers, lenders, and REITs among others. |
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Saloni Patel
Real Estate
New York
Saloni Patel is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group, where she assists financial institutions and private equity funds in a broad range of sophisticated transactions, including securitized and portfolio mortgage lending, mezzanine financing, lease-based financing and construction and permanent financing. Saloni also assists clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including commercial and residential leases, acquisitions, dispositions, sales agreements, joint ventures and other transactions. |
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Tamara Rozina
Litigation
New York
Tamara Rozina is an associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. She manages defense in complex litigations, arbitrations, and government investigations for individuals and institutions within the financial industry, including investment advisors, broker dealers, banks, and cryptocurrency companies. Tamara formulates strategy, develops defenses, and manages discovery for allegations relating to commercial litigation, federal securities laws, insider trading, class actions, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and contract law. Additionally, she advises and represents clients in investigations and proceedings conducted by government and regulatory authorities including the Securities & Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
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Caitlin Sikes
Litigation
New York
Caitlin represents individuals and entities in white collar criminal defense and regulatory matters. She has handled matters involving federal criminal investigations, securities laws violations, government enforcement actions and investment advisor regulations. Caitlin previously worked as a felony assistant at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York. During her three years at the District Attorney’s Office, Caitlin investigated and prosecuted a wide array of cases, focusing on fraud and financial crimes. |
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Adam P. Stillman
Litigation
Los Angeles
Adam focuses his practice on fraud, breach of contract and other commercial litigation and banking matters. Adam also defends financial institutions in class action litigation and has worked on probate matters. |
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David D. Switzler
Litigation
Miami
David Switzler focuses his practice on commercial and business litigation, and has experience handling health care and insurance litigation matters. He handles all aspects of civil litigation including responding to complaints, discovery, drafting motions, communicating with clients, in-house and opposing counsel, negotiating settlements and stipulations and handling depositions, pretrial conferences, mediations, calendar calls, dispositive hearings and bench trials. David served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. James Lawrence King in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 2013–2015 and 2017–2018. |
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Wei (Tavy) Wu
Real Estate
New York
Tavy Wu is an Associate in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. He focuses his work on transactional matters, including commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions of apartment buildings, office buildings, retail spaces and mixed-use real estate projects. Tavy has experience in both equity investments in and debt financings of various real assets. |
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