Our Founder

 EDUCATION

BA, summa cum laude, Yale University 1985

JD, with distinction, Stanford Law School 1991

Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review

MA Russian, Stanford University 1991

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship, Mellon Fellow

QUAINTON LAW,  OWNER AND FOUNDER  2009 – Present

Complex litigation and transactional work 

DUNNINGTON BATHOLOW & MILLER, LLP, PARNTER 2020-2021

International, litigation and corporate transactions

CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE, PARTNER  2007-2009

International corporate transactions, arbitration, complex litigation

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, ASSOCIATE & PARTNER  1994-2006

International corporate transactions, cross-border investigations and litigation, arbitration

CLEARY, GOTTLIEB, STEEN & HAMILTON , ASSOCIATE 1992-1994

International corporate transactions

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, ASSOCIATE 1991-1992

Complex federal court litigation

OTHER ADMISSIONS: New York, New Jersey, Paris (1996-2010), Southern District of New York, Northern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of Columbia District Court, District of Maryland District Court, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian; proficient in German.

CLE Presentations: 

• The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for Small and Medium Sized Businesses; 
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About SPACs but Were Afraid to Ask; 
• Regulation of Foreign and Private Funds in the Age of Cryptocurrency.