Charles (Chuck) Moll focuses his practice on state and local tax (SALT), primarily concentrating on the resolution of tax controversies. He regularly appears before the various California tax authorities—including the State Board of Equalization, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the Office of Tax Appeals—as well as local authorities such as assessors and assessment appeals boards. He has litigated at all levels of California’s courts, the US Tax Court, and the US Supreme Court.

Chuck’s practice includes tax matters in other states, as well as federal tax controversies, including representation of clients in federal courts and at appellate hearings before the Internal Revenue Service.

Charles (Chuck) Moll focuses his practice on state and local tax (SALT), primarily concentrating on the resolution of tax controversies. He regularly appears before the various California tax authorities—including the State Board of Equalization, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the Office of Tax Appeals—as well as local authorities such as assessors and assessment appeals boards. He has litigated at all levels of California’s courts, the US Tax Court, and the US Supreme Court.

Chuck’s practice includes tax matters in other states, as well as federal tax controversies, including representation of clients in federal courts and at appellate hearings before the Internal Revenue Service.

Edward (Ed) Zaelke is the global co-head of the Firm’s Energy & Project Finance Group. He focuses his practice on project finance and private equity in renewable energy transactional matters. With more than 35 years of experience, he advises clients on all elements of alternative energy development and finance, including equity and debt financing, merger and acquisition transactions, equipment purchase and sale agreements, and power purchase agreements.

A prominent leader in his practice, Ed has served as lead counsel on many of the largest and most significant transactions in the renewable industry.

He also authors and speaks prolifically about various topics in the renewable energy industry. Ed is the former president of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and was a board member of AWEA for 12 consecutive years. He is also a founding board member of the Wind Solar Alliance (now a part of the American Council on Renewable Energy) and an adjunct professor at UCLA law, teaching “Renewable Energy Development and Project Finance”.

J. Christian (Chris) Nemeth is a Chambers-ranked litigation partner who counsels clients on complex ERISA and commercial litigation matters. He co-heads McDermott Will & Schulte’s nationwide ERISA litigation practice and leads the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in Miami.

Chris works closely with the firm’s employee benefits lawyers on all types of ERISA litigation matters, Department of Labor investigations, and similar issues. He maintains an active commercial practice as well, specializing in financial and banking cases, business torts, and breach of contract actions.

Chris represents clients in courts at the state and federal levels across the country and has successfully tried cases involving a wide range of matters. He also arbitrates cases in domestic and international forums.

Chris has extensive appellate experience including successful appeals before the Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth US Circuit Courts and the Illinois Court of Appeals.

Provides comprehensive advice to companies in patent litigation, including litigation involving standard-essential patents (SEPs) and FRAND defenses, and on license negotiations.

Has extensive experience handling proceedings before the European Unified Patent Court (UPC), having handled a large number of cases there.

Provides advice in other areas of intellectual property law, drawing on his many years of experience.

Kevin Hall concentrates his practice on the tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions and the formation and operation of private equity funds and family offices. Kevin has extensive experience advising buyers, sellers, and joint venture partners on the tax aspects of complex transactions, with a special emphasis on transactions involving healthcare companies. He also regularly represents fund sponsors in structuring funds across a variety of strategies, including buyout, real estate, credit, growth equity and venture capital, co-investment, fund-of-funds, and secondaries.

Kevin graduated first in his law school class and was a member of the Florida Law Review. He was an adjunct tax professor at the University of Miami School of Law, a Graduate Editor of the Tax Law Review at New York University School of Law, and a legal intern at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.

Kevin holds an inactive certified public accounting license.

Jeanette Suarez Hunter advises high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices and business owners on a wide range of tax, business, succession planning and charitable-giving matters. Jeanette takes a holistic approach to helping her clients preserve their legacies and transfer wealth to future generations, while giving care to each family’s unique dynamics.

Jeanette has extensive experience working with families on ownership issues involving their privately owned business, including governance issues, succession planning, privacy protection and shareholder agreements. She also regularly counsels younger generation family members on learning to be responsible stewards of wealth.

Jeanette frequently counsels her clients on the formation and operation of family offices and private trust companies. She also has significant experience advising individual and corporate fiduciaries and trust beneficiaries in complex estate and trust administration matters.

Jeanette speaks to local and national audiences on tax and estate planning topics. Jeanette is the head of the Chicago office’s Private Client Practice Group and serves as an elected member of the Firm’s Management Committee.