Danielle Cummins focuses her practice on employment matters. Danielle is familiar with emerging employment issues in the energy industry, along with other highly regulated industries. She routinely researches and drafts briefs, memos, motions, contract summaries and other legal documents.

While earning her law degree, Danielle served as editor of the Hastings Women’s Law Journal and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Team, a graduate teaching assistant and a research assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Department. As a student attorney at the UC Hastings Community Justice Clinic, she helped clients achieve favorable settlements and prepare for direct examination.

Anna Fosberg focuses her practice on corporate and complex litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery with an emphasis on actions concerning corporate governance, fiduciary duties, books and records demands, contracts and other commercial disputes.

While in law school, Anna served as the executive comments editor of the Penn State Law Review.

• Represented a social media company against an individual and his affiliates to compel closing of a merger*
• Represented a former CEO of a publicly traded company over a breach of contract regarding equity award payments*
• Represented a medical technology company to advocate against closing a merger due a material adverse effect*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

Allison McSorley Tassel focuses her practice on privacy and cybersecurity matters. She provides compliance and advisory guidance to clients in a wide range of industries and markets on the evolving privacy legal landscape.

Allison’s experience includes advising clients on US federal and state and international privacy laws, marketing laws like the CAN-SPAM Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and other data security and privacy laws and regulations, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and US state data breach notification laws.

While in law school, Allison served as an editor for Boston University Law Review.

Jacob T. Weissman works closely with physician groups, health systems, and other healthcare clients on transactional and regulatory issues related to managed care, fraud and abuse and the corporate practice of medicine.

While in law school, Jacob externed for the University of Virginia Physicians Group and served on the Articles Review Board for the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology.

• District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023

• Obtained retroactive tax-exempt status for unregistered charitable trusts following merger of corporate trustees*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Trusts and Estates, 2027

Karis Jackson advises healthcare clients on diverse transactional and regulatory issues related to managed care, healthcare policy, US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services due process, and Food & Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission guidance. Her clients include private equity and practice management companies, public and private companies, and healthcare organizations.

• District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, 2023

Lillian Spetrino focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation.

While earning her law degree, Lillian was a legal intern at the Office of the General Counsel in the Information Law Division. She was also staff member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal and a member of both the Mock Trial Board and Moot Court Board.

Prior to attending law school, Lillian worked at a consulting and management company where she researched best practices to develop and implement strategic priorities at client hospitals and health systems. During her time there, she was selected as an Emerging Leader Award recipient for demonstrating exceptional leadership.

David focuses his practice on state and local tax matters. He represents clients in all stages of tax controversy from audit through appellate litigation. He also provides planning and compliance strategies for clients with complex multistate tax concerns.

While in law school, David served as senior editor of the Rutgers Race & the Law Review. He also served as a law clerk for the Federal Tax Clinic in Newark, New Jersey, and was treasurer for the Rutgers Tax Law Society. In 2019, David was awarded the Charles Davenport Prize in Tax Law.