Winston Announces Newly Elected Partners

Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been elected to partner. Spanning five practice areas and nine offices, the following attorneys were promoted:

• Scott Ahmad (Chicago) is a litigator and trial attorney who devotes a significant part of his practice to defending companies in the medical device/pharmaceutical, food, dietary supplement, and technology industries.
• Nolan Bolduc (Chicago) has a wide range of experience in corporate finance matters, including corporate lending, structured finance, and debt capital markets transactions.
• Katrina Eash (Dallas) is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. She also has experience in high-risk employment litigation.
• Maria Kostytska (Paris) is an international arbitrator and litigator who regularly serves as lead counsel to sovereign states, private companies, and individuals across a variety of industrial sectors.
• Rex Mann (Dallas) is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on complex civil litigation concerning commercial and intellectual property matters. He often works with companies in the technology sector or matters involving complex technology, as he adds additional value through his background in engineering and understanding of the technical issues in the matters.
• Brian Nisbet (Chicago) focuses his practice on patent litigation, in both the pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries, complex commercial litigation, and class action defense in cases alleging design defect and consumer fraud.
• Conor Reidy (Chicago) concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, antitrust merger review, and antitrust counseling.
• Eimeric Reig-Plessis (San Francisco) is a patent litigator with significant experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation, Federal Circuit appeals, and inter partes reviews.
• Justin Reinus (Dallas and Los Angeles) advises on initial public offerings and other equity offerings, high yield and investment-grade debt offerings, and spin-offs. He also advises clients on day-to-day securities disclosure and corporate governance matters.
• Jennifer Stadler (New York) advises public and private companies, private equity clients, and fiduciaries on employee benefits and executive compensation matters.
• Thomas Weber (Chicago) concentrates his litigation and trial practice on complex commercial disputes. He has experience handling breach of contract, fraud, post-closing M&A, securities, and insurance matters.