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  • June 04 2021

    Travis Biffar is a litigator and corporate counselor with 20 years of experience representing clients in high-stakes litigation and corporate governance disputes.

    Mr. Biffar has represented public and private companies, directors, and officers in dozens of matters arising under federal and state securities laws, including shareholder class actions, derivative actions, and government and internal investigations. He has significant experience defending against class actions brought under the federal securities laws and M&A litigation brought under the laws of Delaware, California, and other states throughout the country. His practice also includes a variety of other types of complex business litigation and class actions.

    Education

    • University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, California
      • J.D. – 2001
    • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
      • B.S. – 1998
      • Major: Business Administration with a Finance emphasis

    Bar Admission

    • California
  • June 10 2019

    Jonathan H. Deblinger, a member of the Firm, represents both publicly-traded and privately-held companies, including UK entities, across a wide range of industries, including investment services, hospitality, technology, biotechnology, fashion, internet media and security services. His principal experience includes representing buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions with operating companies and by private equity firms, and issuers and investors in private and public investment transactions.

    Mr. Deblinger assists public companies with the preparation and filing of 1933 Act registration statements, including those related to IPOs, secondary offerings, rights offerings and registered direct offerings, and 1934 Act reports and registration statements. He also advises public companies on PIPE transactions and tender offers and their related issues, going private transactions, listing compliance for various stock exchanges and securities law compliance.

    Mr. Deblinger also counsels hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and other companies in general business matters, including formation, capital raising, joint ventures, acquisitions, investments, bankruptcy related sales and financings and other strategic business relationships.

    Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Deblinger was a partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP.  Mr. Deblinger received his Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law, where he was Managing Editor of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.  Mr. Deblinger graduated with his Bachelor of Science from the Honors Program at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, with concentrations in finance and accounting.  He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

  • October 02 2023

    Gregg Kligman, a member of the Firm’s Labor & Employment practice group, focuses on management side employment litigation and counseling. Mr. Kligman’s practice includes defending clients in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies and in arbitration and mediation in cases alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and other employment related claims, including class action litigation.  Mr. Kligman regularly counsels clients of all sizes, from family businesses to multinational corporations, across the spectrum of employment issues from pre-hire to termination, including recruiting, responding to harassment and discrimination issues, advising on managing leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance and benefits and drafting and reviewing policies and handbooks.  Mr. Kligman also assists clients with risk assessment and due diligence in connection with wage and hour matters and corporate acquisitions, advising clients on potential exposure based upon the incoming company’s employment practices.

    While Mr. Kligman’s representation spans many industries including manufacturing, retail and professional service providers, Mr. Kligman has developed a focus representing clients in the hospitality and restaurant industries including multi-venue restaurant groups, fine dining establishments, fast casual restaurants, coffee shops and bars.  Mr. Kligman’s experience with the hospitality and restaurant industries allows him to advise these businesses to ensure compliance with their unique wage and hour regulations and the complex issues they face as both an employer and a provider of services to the general public.

    Throughout the pandemic, the hospitality and restaurant industry has suffered severely.  Mr. Kligman’s employment law background, due diligence and frequent communication aided many of the firm’s clients, but his greatest impact was on our hospitality clients during their time of need and support.  The support he provided included assistance initially in advising on layoffs of employees and then onboarding employees in the new work environment, updating workplace policies to ensure compliance with new obligations related to COVID-19, and ensuring wage and hour compliance in the face of new staffing models.

    Prior to joining Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Mr. Kligman was associated with the Firms Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC; Fox Rothschild LLP; and Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP.

    Mr. Kligman is a graduate of Cornell University and New York Law School.  Mr. Kligman is admitted to practice before the courts of the States or New York and New Jersey and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.  Mr. Kligman has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and was a Long Island Business News Leadership in Law Honoree in 2020.

  • May 15 2023

    Bryan McGarry is a seasoned litigator in the Southern California office of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP. His clients seek his advice and representation in high stakes real estate, contract, business tort, shareholder, and other complex commercial disputes. Mr. McGarry has substantial trial, litigation and appellate experience and has effectively represented domestic and international companies, organizations and business owners in trial, mediation and on appeal in state and federal courts, as well as in both domestic and international arbitrations. He acts for both plaintiffs and defendants in sophisticated business disputes, and has experience representing clients across a broad range of industries, including health and fitness, food and beverage, financial services and development and infrastructure. Mr. McGarry makes a point of learning his clients’ businesses, including their short-term and long-term business goals, and aims for a litigation strategy focused on best positioning his clients to achieve those goals.

    Before joining EGS, Mr. McGarry was a partner at another international law firm.

    Education

    • University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 2008)
    • University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., 2004)

    Bar Admissions

    • California
    • United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central District of California
    • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

    Articles

    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – January 30 – February 3, 2023
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – November 14-18, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – October 17-21, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeals) – September 6 – 9, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeals) – August 29 – September 2, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – August 21-26, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – August 15-19, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – August 12, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – August 5, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – August 2, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court – July 22, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) – July 15, 2022
    • The California Supreme Court – July 1, 2022
  • March 23 2023

    Steven R. Nevolis, a member of the Firm, practices in the Labor & Employment Practice Group. His practice encompasses a broad spectrum of services for management-side clients, including employment litigation and class actions, employment law compliance counseling, and traditional labor work in unionized work forces. He seeks to serve as an indispensable resource for his clients in analyzing, advising, and resolving any and all matters related to labor and employment law, allowing his clients’ businesses to operate with minimal disruption.

    He understands the increasing complexity of legal issues facing employers and the resulting challenges to effectively managing a workforce. To assist his clients, Mr. Nevolis frequently provides advice regarding compliance with various federal, state, and local laws, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Family and Medical Leave Act, New York Labor Law, and the New York State and New York City Human Rights laws.

    Mr. Nevolis has extensive experience defending his clients in connection with state and federal court litigations and before various administrative agencies, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York State Division of Human Rights. His experience also includes working with clients on complex labor relations matters, including collective bargaining, labor arbitration, and defending against unfair labor practice charges. He also advises clients with respect to non-compete and non-solicitation agreements and will litigate to enforce these agreements and protect his clients’ interest.

    Mr. Nevolis was named a 2024 Tomorrow’s Leader by the organization International Employment Lawyer.  He has been selected as one of 40 rising stars who will be at the forefront of addressing future labor and employment challenges.

    Education

    • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2012, cum laude, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, editor-in chief
    • York College of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2009, cum laude

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2013
    • New Jersey, 2012

    Courts

    • U.S. Court of Appeals-Second Circuit
    • U.S. District Court-Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court-Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court-District of New Jersey
  • October 17 2023

    Ilya Ross leads EGS’ cannabis practice, providing legal solutions to a wide array of cannabis business and compliance needs. He specializes in public and private financing, corporate governance, securities law compliance, and acquisitions/strategic partnerships. He has assisted cannabis issuers ranging from start-ups to multi-state operators (and everything in between) in structuring complex transactions for regulatory compliance, multi-state application, and growth opportunities.

    Mr. Ross first began his practice of cannabis law in Massachusetts, where he worked on and structured some of the first multi-state transactions in the Northeast. Since then, he has worked on multi-state acquisitions and expansions and represented vertically integrated operators across jurisdictions, including California, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada and New Jersey.

    Mr. Ross also has extensive experience representing life sciences, emerging technologies and entertainment companies with 1934 Act compliance, 1933 Act transactions, commercial transactions and corporate governance. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School.  Mr. Ross has also previously worked in the capital markets and securities practice groups at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP.

    Mr. Ross’ passion and commitment to the cannabis industry extends to a desire to inform the future of cannabis success stories. He regularly sits on panels, instructs CLEs on the subject and has guest lectured the Cannabis Law course at Boston University School of Law.

“It’s with genuine appreciation to all of our clients that we are in a position to achieve and maintain our leadership position in so many areas.”