Robert S. DiPalma, Director

RDipalma@PFClaw.com

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Commercial Transactions and Dispute Resolution

Mr. DiPalma’s commercial practice includes the representation of lenders in commercial finance transactions; intellectual property litigation, including trademark and copyright infringement, and opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Patent and Trademark Office; the litigation of disputes arising under the Uniform Commercial Code; and commercial lease disputes.  

John H. Draper, IV, Director

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Mr. Draper is a member of the Trusts & Estates and Immigration Law teams at Paul Frank + Collins. Mr. Draper’s trusts and estates practice includes sophisticated estate planning for individual clients, including estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.

Robert J. Grenier, Director

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Mr. Grenier leads the International Law Team at Paul Frank + Collins, practicing in the areas of immigration, cross-border finance, and corporate and commercial law. He has extensive experience in counseling Canadian, European and Asian companies on a broad spectrum of immigration and corporate issues. His Canadian clients have headquarters from British Columbia to Newfoundland and many points in between.

Gail E. Haefner, Of Counsel

GHaefner@PFClaw.com

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Ms. Haefner is a member of the Corporate Law, Commercial Finance Law, and Intellectual Property Law teams at Paul Frank + Collins. She has extensive experience drafting a broad range of contracts for businesses, such as shareholder agreements, software licenses, and consulting agreements. She regularly handles stock issuances and redemptions as well as private securities offerings. She believes in working with her clients’ other professional advisors toward achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients.

Christopher J. Leff, Director

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Mr. Leff's extensive experience and expertise with tax law make him an invaluable team member in several practice areas at Paul Frank + Collins. He provides counsel on issues of federal and state taxation as well as income, sales, employment, real estate and international tax issues. He advises captive insurance companies and insureds regarding structuring captive insurance arrangements to achieve optimal federal income tax results. He has prepared legal opinions regarding the federal income taxation of various captive insurance arrangements.

Stephanie J. Mapes, Director

SMapes@PFClaw.com

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Ms. Mapes is a member of the Insurance Law and Intellectual Property Law teams at Paul Frank + Collins, with a focus on captive insurance, trademarks, and copyrights.

Ms. Mapes’ captive insurance practice involves advising clients with respect to pure and association captives, risk retention groups, reciprocal captives and other alternative insurance arrangements; specifically with respect to the tax, regulatory and legal ramifications of various transactions, entity structures, contract negotiations and insurance programs. 

Peter J. McDougall, Associate

PMcdougall@PFClaw.com

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Mr. McDougall is a member of the Captive, Corporate and Insurance law teams at Paul Frank + Collins with a focus on financial services and business.

Frank V. Petrosino, Director

FPetrosino@PFClaw.com

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A substantial portion of Mr. Petrosino’s practice consists of advising businesses of all sizes in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, the formation and organization of new business ventures, federal and state taxation, commercial lending, supplier and customer contract preparation, intellectual property, and general commercial law. Creating a new business can be incredibly exciting and incredibly harrowing. Mr. Petrosino has helped many people through the legal aspects of business formation and organization. He finds it quite rewarding to play a part in the fulfillment of entrepreneurial dreams.

Sonya L. Sibold, Associate

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Ms. Sibold is a member of the Employment and Labor Law team at Paul Frank + Collins where she advises employers on how to comply with state and federal law and counsels them in matters such as employee discrimination claims, employee discharges, hostile work environment claims, employee handbooks, OSHA, HIPAA, Fair Labor Standards Act requirements and wage payment requirements. She represents businesses of all sizes in the formation and implementation of policies and procedures to prevent and rectify compliance failures with respect to federal and state employment and labor regulations.  Ms. Sibold only represents employers (she does not provide counsel for employees), enabling her to practice from a strictly pro-business standpoint.