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Turning 125: Nelson Mullins Celebrating 125 Years of Legal Service in 2022
In January 1897, attorney P.H. Nelson left his position as solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Circuit to set up a private law practice in Columbia, S.C. The State newspaper contained a short but prescient news item on Jan. 26 about the endeavor, which noted that "the new firm should meet with great success."
And they were right. Today, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP offers legal services in 15 states and the District of Columbia from 31 offices with 930+ attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals. It is the 71st largest law firm in the nation based on 2021 gross revenues, according to The American Lawyer’s Am Law 100, a legal news organization that tracks law firm growth.
Throughout 2022, Nelson Mullins will be sharing seminal events from its history that highlight its growth from a one-man firm in 1897 to where we are today. Click here to learn more.
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July 6, 2022
Partner Virginia "Ginger" Rolfes will be a panelist for a CLE on July 6 titled "Real Estate Finance: Structuring Earnout, Release Parcel, and Partial Prepayment/Defeasance Provisions." The CLE will discuss holdbacks and earnout provisions under which mortgage proceeds are retained by the lender but made available to the borrower upon satisfaction of certain conditions. The panel will also analyze provisions that allow for the release of a parcel post-closing, including the subdivision, easement rights, and entity issues to address. In addition, the panel will discuss the prepayment and partial defeasance options with either scenario.
Real Estate Finance: Structuring Earnout, Release Parcel, and Partial Prepayment/Defeasance Provisions Hosted by: Strafford
P. John Veysey
Senior Associate
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Boston, MA 02111
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John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and...
John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
Experience
Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Education
-
Santa Clara University School of Law,
JD
(2012)
- CALI Award in Criminal Law
- Honors Moot Court
- Lafayette College, BA, Government and Law (2006)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Practice Areas
Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Media
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2021-2022)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business Litigation (2019–2021)
Professional Activities
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Community
- Lawyers Clearinghouse, (2019–present)
- Kids In Need of Defense (2017–present)
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (2015)
John maintains a national practice focused primarily on business litigation and labor and employment law. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies. John represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, private and publicly held corporations, manufacturers, individual executives, and...
numerous other technology, financial services, healthcare, investment banking, private equity, insurance, media, energy, food, travel, hospitality, and public sector clients.
John counsels clients on both coasts and throughout the globe in business disputes, labor and employment issues, regulatory challenges, contract drafting and negotiation, and matters involving intellectual property, trade secrets, securities transactions, breaches of contract, corporate governance, insurance coverage, internal investigations, unfair competition, shareholder rights, bad faith, and consumer protection. John devotes a major percentage of his practice to litigating and advising clients on issues relating to employee mobility and trade secret protection.
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Internships
- Legal intern, Privacy Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Intern, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Educational Activities
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Santa Clara Trial Team
Education
-
Santa Clara University School of Law,
JD
(2012)
- CALI Award in Criminal Law
- Honors Moot Court
- Lafayette College, BA, Government and Law (2006)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Practice Areas
- Bad Faith & Extra Contractual Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Employment & Labor
- Commercial Litigation & Business Torts
- False Advertising & Unfair Trade Practices
- Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate & Securities
- FinTech
Industries
- The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2021-2022)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star, Business Litigation (2019–2021)
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
- Lawyers Clearinghouse, (2019–present)
- Kids In Need of Defense (2017–present)
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (2015)
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