Best Lawyers, a peer review guide to the legal profession, has recognized two Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes lawyers in its 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for outstanding professional excellence. Additionally, three lawyers have been recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list, which honors lawyers who are earlier in their careers. For almost 40 years, the Best Lawyers guide highlights top legal talent as selected by their peers through millions of votes each year.
The following lawyers have been listed as Best Lawyers in America:
- David Callaway is a federal and state prosecutor with more than 30 years of experience in criminal law and trial practice, including 18 years as an Assistant United States Attorney. He has tried over 30 federal, state, and military cases to verdict. David is, first and foremost, a trial lawyer. He also advises individuals and public and private companies, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to tech startups, on a wide range of commercial litigation and internal investigations. He handles criminal matters related to economic crime, including securities and commodities fraud, national security, public corruption, privacy and cybercrime, trade secrets, enforcement by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering.
- Kurt Mayr is a nationally respected bankruptcy practitioner whose inventive thinking has driven several pioneering restructurings. Representing creditor groups and other clients in transactions and litigation both in and out of court, Kurt consistently displays the creativity, advocacy, and talent for consensus-building that have resolved multiple landmark restructurings. Kurt represents creditors of all kinds in complex restructurings, including senior bank lenders, ad hoc noteholder groups, and official creditor committees. He also advises investment funds on restructuring and litigation strategies for distressed and special situation opportunities, and debtors in contested and litigated restructuring proceedings.
The following lawyers have been named Ones to Watch:
- Skye Tian Gao is known as a trial lawyer and creative problem-solver. She represents global corporations, investment funds, and individuals in an array of high-stakes business litigation, with a focus on antitrust, corporate governance, securities, and private equity disputes. Skye also defends individuals and companies in financial crime investigations and enforcement actions, with particular experience in actions involving Sherman Act Section 1, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering allegations.
- Eddie Shapiro focuses on commercial litigation and labor and employment law. Representing a diverse range of clients, Eddie has litigated complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts concerning breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, and state and federal RICO claims. Eddie also represents and provides counseling and advisory services to employers and individuals in both New York and California on a broad range of labor and employment-related matters in a wide variety of industries.
- Agustina Berro focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring, representing both debtors and creditors in large, complex Chapter 11 cases, out of court restructurings, and bankruptcy litigation disputes. She also has extensive experience counseling clients in a wide range of transactions involving indentures and other debt instruments.