Practice Focus:
Commercial Real Estate Acquisition and Disposition, Real Estate Transactions, and Litigation.
Soha Mody Professional Fact:
As a senior associate, Soha was on a team that acquired and closed more than $2 billion in bond financing for the privatization of on- and offsite military housing in multiple jurisdictions. Fun Fact:
Soha has been on dozens of African safaris with her extended family from Kenya. Once she was nearly charged by an elephant. |
John T. Bergin Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Government Contracts, Complex Commercial Litigation Professional Fact:
John is a real trial attorney who has tried more than 50 cases to verdict. Fun Fact:
John has served as a volunteer judge for first-year law students at The George Washington University Law School for several years. |
George D. Carry Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Electronic Discovery and Data Management, Litigation Support Services, Construction Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
George is an excellent legal researcher and will find the underlying law or a legal precedent no matter how unique the argument is. Fun Fact:
George saved two people from drowning and even had to revive one when he lifeguarded in San Antonio. |
Scott D. Burke Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice Professional Fact:
Scott has conducted corporate investigations in response to government subpoenas and civil investigation demands. Fun Fact:
As an undergraduate, Scott was his college’s intramural racquetball champion. |
Robert A. Foster Practice Focus:
Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law, Real Estate Professional Fact:
Bob often serves as a guest lecturer at Georgetown University Law Center. Fun Fact:
Bob is an excellent water skier. |
Judah Lifschitz Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Judd is the author of District of Columbia Construction Law, a recent and comprehensive reference book. Fun Fact:
When not cross examining the opposition, Judd can be found training, boxing and playing basketball in the gym. |
Alexis M. Lockshin Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
While at the University of Maryland, Alexis served as associate editor on the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy. Fun Fact:
Alexis is the youngest of 4 children - by 16 years! |
Susan A. Hubert Practice Focus:
Director of Administration Professional Fact:
Susan has been active in the Washington, DC legal community since 1977. Fun Fact:
As a doting "soccer mom," Susan has attended every soccer game her daughter played from kindergarten to her Freshman year in college. |
James D. McMichael Practice Focus:
Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Government Contracts Professional Fact:
Jim is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney. Fun Fact:
Jim is firmly opposed to office plants. He believes plants belong outside. |
Ann M. Moody Practice Focus:
As the firm's senior trial paralegal, Ann focuses on Construction Litigation and Civil Litigation. Professional Fact:
Ann has been responsible for large teams of paralegals conducting discovery around the country. Fun Fact:
What started as a hobby of collecting brooches and designing pillows, turned into a small business for Ann. |
Kittrell D. Daniels Practice Focus:
Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate Law, Real Estate Professional Fact:
Kittrell has worked as a paralegal in the D.C. Metro area for over ten years. Fun Fact:
A true stickler for detail, Kittrell picked up the nick-name “Quality Control Queen” early in her career and it has stuck with her ever since. |
Lauren J. Schram Practice Focus:
Lauren serves as the primary paralegal for the Business Transaction team. Professional Fact:
Lauren assists the firm's attorneys with commercial real estate transactions, financing transactions, business/entity formations and various other business transactions. Fun Fact:
Lauren dyes her hair often. She dyed it dark brunette to participate in the 2008 Blondes vs. Brunettes Powder Puff Football game benefiting the Alzheimer's Association National Capital Area Chapter. |
Steven H. Schram Practice Focus:
Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law, Real Estate Professional Fact:
Steve is Co-President of Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram and serves as the firm's managing principal. Fun Fact:
Steve, conservative? He has walked off the side of a mountain and paraglided at 13,000 feet, he has harnessed up and climbed the face of a mountain straight up 400 feet, he has zip lined across a 1,500 foot ravine and has survived fighter pilot maneuvers. |
Reed P. Sexter Practice Focus:
Real Estate, Retail and Office Leasing, Business/Commercial Transactions, Corporate/Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law Professional Fact:
Prior to Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, Reed was associated with DLA Piper and Dickstein Shapiro, LLP. Fun Fact:
Reed has traveled around the world and once spent three months on a solo backpacking trip through Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal and Northern India. |
Kelley Halliburton Practice Focus:
Litigation (including trial practice, appellate practice, arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution) relating to complex commercial litigation mattersConstruction LawGovernment Contracts Professional Fact:
While still in law school, Kelley was on the editorial staff for the Federal Communications Law Journal (FCLJ), the official journal for the Federal Communications Bar Association. The FCLJ regularly publishes articles and essays by commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and members of congress. Fun Fact:
Kelley is a “Cheesehead” an avid Green Bay Packers fan! |
Laura Fraher Practice Focus:
Litigation and Trial Practice, Construction Law, Complex Commercial Litigation Professional Fact:
Laura has extensive experience in civil litigation at both the trial court and appellate level. Fun Fact:
Laura is a fan of musical theatre. Her favorite musical is Rent, which she saw on Broadway more than ten times. |
Ronald S. Shapiro Practice Focus:
Commercial Real Estate Acquisition and Disposition, Commercial Real Estate Development and Construction, Commercial Lending, Retail and Office Leasing, Troubled Loan Work-Outs, Limited Liability Company/Partnership and Joint Venture Law Professional Fact:
Ron is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Fun Fact:
We know where Ron gets his impeccable style - he once was a clothing salesman at a local men's store. |
Timothy T. Unruh Practice Focus:
Commercial Real Estate, Retail and Office Leasing, Business and Commercial Transactions. Professional Fact:
Tim worked as a real estate broker and a commercial, industrial and multi-family property manager in California, Arizona and Utah. Fun Fact:
Tim was born in Minnesota, where he acquired a strong mid-western work ethic. He is proud to be diligent, dedicated and dependable. |
Our People
Our People
Years of practice in big firms have shaped our depth of knowledge in precise areas of law, but we’ve chosen a boutique environment for a reason: we like our clients and our clients like us, and we’ve learned that working the way they need us to translates into success for them and us. Our lawyers are not just any lawyers and they are not junior lawyers. We are a passionate, talented and collaborative team of highly experienced and genuine practitioners that represent clients across the U.S. and in a variety of foreign countries. We gain incredible satisfaction from the practice of law, and that drives us to work harder, longer and smarter than most in our field.
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