PROFESSIONALS.
Frank Seddigh.
Frank Seddigh is a career General Counsel and business advisor with a profound appreciation and understanding of business risk, balance sheet impact, and financial statement considerations as they pertain to corporate business and legal affairs. Frank has always been a strategic growth partner and problem solver of all things legal and business for public and private companies. He has considerable experience with SEC, due diligence, financing, M&A, real estate, and transactional work, coupled with the related labor and employment aspects of running multinational companies. Frank is a self-described “deal lawyer” with over 15 years of experience. He began his career in public accounting, focused mainly on M&A and cross-border transactional analysis. From public accounting, Frank moved into IPO and General Counsel work at the nation’s largest manufacturer of USA-made apparel, and focused on all areas of in-house global legal work, reporting directly to CFOs and CEOs during his corporate career. After that, Frank continued working as a General Counsel and Chief of Operations in the consumer goods, fashion, media, hospitality, and technology industries. He created the firm to serve emerging businesses in global markets, in a more meaningful and trustworthy way, beyond what conventional law firms can offer.
ALICIA VEGLIA.
Alicia M. Veglia is an experienced litigator and Partner at Seddigh Arbetter. Her practice spans a wide variety of commercial litigation matters in the U.S. and abroad. Alicia has successfully litigated and resolved intellectual property, business, trade secrets, and class action matters on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Additionally, she has experience in complex corporate financial transactions, including international capital markets and cross-border leveraged finance transactions, high-yield bond offerings, and acquisition financings. Prior to joining Seddigh Arbetter, Alicia was an attorney at the law firms of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Paul Hastings LLP. Alicia received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude, and her BA from the University of Texas at Austin, summa cum laude.
Ericka McPherson.
Ericka McPherson has been General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer to large domestic insurance companies and lobbyists, where she advised the board and executive teams on various legal, regulatory and legislative matters. She has provided counsel on matters of operational and organizational governance and reputational interests, employment law, real estate, contractual agreements, the creation and establishment of a non-profit foundation and political action committee, compliance, administrative hearings, and employee training to ensure consistent professional standards and compliance. Her role also included management of litigation filed before various state and federal courts in the areas of corporate, employment law, appellate matters, and a wide variety of issues impacting business operations. McPherson has also advocated and coordinated the regulatory and legislative affairs at the state and federal levels. She’s an astute business lawyer with unique problem-solving skills and a keen eye for deal flow and risk management.
LAURA STEVEN.
Laura Steven has a wide array of litigation experience. Laura has worked in large and boutique firms, and for non-profit organizations, representing civil litigants on both the plaintiff and defense sides. Laura began her career representing some of the world’s leading healthcare institutions and medical providers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She subsequently provided legal services at a non-profit institution in New York, where she advocated for clients in trial and appellate courts, and before administrative agencies. Laura is licensed to practice in California, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Laura graduated from New York University with honors, and Brooklyn Law School.
Brian Arbetter.
Brian Arbetter is a partner emeritus of Seddigh Arbetter’s disputes practice and opened the Firm’s New York office. He has approximately three decades of practice experience advising and representing clients in all areas of disputes. This experience includes labor, employment, immigration, benefits, privacy, contracts, intellectual property, family law, and trade secrets. Prior to forming Seddigh Arbetter, Brian was an equity partner at three of the largest law firms in the world. At Seddigh Arbetter, he brings big firm experience and capabilities to clients of all sizes – from individuals to family and startup entities, to more traditional large-scale corporate operations. In addition to domestic US capabilities, Brian has deep experience handling legal matters for clients around the world, and he is intimately familiar with handling matters in the legal systems of most major non-US markets. Brian is directly licensed in California, Illinois, and New York, and he regularly handles matters in all jurisdictions of the United States and abroad. In his free time, Brian devotes pro bono time to performing arts, immigration rights, and youth developmental disability organizations. When he has free moments, he likes to spend time with his family and can often be found on the track racing sports cars.