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Aurora M. Walker
   Associate Phoenix

Email AWalker@dickinsonwright.com

Phone 602-285-5145

Fax 844-670-6009

 <button>Overview</button> <button>Overview</button> <button>Focus</button> <button>Experience</button> <button>Insights</button> \n                        Aurora focuses her practice on all aspects of family law. As a student mediator with the Lodestar Mediation Clinic, she learned the importance of resolving conflicts in creative ways. Aurora believes that each family has unique needs requiring different pathways and she is honored to be a part of each clientÃ¢Â€Â™s journey.\n
Education & Credentials

Education

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
 J.D., 2022

cum laude

Sandra Day OÃ¢Â€Â™Connor Honors Program

Arizona State Law Journal

Articles Editor

Utah State University
 B.A., Liberal Arts; Minor, Music, 2016

summa cum laude

A-Pin Award for Outstanding Performance in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Bar Admission

Arizona

Areas Of Practice
 Family Law
Acknowledgements

Southwest Super Lawyers

\"Rising Star,\" Family Law, 2025

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Prominent Assignments

Successfully defended client in a contested divorce action against false allegations of sexual misconduct to secure clientÃ¢Â€Â™s equal parenting time rights to the minor child.

Worked with custody evaluator, mental health experts, and business valuation experts on complex family law matter to assist with obtaining favorable judgment for client on parenting time and business interests.

Participated in mediation and settlement discussions with client in resolving a complex divorce case involving clientÃ¢Â€Â™s separate property rental homes, community liens, and tracing of income and debt.

Secured a prompt dismissal of clientÃ¢Â€Â™s spouseÃ¢Â€Â™s divorce petition for lack of personal jurisdiction in Arizona.

Represented client in a high-conflict divorce matter to ultimately secure joint legal decision-making and parenting time rights with the minor child, as well as an equitable division of the community assets.

Successfully defended against claims of domestic violence and mental health concerns in an evidentiary hearing, resulting in equal parenting rights for the client and immediate access to his child for the first time in over three months.

Professional Involvement

Young Lawyer Liaison for the Arizona State BarÃ¢Â€Â™s Family Law Executive Council

Member of Arizona State Bar AssociationÃ¢Â€Â™s Family Law Section

Member of Maricopa County Bar AssociationÃ¢Â€Â™s Family Law Section

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Insights

April 17, 2025 In the News \n                    Eight Dickinson Wright Attorneys Named 2025 Southwest Super Lawyers, Eight Named Rising Stars\n

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If multiple phone numbers are listed, select the one that is their direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number. If the attorney works out of two offices and has a direct line for each office, list the first here. If a direct line is unavailable, but a main or central office number is listed with an extension, list that number followed by EXT and the extension number',\r\n'direct_phone_no_2' => 'Extract the second direct office phone number listed for this attorney, if it exists. If multiple direct phone numbers are listed because the attorney works out of two office, select the second number \u2013 not the one listed in the prior item. Select only a number that is the attorney\u2019s direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number.',\r\n'image_url' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s image file',\r\n'linkedIn' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s LinkedIn profile, if it is listed. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'narrative_description' => 'Extract the section providing a narrative overview the attorney\u2019s biography and experience. a clean description here. Do not paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise eliminate any of the information. If representative matters and experience, insights, presentations, awards, or other recognitions are listed, please add those as well, and you can bullet point that info if helpful',\r\n'representative_matters' => 'Extract ALL representative matters (such as litigation cases, verdicts or deals) that are listed, in both specified lists of representative matters and work highlights as well as in the biographical text. List them as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'news' => 'Extract news items ABOUT this attorney (not authored by them): e.g., firm/industry press releases, announcements, awards, rankings, deal/case results naming them, media coverage quoting or profiling them. 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If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school_honors' => 'Extract any law school honors listed for this attorney. This may be included in the education section that lists their law degree or in their narrative bio. These may include: latin honors (cum laude, summa cum laude, magna cum laude); school specific honors (e.g. James Kent Scholars at Columbia Law); regular honors designations (e.g. Dean\u2019s List, High Honors, etc.); Order of the Coif; course prizes (such as book awards, CALI Awards, American Jurisprudence Awards, or course awards); membership in phi kappa phi; scholarships and fellowships; moot court, trial advocacy, best oralist, or writing honors; pro bono or service distinctions; commencement prizes and medals; or other types of academic law school honors (but list them specifically - do not list them as \"other honors\". Return this entire extracted list of specific honors as an array. If no honors are found, return an empty array.',   \r\n'law_journals' =>' Extract any law reviews or law journals listed for the attorney's time in law school. Also list if the attorney had any titles in such law reviews or journals, like Articles Editor for example. Return this entire extracted list of law reviews and journals, and associated titles, as an array. If no law reviews or journals are found, return an empty array.'\r\n'undergraduate_school' => 'Extract the attorney\\'s undergraduate degree-granting school, college, university, or institution. If their undergraduate degree was an LLB listed for their law school above, return an empty string. If no undergraduate schools are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_school_graduation_year' => 'Extract the year in which attorney received their undergraduate degree from the undergraduate school above. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_specialty' => 'Extract the specialties or majors that are listed for the undergraduate degree (e.g. economics, computer science, etc.) This does not include degree type, like B.S., Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, etc. List the specialties or majors as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_school' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, Extract the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_subject' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, list the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Masters_degree_school' => 'If this attorney has a masters degree, extract the educational institution from which they received it. But do not list schools from which the attorney received an LL.M. degree or a masters in law. If no masters degree schools are found, return an empty string. 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If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'llm_in_tax_law_school' =>  'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, specializing in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Other_LLM_school' => 'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, but not one that specializes in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'bar_and_court_admissions' => 'Extract EVERY explicit admission to practice (bar + court/agency) anywhere in the page. Include bar jurisdictions (states/provinces/territories/countries) and court/agency admissions (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals with circuit, District/Bankruptcy/Tax/Federal Claims courts with district, USPTO, tribal/military/foreign courts). For UK attorneys, specify whether they are a solicitor, barrister, advocate, or any combination if available; for Canada, specify the province or territory; for Australia, specify the state or territory and whether they are admitted as a solicitor or barrister. Pull items under headings like \u201cAdmissions,\u201d \u201cBar Admissions,\u201d \u201cCourt Admissions,\u201d or similar, and treat each
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If no clerkships are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Clerkships_with_judge' => 'Extract every judicial or court clerkship held by this attorney, regardless of where it appears in the biography (including in lists of prior employment or mixed professional experience). Treat any role containing the word \u201cclerk,\u201d \u201cclerkship,\u201d \u201cjudicial law clerk,\u201d \u201claw clerk,\u201d or similar as a clerkship. For each clerkship, return the name of the court as an array item; if the biography provides the judge\u2019s name, include it in parentheses after the court name, and if no judge is named, return only the court. Include clerkships in federal courts (including bankruptcy courts), state courts, appellate courts, supreme courts, magistrate judges, and any foreign courts. Do not skip clerkships that lack judge names or that appear in long court titles. 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If pulling clients from a list of representative matters or the titles of news articles, be sure to only include those clients represented by the attorney, their group or firm, and not adverse or opposing parties, or parties on the other side of a deal or transaction, that may also be listed. For example, if the representative matter or news article's title mentions a lending transaction with both the lender and borrower, and the attorney or their team or firm represented the lender, do not list the borrower. If a case is listed, and one party is the government, you can assume the attorney represented the other named party and list that as a client. If the client's identity is unclear from the headline of the news article, just don't include it. Output a deduplicated array of exact NAMES; omit unnamed parties and never guess. 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List them as an array.',\r\n'Accolades' => 'Extract any accolades, awards, or other special recognitions this attorney has received, such as rankings in Chambers guides (like Chambers & Partners, Chambers Gobal, or Chambers Asia-Pacific), the Legal500 list, and SuperLawyers, among others. The accolades should be specific to this attorney or their work, not generalized to their practice or their firm. List these accolades as an array. If no accolades are listed, return an empty string.',\r\n'pro_bono_activities' => 'Extract the attorney's pro bono, community service, and volunteer activities, as well as any non-profit, ngo, community service organizations the attorney may be involved with. 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List each as \"Title (URL)\" when a link is present, otherwise just the title. Add base domain to relative links. Return [] if none.'\r\n'adverse_parties' => 'Review all the source code, including the narrative bio and list of representative matters, and list EVERY identifiable party that is adverse to this attorney\u2019s clients: litigation opponents and transaction counterparties (buyer vs seller, lender vs borrower, landlord vs tenant, licensor vs licensee, insurer vs insured, issuer vs underwriter/investor, etc.). In M&A, if the attorney represented the buyer/acquirer, DO NOT list the acquired target as adverse (since it becomes the client); instead list only the selling side (seller, stockholders, founders, or divesting company). If the attorney represented the seller/target, list the buyer/acquirer. Use cues like \u201cto/with/from/against,\u201d \u201csale to/by,\u201d \u201cacquisition from/by,\u201d \u201cmerger with,\u201d \u201cfinanced by/loan to/from/credit facility with.\u201d In the attorney represented the owner or owning entity of a subsidiary/portfolio company (for example in the case of a restructuring or lending transaction), DO NOT list the subsidiary/portfolio company as adverse; Do not list governments/agencies/courts. Output a deduplicated array of exact names; omit unnamed parties and never guess.'\r\n 'affinity_groups' => 'Extract ALL affinity/identity-based organizations the attorney is affiliated with on the page, even if under generic headings like \u201cAssociations,\u201d \u201cMemberships,\u201d \u201cAffiliations,\u201d \u201cCommunities,\u201d or \u201cOrganizations.\u201d Include any bar or professional association whose name signals an identity/affinity or civil-rights focus (e.g., words like Black/African-American/AAPI/Asian/South Asian/Pacific Islander/Hispanic/Latino/Native/Indigenous/LGBT/LGBTQ/Queer/Women/Gender/Disability/Veteran/Jewish/Muslim/Christian/Hindu/Sikh/Interfaith/Civil Rights/Minority/Diversity/Inclusion). Exclude purely general trade/professional groups without such identity focus. Return a deduplicated array of exact organization names; if none, return empty array.'"]}


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\n  Markus is particularly experienced in liability issues and defense in class actions (Legal500). A competitor stated that he is an outstanding litigator (JUVE), clients highlight that he delivers high quality (JUVE), he has been described as cooperative, perfectly clear, always ready to talk (JUVE), and thinks in economic terms (JUVE).\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Markus represents clients throughout the world in high-stakes disputes in a variety of industries and brings a strong international perspective to formal court or arbitral proceedings and various other forms of dispute resolution, including mediations.
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Markus has a national and international practice focused on technology, internet, and social media law as well as the financial service industry. Recognized by leading industry guides as a \"highly recommended lawyer\" (JUVE and Legal500) and \"noted practitioner\" (Chambers), Markus has extensive trial experience defending technology clients in high-stake disputes, involving intermediary liability, data protection and personality rights disputes as well as cybersecurity issues. He also defends his clients in regulatory enforcement actions, in particular in the tech, internet and social media space.
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Markus also has significant experience in the financial service industry with every kind of financial market crises related liability litigation and an emphasis on issues that arise from class action litigation defense. Furthermore, Markus handles broad array of post-M&A disputes and advises national and multinational corporations in follow-on cartel damage dispute matters. Over the last years Markus also assisted clients in complex internal investigations and enquiries on potential compliance issues by German or foreign authorities and acted on behalf of companies in structuring, implementing or revising group compliance programs.
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Handles litigation, regulatory, legislative and platform content issues for leading tech companies around the globe.
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Internal investigations into a series of subsidy fraud cases involving considerable reputational and financial risk; review of the prospects of success of various recourse actions against financial brokers and purchasers and sellers of vessels involved; conducting action before the Regional Court for repayment of loans which had been obtained by way of fraud.
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Internal investigation into the GPS surveillance of a former employee involving considerable reputational and financial risk and advice on litigation defence.
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Representation of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, Helaba, Nord/LB, HSH Nordbank, Berlin Hyp, Landesbank Berlin and Sparkasse Cologne/Bonn in proceedings related to claims against HETA Asset Resolution AG.
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Advised an European financial institution on its internal investigation into an international corruption scheme (Canada, UK, Italy, Germany) related to software licenses, specifically on the impact on the agreements with its end customers under German and English civil law (compliance clauses, disclosure obligations, liability).
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Representation of a leading German bank in an â‚¬280 million victory relating to a major M&A contractual dispute involving considerable reputational and financial risk. We achieved a victory on behalf of our client before the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Frankfurt am Main in an action for damages.Â
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Best Lawyer Germany in Litigation, Handelsblatt 2020-2025
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Notable Practitioner, Litigation, Chambers Global Guide Germany 2025
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Highly Recommended Lawyer: Dispute Resolution: Litigation, JUVE 2024/2025
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Recommended Lawyer: Dispute Resolution & Dispute Resolution in the Financial Sector â€“ Germany, Legal 500 Germany, 2024
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\"Legal Risk for Global Tech Products: Navigating Global Regulations\", 6/23/2022: TechGC, San Francisco Fireside Dinner, San Francisco, California
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\"Praxisseminar Cyber-Security Â» Cyber Attack & Data Breach â€“ Preparedness & Response\", 5/26/2020: Seminar in cooperation with Deutsche Fachverlag, White & Case Office Frankfurt, Germany
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\"Risiko Prospekthaftung â€“ Typische Fehler erkennen und Haftung vermeiden\",16/05/2019: Suspektrum â€“ Fachkonferenz gegen WirtschaftskriminalitÃ¤t, KÃ¶lnSKY, KÃ¶ln.
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\"Collective Litigation in Germany, the EU and the U.S.: Model Declaratory Proceedings under Scrutiny: Class action light?\", 24/10: Client Seminar â€“ White & Case Office â€“ Frankfurt, Germany
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\"Organhaftung aktuell â€“ Vorbeugen, Vermeiden, Verfolgen\", 13/03/2018: WM Seminar, Sofitel Frankfurt Opera, Frankfurt
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\"Negative interest rates â€“ Update 2016 (Negative Zinsen â€“ Update 2016)\", 13/07/2016: White & Case Seminar, Frankfurt
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\"Negative interest rates in the lending, deposit and capital markets business (Negative Zinsen im Einlagen-, Kredit-, KapitalmarktgeschÃ¤ft)\", 07/07/2015: White & Case Seminar, Frankfurt (together with Prof. Peter MÃ¼lbert, Karsten WÃ¶ckener and Sebastian Glock)
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\"HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG - practical Update: current situation - recent developments - future outlook (HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG - Praktiker-Update: Bestandsaufnahme - Aktuelle Entwicklungen - Ausblick)\", 27/05/2015: White & Case Spring Seminar Series (together with Roger Kiem, Dennis Heuer, Karsten WÃ¶ckener, Henning Berger)
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Die Abhilfeklage: Much ado about nothing? (Action for relief: Much ado about nothing?) in JUVE 26.05.2025 (co-author with Nicolas Bechtold)
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The Legal 500: Enforcement of Judgments Comparative Guide â€“ Germany, Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, August 2022 (co-author with Dominik Stier and Kristof Waldenberger)
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International Comparative Legal Guide - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2022, Laws and Regulations Germany, Chapter 13, March 2022 (co-author with Dominik Stier and Kristof Waldenberger)Lexology GTDT Technology Disputes 2022 - GermanyTrends in German commercial litigation, The Legal 500, In-House Lawyer, Autumn 2021 (co-author with Detlev Gabel, Sonja Hoffmann, Alexandra Diehl, Alissa Arms, Swantje Behm)
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Cyber-Security Legal Handbook (Rechtshandbuch Cyber-Security), Gabel/Heinrich/Kiefner (Eds.), Frankfurt am Main, 2019, Chapter 10, Litigation and Liability (Co-author with Dominik Stier)
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Securities Litigation in Germany, Lexology
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Federal Court: D&O Insurance Liability Cases â€“ Broad Interpretation of the Term \"Third Party\" in Â§ 108 of the Insurance Contract Act (VVG), Compliance-Berater, Issue 8, pp. 304-308, 2016, (BGH: InnenhaftungsfÃ¤lle der D&O-Versicherung â€“ weite Auslegung des Begriffs â€žDritterâ€œ in Â§ 108 VVG) (co-author with Stefan Deller)
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Negative interest rates affect capital markets law, p.9, BÃ¶rsen-Zeitung, August 8th 2015, (Negative Zinsen beeinflussen Kapitalmarktrecht) (co-author with Karsten WÃ¶ckener)
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US antitrust standards or the end of the assignment model? - Collective enforcement of compensation claims de lege lata, BB, Issue 149, Pages 1795-1801, 2014, (Amerikanische VerhÃ¤ltnisse im Kartellrecht oder Ende des Abtretungsmodells? - zur gebÃ¼ndelten Durchsetzung von SchadensersatzansprÃ¼chen de lege lata) (co-author with Lars Teigelack)
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Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein: Prerequisites for Tort Liability of the Management Board of an Investment Advisory Company. Commentary on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein of May 23, 2013 â€“ 5 U 140/12 , Compliance Berater, Issue 8, pp. 349â€“352, 2013, (OLG Schleswig-Holstein: Voraussetzungen einer Deliktshaftung des Vorstandes einer Anlagevermittlungsgesellschaft. Anmerkung zum Urteil des OLG Schleswig-Holstein vom 23.5.2013 â€“ 5 U 140/12) (co-author with Stefan Deller)
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Commentaries on Â§Â§ 23a, 25a of the German Banking Act (Kommentierung der Â§Â§ 23a, 25a KWG), Kreditwesengesetz. Ed. Andreas Schwennicke und Dirk Auerbach. 2nd ed., Munich, 2012
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Investment advice and prospectus liability limitation periods dependent on knowledge, NZG, Issue 3, pp. 94â€“97, 2011, (Die kenntnisabhÃ¤ngige VerjÃ¤hrung bei Anlageberatung und Prospekthaftung)
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Obligation to secure the insolvency estate and breach of duties by the supervisory board, NJW, p. 192 et seqq., 2011, (Massesicherungspflicht und Versagen des Ãœberwachungsorgans) (co-author with Alexander Kiefner)
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Court decisions in 2009/2010 on prospectus liability , RdF, Issue 2, p. 98 et seqq., 2011, (Rechtsprechungsreport zur Prospekthaftung in den Jahren 2009/2010) (co-author with Mareile MÃ¼ller-Felsch)
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Banking Supervision: Second Amendment of the MaRisk Minimum requirements for risk management , BKR, No. 8, pp. 309â€“316, 2009, (Die Zweite MaRisk-Novelle in der Bankenaufsicht)
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Insights
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\n            <time>06 September 2024</time>\n  \t\nWhite & Case investigates allegations by short seller Muddy Waters against CPI Property Group\n\n            <time>16 April 2024</time>\n  \t\nSophia Habbe joins White & Case as a partner in Germany\n\n            <time>04 March 2024</time>\n  \t\nNeill Blundell joins White & Case as a partner in London\n\n            <time>15 January 2024</time>\n  \t\nWhite & Case launches Commercial Litigation Practice in Johannesburg; adds Darryl Bernstein as a partner\n\n\t\t\tView all\n\t\t\t
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","instructions":["'first_name' => 'Extract only the attorney\\'s first name.',\r\n'middle_name' => 'Extract only the attorney\\'s middle name or middle initial, as it is presented. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'surname' => 'Extract the attorney\u2019s last name or family name',\r\n'email' => 'Extract a valid email address for the profiled attorney. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'title' => 'Extract the profiled attorney\\'s job title. Ensure it is properly capitalized.The attorney can have multiple titles, in which case list them all as an array. If no title is found, return an empty array.',\r\n'location' => 'Extract the office name or city name in which this attorney works, as it is listed. The attorney may work out of two offices, in which case both should be listed. List them as an array.',\r\n'direct_phone_no_1' => 'Extract the direct office phone number listed for this attorney. If multiple phone numbers are listed, select the one that is their direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number. If the attorney works out of two offices and has a direct line for each office, list the first here. If a direct line is unavailable, but a main or central office number is listed with an extension, list that number followed by EXT and the extension number',\r\n'direct_phone_no_2' => 'Extract the second direct office phone number listed for this attorney, if it exists. If multiple direct phone numbers are listed because the attorney works out of two office, select the second number \u2013 not the one listed in the prior item. Select only a number that is the attorney\u2019s direct line, not the main or central office number, nor a fax number.',\r\n'image_url' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s image file',\r\n'linkedIn' => 'Extract the URL for the attorney\u2019s LinkedIn profile, if it is listed. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'narrative_description' => 'Extract the section providing a narrative overview the attorney\u2019s biography and experience. a clean description here. Do not paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise eliminate any of the information. If representative matters and experience, insights, presentations, awards, or other recognitions are listed, please add those as well, and you can bullet point that info if helpful',\r\n'representative_matters' => 'Extract ALL representative matters (such as litigation cases, verdicts or deals) that are listed, in both specified lists of representative matters and work highlights as well as in the biographical text. List them as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'news' => 'Extract news items ABOUT this attorney (not authored by them): e.g., firm/industry press releases, announcements, awards, rankings, deal/case results naming them, media coverage quoting or profiling them. List each item as \"Title (URL)\". If a \u201cNews\u201d section mixes authored content, include ONLY items that are clearly about the attorney or the firm, not implied to be authored by the attorney. Add base domain to relative links. Return an empty array [] if none.',\r\n'practice_areas' => 'Extract all the practice areas (aka departments, specialties, capabilities, services areas, areas of focus, etc.), if any, that are listed as ones that this attorney specializes in. Return them as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school' => 'Extract the law school attorney attended. This is for their primary law degree, usually a JD, LLB, or, in the absence of those, the earliest LLM listed or the institution where they received an undergraduate law degree. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school_graduation_year' => 'Extract the year in which the attorney received their degree from the law school above (what year did they graduate?) If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'law_school_honors' => 'Extract any law school honors listed for this attorney. This may be included in the education section that lists their law degree or in their narrative bio. These may include: latin honors (cum laude, summa cum laude, magna cum laude); school specific honors (e.g. James Kent Scholars at Columbia Law); regular honors designations (e.g. Dean\u2019s List, High Honors, etc.); Order of the Coif; course prizes (such as book awards, CALI Awards, American Jurisprudence Awards, or course awards); membership in phi kappa phi; scholarships and fellowships; moot court, trial advocacy, best oralist, or writing honors; pro bono or service distinctions; commencement prizes and medals; or other types of academic law school honors (but list them specifically - do not list them as \"other honors\". Return this entire extracted list of specific honors as an array. If no honors are found, return an empty array.',   \r\n'law_journals' =>' Extract any law reviews or law journals listed for the attorney's time in law school. Also list if the attorney had any titles in such law reviews or journals, like Articles Editor for example. Return this entire extracted list of law reviews and journals, and associated titles, as an array. If no law reviews or journals are found, return an empty array.'\r\n'undergraduate_school' => 'Extract the attorney\\'s undergraduate degree-granting school, college, university, or institution. If their undergraduate degree was an LLB listed for their law school above, return an empty string. If no undergraduate schools are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_school_graduation_year' => 'Extract the year in which attorney received their undergraduate degree from the undergraduate school above. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'undergraduate_specialty' => 'Extract the specialties or majors that are listed for the undergraduate degree (e.g. economics, computer science, etc.) This does not include degree type, like B.S., Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, etc. List the specialties or majors as an array. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_school' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, Extract the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'PhD_subject' => 'If this attorney has a PhD, list the educational institution from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Masters_degree_school' => 'If this attorney has a masters degree, extract the educational institution from which they received it. But do not list schools from which the attorney received an LL.M. degree or a masters in law. If no masters degree schools are found, return an empty string. ',\r\n'Masters_degree_subject' => 'If the attorney has a masters degree, extract the subject or area of study of the masters. The subject area may be in the degree itself, such as an M.Div, which is a masters in Divinity. But do not include subjects for LL.M. degrees or masters in law degrees. DO NOT include honors or latin honors (e.g. cum laude, summa cum laude) in your answer. List subjects as array. If no masters degree subjects are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'MBA_School' => 'If the attorney has a Masters in Business Administration, extract the name of the business school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'MD_school' => 'If the attorney has an MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) degree, extract the name of the medical school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'llm_in_tax_law_school' =>  'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, specializing in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Other_LLM_school' => 'If the attorney has an masters in laws (LLM) degree, but not one that specializes in tax, extract the name of the law school from which they received it. If not found, return an empty string.',\r\n'bar_and_court_admissions' => 'Extract EVERY explicit admission to practice (bar + court/agency) anywhere in the page. Include bar jurisdictions (states/provinces/territories/countries) and court/agency admissions (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals with circuit, District/Bankruptcy/Tax/Federal Claims courts with district, USPTO, tribal/military/foreign courts). For UK attorneys, specify whether they are a solicitor, barrister, advocate, or any combination if available; for Canada, specify the province or territory; for Australia, specify the state or territory and whether they are admitted as a solicitor or barrister. Pull items under headings like \u201cAdmissions,\u201d \u201cBar Admissions,\u201d \u201cCourt Admissions,\u201d or similar, and treat each
 or clearly separated entry as one item. Do not infer from memberships/education. Exclude governments as parties, and strip years and dates. Output a deduplicated array of exact admission strings; if none, return []. ',\r\n'Clerkships' => 'Extract every judicial or court clerkship held by this attorney, regardless of where it appears in the biography (including in lists of prior employment or mixed professional experience). Treat any role containing the word \u201cclerk,\u201d \u201cclerkship,\u201d \u201cjudicial law clerk,\u201d \u201claw clerk,\u201d or similar as a clerkship. For each clerkship, return the name of the court as an array item; if the biography provides the judge\u2019s name, DO NOT include it in your answer. Include clerkships in federal courts (including bankruptcy courts), state courts, appellate courts, supreme courts, magistrate judges, and any foreign courts. Do not skip clerkships that appear in long court titles. If no clerkships are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Clerkships_with_judge' => 'Extract every judicial or court clerkship held by this attorney, regardless of where it appears in the biography (including in lists of prior employment or mixed professional experience). Treat any role containing the word \u201cclerk,\u201d \u201cclerkship,\u201d \u201cjudicial law clerk,\u201d \u201claw clerk,\u201d or similar as a clerkship. For each clerkship, return the name of the court as an array item; if the biography provides the judge\u2019s name, include it in parentheses after the court name, and if no judge is named, return only the court. Include clerkships in federal courts (including bankruptcy courts), state courts, appellate courts, supreme courts, magistrate judges, and any foreign courts. Do not skip clerkships that lack judge names or that appear in long court titles. If no clerkships are found, return an empty string.',\r\n'Memberships' => 'Extract any organizations the attorney a member of. List them as an array. If no memberships or organizations are listed, return an empty string.',\r\n'clients' => 'Extract the attorney\\'s clients as mentioned or listed in the source code. List all the clients as an array. Only list named clients \u2013 not general descriptions of clients or their types. Pull from all sources in the code - explicit lists of clients, the narrative biography, listed representative matters, or in news articles listed for this attorney, or the titles thereof. The news article titles may not list the attorney specifically, but instead it may list their firm or team as representing the client. If such news articles are for deals that this attorney worked on, include the clients in this list. If pulling clients from a list of representative matters or the titles of news articles, be sure to only include those clients represented by the attorney, their group or firm, and not adverse or opposing parties, or parties on the other side of a deal or transaction, that may also be listed. For example, if the representative matter or news article's title mentions a lending transaction with both the lender and borrower, and the attorney or their team or firm represented the lender, do not list the borrower. If a case is listed, and one party is the government, you can assume the attorney represented the other named party and list that as a client. If the client's identity is unclear from the headline of the news article, just don't include it. Output a deduplicated array of exact NAMES; omit unnamed parties and never guess. If no clients are listed and named anywhere in the source code, return an empty string.',\r\n'industries' => 'Extract ONLY industries/industry sectors or client-type categories explicitly named in the source (especially under headings like \u201cIndustries,\u201d \u201cPractices & Industries,\u201d or in /industries/ links). Include items like \u201cSports,\u201d \u201cHealthcare & Life Sciences,\u201d \u201cTechnology,\u201d \u201cInfrastructure,\u201d \u201cPrivate Equity,\u201d etc. EXCLUDE practice areas, services, or deal/matter types (e.g., \u201cMergers & Acquisitions,\u201d \u201cPrivate Equity M&A,\u201d \u201cacquisitions,\u201d \u201cinvestments,\u201d \u201cdivestitures,\u201d \u201cjoint ventures,\u201d \u201cfinancing,\u201d \u201crestructurings\u201d). Return a deduplicated array of industry/client-type names as written. If none are explicitly named, return empty array.',\r\n'languages' => 'Extract the languages in which the attorney is fluent. List them as an array.',\r\n'Accolades' => 'Extract any accolades, awards, or other special recognitions this attorney has received, such as rankings in Chambers guides (like Chambers & Partners, Chambers Gobal, or Chambers Asia-Pacific), the Legal500 list, and SuperLawyers, among others. The accolades should be specific to this attorney or their work, not generalized to their practice or their firm. List these accolades as an array. If no accolades are listed, return an empty string.',\r\n'pro_bono_activities' => 'Extract the attorney's pro bono, community service, and volunteer activities, as well as any non-profit, ngo, community service organizations the attorney may be involved with. List them as an array',\r\n'thought_leadership' => 'Extract ALL professional thought leadership attributed to this attorney in their narrative bio and in all \"Insights,\" \"Publications,\" \"Events,\" and similar sections: all items with their authorship/co-authorship/speaking/hosting credit/(byline \u201cauthor,\u201d \"co-author,\" \u201cpresenter,\u201d \u201cspeaker,\u201d \u201cpanelist,\u201d \u201cwebinar,\u201d \u201cpodcast,\u201d \u201cblog,\u201d \u201carticle,\u201d \u201cpublication,\u201d \u201cchapter,\u201d \u201cCLE,\u201d etc.). Also include any items that do not include their byline or credit, but which are implied to be by the attorney (for example, by being listed in a specific section for \"Insights,\" \"Podcasts,\" \"Events,\" \"Media,\" \"Thought Leadership,\" \"Webinars, etc.). If a \u201cNews\u201d or \u201cInsights\u201d section mixes third party news ABOUT this attorney, include only items implied to the attorney as creator/presenter. List each as \"Title (URL)\" when a link is present, otherwise just the title. Add base domain to relative links. Return [] if none.'\r\n'adverse_parties' => 'Review all the source code, including the narrative bio and list of representative matters, and list EVERY identifiable party that is adverse to this attorney\u2019s clients: litigation opponents and transaction counterparties (buyer vs seller, lender vs borrower, landlord vs tenant, licensor vs licensee, insurer vs insured, issuer vs underwriter/investor, etc.). In M&A, if the attorney represented the buyer/acquirer, DO NOT list the acquired target as adverse (since it becomes the client); instead list only the selling side (seller, stockholders, founders, or divesting company). If the attorney represented the seller/target, list the buyer/acquirer. Use cues like \u201cto/with/from/against,\u201d \u201csale to/by,\u201d \u201cacquisition from/by,\u201d \u201cmerger with,\u201d \u201cfinanced by/loan to/from/credit facility with.\u201d In the attorney represented the owner or owning entity of a subsidiary/portfolio company (for example in the case of a restructuring or lending transaction), DO NOT list the subsidiary/portfolio company as adverse; Do not list governments/agencies/courts. Output a deduplicated array of exact names; omit unnamed parties and never guess.'\r\n 'affinity_groups' => 'Extract ALL affinity/identity-based organizations the attorney is affiliated with on the page, even if under generic headings like \u201cAssociations,\u201d \u201cMemberships,\u201d \u201cAffiliations,\u201d \u201cCommunities,\u201d or \u201cOrganizations.\u201d Include any bar or professional association whose name signals an identity/affinity or civil-rights focus (e.g., words like Black/African-American/AAPI/Asian/South Asian/Pacific Islander/Hispanic/Latino/Native/Indigenous/LGBT/LGBTQ/Queer/Women/Gender/Disability/Veteran/Jewish/Muslim/Christian/Hindu/Sikh/Interfaith/Civil Rights/Minority/Diversity/Inclusion). Exclude purely general trade/professional groups without such identity focus. Return a deduplicated array of exact organization names; if none, return empty array.'"]}