Partner, Lewis Brisbois
Sarah E. Lang is a partner in the New York office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Appellate Practice. Ms. Lang has represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts, including the New York State Appellate Division, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The primary focus of her practice is drafting and arguing substantive motions and appeals before the federal courts and New York’s trial and appellate courts in substantive areas including general liability, New York Labor Law, medical malpractice, premises liability, and rideshare and transportation matters, among others. She also has extensive experience representing clients, including religious institutions, in matters arising under Title VII, the First Amendment, RLUIPA, New York’s City and State Human Rights Laws, New York’s Religious Corporations Law, and New York’s Real Property Tax Law. This includes federal jury trial experience and providing preventive advice and counseling. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Lang clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. She also previously served as an Attorney Advisor for the United States Department of Education.
Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Boeing
Adam Gustafson is a Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs at Boeing.
Prior to joining Boeing, he served as Deputy General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to that, he was a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, where he represented States, federal judges, environmental groups, biofuel producers, agricultural interests, and public policy organizations, on such issues as the constitutional separation of powers, the First Amendment, automotive regulations, environmental computer models, healthcare regulation, and judicial deference to federal agencies.
Mr. Gustafson received his J.D. in 2009 from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, a managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and an executive editor of the symposium issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
Mr. Gustafson served as a Vice President of the Yale Law School Federalist Society. He was a Coker Fellow, and his legal writing won the Joseph A. Chubb Competition Prize and the Edward D. Robbins Memorial Prize.
Mr. Gustafson graduated with high distinction in 2005 from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar, a member of the Raven Society, a member of the rowing team, and a Lawn resident.
Before joining Boyden Gray & Associates, Mr. Gustafson was an associate at Cooper & Kirk, where he specialized in appellate litigation. Mr. Gustafson served as a law clerk to Judge Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Ceres, Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
John Kostyack is Founder and Principal at Kostyack Strategies, a consultancy helping NGOs and foundations achieve their climate change and clean energy policy goals. His experience includes over three decades in nonprofit management and leadership of policy advocacy campaigns as well as representation of NGO and private sector clients in federal and state courts. He now leverages that experience and relationships with leaders in NGOs, government, the clean technology sector and philanthropy to help clients design and execute advocacy campaign strategies. His current work focuses on helping clients persuade regulators to promote sustainable investing and procurement, address climate-related risks to financial stability and establish oversight of carbon offsets markets.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Brian A. Richman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory practice groups.
Mr. Richman represents clients in high-stakes appellate, administrative law, and litigation matters. His practice includes litigating cutting-edge constitutional and administrative law issues, challenging agency rulemakings, and defending against government enforcement actions, along with other complex litigation matters. He has extensive experience in the financial services sector.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Richman clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also practiced at a New York law firm, where he focused on commercial litigation and white collar defense and investigations. Mr. Richman is a former securities compliance officer at Goldman Sachs, and has handled numerous regulatory matters involving the SEC, CFTC, FERC, FINRA, and the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Richman received his JD from Yale Law School, where he was a lead editor on the Yale Journal on Regulation, and a semi-finalist in both the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals and Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union Mock Trial Competition. In 2011, Mr. Richman graduated from Cornell University with a B.S., with honors, in Policy Analysis and Management.
Mr. Richman is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
The George Washington University, GW Procurement Law Alumnus
Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Boeing
Adam Gustafson is a Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs at Boeing.
Prior to joining Boeing, he served as Deputy General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to that, he was a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, where he represented States, federal judges, environmental groups, biofuel producers, agricultural interests, and public policy organizations, on such issues as the constitutional separation of powers, the First Amendment, automotive regulations, environmental computer models, healthcare regulation, and judicial deference to federal agencies.
Mr. Gustafson received his J.D. in 2009 from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, a managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and an executive editor of the symposium issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
Mr. Gustafson served as a Vice President of the Yale Law School Federalist Society. He was a Coker Fellow, and his legal writing won the Joseph A. Chubb Competition Prize and the Edward D. Robbins Memorial Prize.
Mr. Gustafson graduated with high distinction in 2005 from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar, a member of the Raven Society, a member of the rowing team, and a Lawn resident.
Before joining Boyden Gray & Associates, Mr. Gustafson was an associate at Cooper & Kirk, where he specialized in appellate litigation. Mr. Gustafson served as a law clerk to Judge Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Ceres, Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
John Kostyack is Founder and Principal at Kostyack Strategies, a consultancy helping NGOs and foundations achieve their climate change and clean energy policy goals. His experience includes over three decades in nonprofit management and leadership of policy advocacy campaigns as well as representation of NGO and private sector clients in federal and state courts. He now leverages that experience and relationships with leaders in NGOs, government, the clean technology sector and philanthropy to help clients design and execute advocacy campaign strategies. His current work focuses on helping clients persuade regulators to promote sustainable investing and procurement, address climate-related risks to financial stability and establish oversight of carbon offsets markets.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Brian A. Richman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory practice groups.
Mr. Richman represents clients in high-stakes appellate, administrative law, and litigation matters. His practice includes litigating cutting-edge constitutional and administrative law issues, challenging agency rulemakings, and defending against government enforcement actions, along with other complex litigation matters. He has extensive experience in the financial services sector.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Richman clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also practiced at a New York law firm, where he focused on commercial litigation and white collar defense and investigations. Mr. Richman is a former securities compliance officer at Goldman Sachs, and has handled numerous regulatory matters involving the SEC, CFTC, FERC, FINRA, and the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Richman received his JD from Yale Law School, where he was a lead editor on the Yale Journal on Regulation, and a semi-finalist in both the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals and Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union Mock Trial Competition. In 2011, Mr. Richman graduated from Cornell University with a B.S., with honors, in Policy Analysis and Management.
Mr. Richman is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
The George Washington University, GW Procurement Law Alumnus
Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Boeing
Adam Gustafson is a Senior Counsel for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs at Boeing.
Prior to joining Boeing, he served as Deputy General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to that, he was a partner at Boyden Gray & Associates, where he represented States, federal judges, environmental groups, biofuel producers, agricultural interests, and public policy organizations, on such issues as the constitutional separation of powers, the First Amendment, automotive regulations, environmental computer models, healthcare regulation, and judicial deference to federal agencies.
Mr. Gustafson received his J.D. in 2009 from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, a managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and an executive editor of the symposium issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
Mr. Gustafson served as a Vice President of the Yale Law School Federalist Society. He was a Coker Fellow, and his legal writing won the Joseph A. Chubb Competition Prize and the Edward D. Robbins Memorial Prize.
Mr. Gustafson graduated with high distinction in 2005 from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar, a member of the Raven Society, a member of the rowing team, and a Lawn resident.
Before joining Boyden Gray & Associates, Mr. Gustafson was an associate at Cooper & Kirk, where he specialized in appellate litigation. Mr. Gustafson served as a law clerk to Judge Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Ceres, Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
John Kostyack is Founder and Principal at Kostyack Strategies, a consultancy helping NGOs and foundations achieve their climate change and clean energy policy goals. His experience includes over three decades in nonprofit management and leadership of policy advocacy campaigns as well as representation of NGO and private sector clients in federal and state courts. He now leverages that experience and relationships with leaders in NGOs, government, the clean technology sector and philanthropy to help clients design and execute advocacy campaign strategies. His current work focuses on helping clients persuade regulators to promote sustainable investing and procurement, address climate-related risks to financial stability and establish oversight of carbon offsets markets.
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Brian A. Richman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, and is a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Administrative Law and Regulatory practice groups.
Mr. Richman represents clients in high-stakes appellate, administrative law, and litigation matters. His practice includes litigating cutting-edge constitutional and administrative law issues, challenging agency rulemakings, and defending against government enforcement actions, along with other complex litigation matters. He has extensive experience in the financial services sector.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Richman clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also practiced at a New York law firm, where he focused on commercial litigation and white collar defense and investigations. Mr. Richman is a former securities compliance officer at Goldman Sachs, and has handled numerous regulatory matters involving the SEC, CFTC, FERC, FINRA, and the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Richman received his JD from Yale Law School, where he was a lead editor on the Yale Journal on Regulation, and a semi-finalist in both the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals and Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union Mock Trial Competition. In 2011, Mr. Richman graduated from Cornell University with a B.S., with honors, in Policy Analysis and Management.
Mr. Richman is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and D.C. Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
The George Washington University, GW Procurement Law Alumnus
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