About Us

Christian von Hammerstein is a partner of Raue LLP. In addition to his busy Energy and Competition practice, Mr. von Hammerstein is a member of the Institute for Energy and Regulatory Law Berlin, German Institution of Arbitration German Lawyers Association, and Study Association Competition Law (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.) His primary focus areas are energy, natural resources, climate change, antitrust and competition law, litigation and arbitration, power plant projects, energy tra...

Charla Aldous, founder of Aldous Law Firm, is an active trial attorney representing plaintiffs. In addition to her extensive trial experience, she sits as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Board of Trial Advocates' Dallas Chapter and was its previous President. Ms. Aldous is also a member of the American Association for Justice and the Inner Circle of Advocates.

Bob Van Brocklin is a partner and immediate past Managing Partner of the firm (2008-2015). Prior to becoming Firm Managing Partner, Bob chaired Stoel Rives' Land Use, Environmental, Natural Resource, and Real Estate practice group firm wide. He concentrates his practice in real estate and energy development, including on complex project siting and administrative law and policy matters. Bob has represented industrial, commercial, retail, public institutions, private colleges, mixed use, natura...

Michael Blair is the firm’s Presiding Partner. Mr. Blair has served as lead counsel in a host of major M&A transactions, advised senior executives and boards of directors on governance matters and handled securities transactions for clients across a range of industries. Mr. Blair joined Debevoise in 1981 and became a partner in 1989. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1977 and his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1981. Mr. Blair is a Director of The Partnership for New Yor...

Joseph M. Leccese is the Chairman of Proskauer. In that capacity, he is responsible for leading the Firm’s global operations across its 13 offices. He also is an extremely active practitioner and the co-head of Proskauer’s renowned Sports Law Group. Joe regularly handles matters relating to the acquisition, financing, operation and equity funding of professional sports teams, including the sale of the Buffalo Bills and the acquisition of the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars,...