Boutique national litigation firm Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP handles commercial disputes for a stand-out roster of Fortune 500 clients, including Apple, Major League Baseball and Johnson & Johnson, among many others. In 2023, seasoned litigator and founding partner Tarek Ismail spearheaded the firm’s defense of AbbVie in litigation brought by a hedge fund alleging that AbbVie made fraudulent statements in connection with a potential merger. Shayna Cook is a key contact for multidistrict litigation and regularly handles high-profile IP and product liability cases in the medical and life sciences sectors

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Incredibly professional, capable and highly intelligent and motivated team.’

  • 'Tarek Ismail and Shayna Cook are two of the best first-chair trial lawyers in the country -- they are both incredibly smart but also skilled at conveying themes in an understandable and persuasive way.'
  • 'Goldman Ismail has a team of superb and diverse trial lawyers, including multiple lawyers with the experience and skill to try bet-the-company cases. They combine an exhaustive knowledge of the most complex facts with ability to communicate those facts effectively to both judges and juries. They are the firm I would go to first if I had a trial I needed to win.'
  • 'The team is made up of exceptional lawyers. They are trial-focused, and their depth is extraordinary. They are true lead counsel.'
  • 'Tarek Ismail is one of the best trial lawyers in the country.'

Key clients

  • Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
  • Schering-Plough Corp.
  • Apple, Inc.
  • Major League Baseball
  • MLB Advanced Media
  • AbbVie, Inc.
  • Lafarge North America Inc.
  • Lafarge Building Materials Inc.
  • Holcim (US) Inc.
  • Entropic

Lawyers

Leading lawyers
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tarek Ismail

Other key lawyers

Shayna Cook, Alan Littman