Members

Robert W. Ludwig, Jr.  represents domestic and foreign clients in litigation, regulatory, trade and corporate  matters, and serves  as  trial and appellate counsel in a wide range of commercial, insurance, banking, professional negligence, aviation and transnational cases. Mr. Ludwig graduated from Colgate University with study abroad at the University of Zagreb, and received his J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1981. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Ludwig previously was associated with the Washington, D.C. offices of the New York law firms of Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens and Condon & Forsyth. He has authored several articles, including "Neue Exportkontrolle für Computer, Technologie und Software in den Vereinigten Staaten," Computer und Recht (Dec. 1992). He served as President, Capital Area Chapter of the German American Law Association (1993-1995) and Editorial Advisor to the German American Law Journal, and as member of the Orbital Debris Committee and the Legal Aspects Subcommittee of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Mr. Ludwig is conversant in German. He can be reached at  rludwig@ludwigrobinson.com.

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Phillip L. Robinson has broad experience representing companies and financial institutions in corporate and commercial matters, including mergers, acquisitions, and complex financing and restructuring transactions. He also advises clients on the legality and structuring of off-shore currency, tax and banking transactions. Mr. Robinson also has represented commercial banks, savings banks, investment banks, and other financial services companies in regulatory matters before the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve. In addition, he has served as legislative counsel for commercial and investment banks, representing their views before members and committees of both Houses of Congress. Mr. Robinson received his B.A. and masters with Highest Honors from Whittier College in 1971, a masters from Cornell University, and his law degree from the George Washington University Law School in 1986, where he has been an Adjunct Professor of International Law since 1997. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia and Fourth Circuits. Mr. Robinson previously was Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm of Patton Boggs and a partner in the Washington offices of the Chicago law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. He speaks Scandinavian dialects, French and Arabic. He can be reached at probinson@ludwigrobinson.com.

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Salvatore Scanio has broad experience representing companies and financial service firms in complex litigation, regulatory, corporate, commercial and legislative matters.  He has extensive experience as litigation counsel and as an advisor on strategic matters involving financial litigation, corporate governance, breach-of-contract disputes, federal and state banking issues, federal securities litigation, and uniform commercial code issues.  Mr. Scanio has litigated commercial and regulatory cases involving common law fraud, fiduciary duty, lost profits, violations of statutory and regulatory duties, class actions, and claims against the federal government.  He has represented financial institutions in regulatory and corporate matters, including bank holding company, branching, insurance, retail banking, lending and deposit activities, CRA/fair lending, privacy, and compliance issues.  Mr. Scanio has also served as legislative counsel on financial modernization and other legislation affecting financial services firms.  Mr. Scanio received his B.A. cum laude with departmental honors in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Tulane University in 1986, an M.B.A. from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in 1991, and his J.D. cum laude from Tulane Law School in 1991.  He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.  Mr. Scanio previously was a partner in the Washington, D. C. law firm of Spriggs & Hollingsworth and corporate counsel with a large regional commercial bank.  Mr. Scanio is conversant in French.  He can be reached at sscanio@ludwigrobinson.com

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Of Counsel

Carl F. Lettow  has broad experience in representing companies, individuals, and foreign governments in litigation and alternative dispute resolution forums. Mr. Lettow has represented clients before federal and state courts, as well as arbitration panels, in commercial litigation in the areas of fraud, executive and employee non-competition agreements, products liability, telecommunications and bankruptcy. Mr. Lettow received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 1992 and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1995. Mr. Lettow is a member of the bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to joining Ludwig & Robinson, Mr. Lettow was associated with the Washington offices of the international law firms Patton Boggs, LLP and Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP. Mr. Lettow is conversant in Spanish. He can be reached at clettow@ludwigrobinson.com.

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William L. Menard  has broad experience representing large corporations and development stage companies in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, corporate governance and federal securities law matters. Mr. Menard received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983 and his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center (magna cum laude, 1992), where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Mr. Menard is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. He previously was associated with the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He also specializes on international commercial matters, offshore investments and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Menard is conversant in Italian. He can be reached at wmenard@ludwigrobinson.com.

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Stephen Thomas Yelverton  has extensive experience in media and telecommunications law, representing broadcast stations and wireless carriers in regulatory matters and before federal appeals courts, as well as in business, intellectual property and libel law. Mr. Yelverton previously served as a trial attorney in administrative hearings for the Federal Communications Commission and has practiced before the FCC and other federal agencies since 1987. He also represents clients before the U.S. Congress. Mr. Yelverton received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has done post-graduate studies at Exeter College, Oxford University. He also holds certificates in negotiations and mediation from Harvard Law School. Mr. Yelverton is a member of the District of Columbia and North Carolina bars, and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Associates

Mirko M. Czechleba is a German lawyer, with experience in international business transactions, commercial litigation and intellectual property law. Mr. Czechleba counsels corporate and individual clients in contract, corporate and intellectual property matters. Mr. Czechleba received his law degree from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany in 2002, an economics degree (Vordiplom) from Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany in 2001, and an LL.M. in intellectual property law from The George Washington University Law School in 2006. Mr. Czechleba served as a law clerk to the District Court of Marl, Germany and as an intern prosecutor for the state attorney's office in Essen, Germany. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar (not admitted in the District of Columbia). Mr. Czechleba is fluent in German and English. He can be reached at mczechleba@ludwigrobinson.com

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Foreign Legal Adviser

Alexandra-Nicole Senyi  is a foreign legal advisor trained in French and European Union law. Ms. Senyi attended the Sorbonne, received her B.A. in International Law from the Charles University in Prague, an M.A. (Maitrise) in International Law from the University of Paris II - Pantheon Assas, and an M.A. from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Ms. Senyi has served as a law clerk for the Ministry of Finance and Commerce in the Czech Republic and as an Austrian diplomatic representative in Japan. She is a citizen of Austria, fluent in German, French and English, and conversant in Russian and Czech.

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