Our Team

Joshua D. Brinen
Founder/Principal

Martha Thrush
Senior Associate (Emeritus)

Sarah O’Sullivan
Junior Associate

Zhe (Alex) Zhu
Law Clerk

Katie Fitzgerald Madigan
Junior Associate

Scarlett Meltzer
Senior Litigation Paralegal
Recent Posts
Insight Into critical legal developments and issues impacting our clients.
Securities Enforcement Defense: Protecting Businesses and Executives in High-Stakes Investigations
Securities Enforcement Defense In today’s regulatory climate, businesses and executives face increasing scrutiny from federal and state agencies tasked with policing the financial markets. A single...
Breach of Contract: Legal Risks, Remedies, and Business Protection Strategies
Breach of contract A well-drafted contract is the backbone of nearly every business relationship — defining rights, outlining duties, and protecting expectations. But even the most carefully...
Partnership Dispute: When Business Partners Break & 5 Ways Counsel Can Resolve (or Prevent) Costly Dissolve
A strong business partnership can build empires — and a fractured one can bring them down. Just as choosing the wrong funding structure can derail a startup, entering into or managing a business...
Case Studies
Assisted Client with Harmonizing Three Entities Through Predecessors
Challenge A public company was effectively a combination of two private companies and one public shell. This business compbination came with three sets of books, three separate corporate structures, three separate capitalization tables, and three sets of obligations....
SEE ALL CASE STUDIES
Testimonials
I formerly worked as a satellite employee from my home state of New Jersey. I ended my employment with my former employer in 2016. In 2018, I was sued by my former employer for $1.1 million in Illinois State Court. I was referred to Brinen & Associates, LLC by a friend who is a client of the firm. Brinen & Associates, LLC came highly recommended. I contacted Joshua Brinen and then had a consultation at his office with his colleague Mark White. Together, Messrs. Brinen and White explained my options...
SEE ALL TESTIMONIALS