Phillip C. Hamilton is a highly sought-after trial attorney and litigator whose reputation precedes him as an experienced, bottom-line results achiever for his clients.

Since 2009, Phillip has litigated a broad range of high-stakes civil, criminal, and regulatory matters throughout the nation’s state and federal courts, and has successfully tried dozens of cases to jury verdict. Phillip’s clients have included high-net-worth individuals, licensed attorneys, public and private institutions, including Fortune 500 companies, public officials, tech startups, small businesses, civil rights organizations, and insurance providers.

Lance A. Clarke is an experienced trial attorney, litigator, and negotiator. He has served as outside General Counsel, advisor, and consultant, to various CEO’s, executives, and politicians for corporate, criminal, and regulatory proceedings, as well as investigative proceedings with the FBI, SEC, Secret Service, et al.

Rani Gill is an experienced attorney with over fifteen years of developed experience in both domestic and international Data Privacy, eDiscovery, Managed Document Review, and Legal Operations consulting services.

By leveraging technology and scalable processes to identify efficiencies, Rani has worked with numerous Fortune 100 companies and AM Law 100 law firms to realize tens of millions of dollars of cost avoidance opportunities.

Joshua S. Moskovitz is an experienced litigator and trial attorney leading the firm’s Civil Litigation and Appellate practices.

Prior to joining Hamilton Clarke, LLP, Jason spent nine years in the public sector as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the New York State Attorney General. Jason managed government investigations and prosecuted businesses engaged in deceptive conduct and illegal activity. As First Attorney for the New York State Attorney General’s Harlem Regional Office, he oversaw all facets of the litigation process including pre-litigation dispute resolution, discovery, and strategy for ongoing investigations and prosecutions. Prior to that, he spent four years in the Litigation Bureau honing his federal litigation and trial advocacy skills.

Calla’s practice areas focus primarily on general corporate law, banking & finance, and litigation.

Calla obtained her BA from Vanderbilt University in 2011 with a dual concentration in Communication Studies and French. Following her time at Vanderbilt, she taught English in France before graduating from Michigan State University College of Law in 2017 with a Juris Doctor. After law school, Calla pursued her LLM in Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law at Fordham University School of Law, graduating in 2020.

Melinda is a 2018 graduate of George Washington University Law School where she was recognized as a distinguished leader and Jeanette A. Michael Scholar. While in law school, Melinda had the privilege of interning for The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently of the United States Supreme Court, and The Honorable Ronald Ellis of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where she researched case law and drafted opinions and memorandums of law. Melinda also interned for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Following graduation, Melinda served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. While there, she dedicated herself to thoughtful prosecution that emphasized fairness and justice for both victims and defendants, alternatives to incarceration, mental health services, and victim social services. She has handled hundreds of cases involving attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, firearms, technology-facilitated harassment, and so forth. She also served in the Kings County District Attorney’s office’s Racial Justice Committee, lending her voice on ways to improve the office’s efforts to review and recommend internal policies that contribute to fairer prosecutions.

Carl Forbes, Jr. is an experienced attorney and negotiator, and the Founder and Principal Attorney of Carl Forbes Jr. Law Firm PLLC. His practice focuses on:

• Representing executors, administrators, and beneficiaries in Surrogate's Court probate and estate administration proceedings
• Drafting and supervising the execution of wills and other estate planning documents
• Representing buys and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions
• Helping small businesses form and operate