Melissa Munson Winchester

Locke Lord LLP is a full-service, national law firm with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Their team of nearly 650 attorneys has earned a solid national reputation in complex litigation, regulatory and transactional work. They serve their clients' interests first, and these clients range from Fortune 500 and middle market public and private companies to start-ups and emerging businesses. Locke Lord's team builds collaborative relationships and crafts creative solutions to solve problems - all designed and executed with long-term strategic goals in mind. Among Locke Lord's many strong practice areas are appellate, aviation, bankruptcy/restructuring, business litigation, class action litigation, corporate, employee benefits, energy, environmental, financial services, health care, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public law, real estate, regulatory, REIT, tax, technology, and white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. They embrace multiple points of view and support Local Diversity Committees in each of their cities as well as an overall Firm National Diversity Committee. Women hold positions of power in Firm management and include their top leader, Chair Jerry Clements, the two co-chairs of their Board of Directors and the Managing Partner of their Chicago office. Their groups and committees help promote a firmwide philosophy of inclusion and action, helping raise scholarship money for minority and economically disadvantaged students, hosting holiday parties for lower income children and supporting longtime Firm programs like Flexible Work Arrangements, Domestic Partner Benefits and the Women's Initiative. An important part of Locke Lord's mission is to reach out to the communities they serve in meaningful partnerships and pro bono work.

TransFirst, Inc. provided payment technology solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and was headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.