About Rich Rochlin Photography

I am a lawyer and a photographer.  I am a partner with Taboada Rochlin LLP.

Some basic stuff about me:

Richard Rochlin’s detailed understanding of complicated global finance and investment transactions is one of the strengths of the firm’s Connecticut and New York offices.

Before co-founding the firm, Mr. Rochlin was a partner in Shipman & Goodwin’s Corporate Trust Practice Group and its Commercial Finance Group. For several years, he was a valuable finance and real estate attorney at international law firms Dechert LLP and Bingham McCutchen LLP. While at Dechert, Mr. Rochlin was a senior member of the Islamic and OIC jurisdictions finance team that Euromoney magazine named “Best Global Islamic Finance Legal Advisor” for 2006-07.

Mr. Rochlin has extensive experience representing a wide range of lenders and borrowers on various types of transactions. These include Shari’ah-compliant transactions involving working capital and acquisition facilities; domestic and international private placements and revolving and term loan facilities including syndicated, bilateral, secured and unsecured. Mr. Rochlin also represents corporate trustees, collateral agents and indenture trustees in multiple capacities, such as domestic and international project financing for both conventional and Shari’ah-compliant deals.

His business and finance clientele also includes investors that he has counseled on private acquisitions and workouts, including multiple bankruptcies of commercial airlines. Additionally, Mr. Rochlin represents closely held corporations and individuals in various commercial financing and real estate transactions.

Entertainment law is an important and emerging segment of Mr. Rochlin’s practice. He represents two prominent personalities who appear regularly on the Howard Stern Show (heard on Sirius Satellite Radio) and on Howard TV (on inDEMAND Networks). Mr. Rochlin assists these entertainment clients by negotiating personal appearances, sponsorship agreements, music development deals and employment agreements on their behalf. Stand-up comedians also have called on Mr. Rochlin in increasing numbers to negotiate similar arrangements for them.

Mr. Rochlin also uses his legal skills to benefit community organizations on a pro bono basis. He serves as General Counsel and Secretary to the Collins Foundation, Inc., a local charity that provides leadership training and college scholarships to underprivileged high school students. And Mr. Rochlin is General Counsel to Creative Arts for Developing Minds, Inc., which provides cultural experiences to underprivileged children in the local area. Mr. Rochlin also served as Treasurer for the University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association for the 2008-09 term.

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Education:

University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2000, with honors
American University, B.A., 1997

Bar Admissions:

State of Connecticut
State of New York
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court – District of Connecticut

Distinctions:
Connecticut Rising Star Super Lawyer, 2010
Recipient of the CALI Book Award for Energy Law
Member of the Moot Court Board, University of Connecticut School of Law
Managing Editor, Connecticut Law Review

Community InvolvementServes as general counsel and Secretary to the Collins Foundation, Inc., a local charity that provides leadership training and college scholarships for underprivileged high school students.

Serves as general counsel to Creative Arts for Developing Minds, Inc., an organization that provides multidisciplinary programs to children ages 2 to 12 who are currently in foster care in Connecticut.

Positions Held: Treasurer: University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association (2008-2009 term).