Deborah R. Clark is a partner in the corporate and finance department of Russ August & Kabat, where she primarily focuses her practice on real estate matters.
Ms. Clark joined the firm in 2001 and represents a wide range of real estate clients and focuses primarily on secured lending transactions, purchases and sales, property development, and leasing.
Ms. Clark has recently handled the negotiation of acquisition financing for a client’s purchase of a major interest in one of the world’s largest mixed use projects (located in New York); the purchase (including the negotiation of acquisition financing) and/or sale of numerous hotels throughout the country, the sale of a television and film production studio in Los Angeles; the purchase of a multi-building office complex in downtown Los Angeles; the sale of a corporate office campus in West San Fernando Valley, California; and the negotiation of financing for numerous residential developments, mixed use projects, and shopping centers throughout California. Ms. Clark has also handled numerous matters with respect to land use and entitlement issues, title review, litigation consultation and a variety of other real estate and commercial transactions.
Ms. Clark was previously a partner at Loeb and Loeb in Los Angeles, California, where she handled diverse real estate transactions with an emphasis on secured transactions, representing lenders nationwide in the origination of over $750,000,000 in acquisition, development, construction and permanent loans for both residential and commercial projects.
Ms. Clark also negotiated the financing for the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California and coordinated the master development of the Aviara residential, hotel and golf planned community in Carlsbad, California. In addition to her broad-based real estate activities, she handled numerous litigation matters, including arbitrations, mediations, discovery, and trials.
Jacob R. Buczko is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where he specializes in intellectual property and litigation. Mr. Buczko’s practice focuses on patent litigation and he has represented clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical and electronics industries.
Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, he was an associate at Kaye Scholer LLP and Kirkland & Ellis, where he practiced intellectual property and real estate litigation. Mr Buczko is a graduate of Columbia Law School where he served as Articles Editor of the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology/Molecular Genetics from the University of Maryland in College Park.
Adam Hoffman is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where he practices in the intellectual property and litigation departments. Mr. Hoffman has represented clients in patent litigation and trade secret matters resulting in tens of millions of dollars in awards and settlements against a wide range of high-tech companies, including Apple, ASUS, LG, Google, HP, Dell, Sony, Samsung and LG. Mr. Hoffman has particular expertise in the ever-changing field of patent damages. He has successfully tried numerous cases, including recent trial victories in the Central District of California, the Eastern District of Texas, and the Western District of Texas. Mr. Hoffman also represents defendants and plaintiffs in copyright infringement matters. Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, Mr. Hoffman was an associate at Irell & Manella LLP, where he was a member of the litigation and IP litigation work groups. Mr. Hoffman graduated magna cum laude from Duke University School of Law. Following graduation, Mr. Hoffman served as a law clerk in the Central District of California. Mr. Hoffman has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2013-2025 by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine.
Recent Matters
- AlmondNet v. Amazon (W.D. Tex.) – $122 million jury verdict of patent infringement. Targeted advertising patents.
- EcoFactor v. Google (W.D. Tex) – $20 million jury verdict of patent infringement. The verdict was affirmed on appeal in a precedential ruling by the Federal Circuit. See EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 2023-1101, 2024 WL 2807318 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2024). Smart home patents.
- Solas OLED v. Samsung (E.D. Tex.) – $63 million jury verdict of patent infringement and willful infringement, subsequently enhanced to $78 million. OLED display patents.
- Pavo v. Kingston (C.D. Cal.) – $7.5 million jury verdict of patent infringement and willful infringement, subsequently enhanced to $11.2 million. The verdict was affirmed on appeal in a precedential ruling by the Federal Circuit. See Pavo Sols. LLC v. Kingston Tech. Co., Inc., 35 F.4th 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2022). Memory device patent.
