Class Notes

1972

Steven M. Schatz has joined Federal Arbitration as an arbitrator and mediator. He was head of the litigation group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati before recently retiring. 

1982

Jeh C. Johnson has been elected to the board of directors of MetLife. He is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Rex L. Niswander was given a 2022 Cornerstone Award by the Lawyers’ Alliance for New York. He is vice president, A&R, for GLP Music. 

1983

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse retired after 35 years as a professor of child and family law at Emory University, University of Florida, and University of Pennsylvania. 

1984

Mark E. Berg has joined the New York office of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg as chair of the tax practice group. He was previously a partner at Feingold & Alpert.

Robert D. Drain has joined the New York office of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom as of counsel in the corporate restructuring group. He retired as judge from the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court in June 2023. 

1985

Timothy M. Murphy ’85SEAS has joined Nutter McClennen & Fish as a partner in the intellectual property department in the firm’s Boston and New York offices. He was previously a partner at Sunstein. 

Michael J.  Schmidtberger ’82CC was honored as a Community Quarterback at the United Way of New York City’s 30th Annual Gridiron Gala. He is chair of the executive committee of Sidley Austin.

1987

Jonathan B. Miller has joined the New York office of Stradley Ronon as senior counsel in the investment management group. He was senior counsel at Sidley Austin for 35 years. 

Susan Schoenfeld Harrington was appointed by President Joe Biden to the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee. She is founder and president of Susan Harrington NY Property Ltd. 

1988

Lawrence C. Drucker has joined the New York office of Taylor English Duma as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property litigation department. He was previously a partner at Liston Abramson.

1990

Shlomo “Steven” Huttler has joined the investment management and broker-dealer team at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in the firm’s New York office. He was previously a partner at Sadis & Goldberg.

1994

Michael J.Z. Mannheimer has written a book titled The Fourth Amendment: Original Understandings and Modern Policing that will be published in August. He is a professor of law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University. 

1995

Michèle Stephenson has signed with Range Media Partners. She recently won the grand jury prize for U.S. documentary at Sundance Film Festival for her feature Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. 

Verónica Undurraga LL.M. has been named to an expert commission to draft a pre-proposal for the Chilean Constitutional Council for new Constitutional text. She is a member of the faculty at Adolfo Ibáñez University.

David J. Woolf has been named firm leader, employment litigation practice in the Philadelphia office of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. He previously served as leader of the firm’s employee mobility and restrictive covenants team.

1996

David E. Fisher has joined Pryor Cashman’s corporate group as a partner in the New York office. He joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he was a corporate partner.

Haider Ala Hamoudi ’08 J.S.D was appointed dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He was most recently interim dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

1997

Nestor M. Davidson was appointed chair of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board by Mayor Eric Adams. He is Albert A. Walsh Chair in Real Estate, Land Use, and Property Law and faculty director of the Urban Law Center at Fordham University School of Law.

1998

Diana Hartstein Beinart has been named general counsel of Girl Scouts of the USA. She was previously deputy commissioner and general counsel in the New York City Department of Finance. 

Shaalu Mehra has joined the Silicon Valley office of McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in the transactions practice group. He was previously a partner in the Palo Alto, California, office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. 

Trevor W. Morrison was appointed by President Joe Biden as a member of the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. He is Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law and dean emeritus at New York University School of Law. 

1999

Eric M. Creizman '96CC has joined Morrison Cohen as a partner in the white collar group in the firm’s New York office. He was previously a partner at Armstrong Teasdale.

Sandra Grandison Tillotson was appointed chief compliance officer of New York Life, where she was previously senior vice president. She joined New York Life in 2003 as an associate counsel in the Office of the General Counsel.

Justine Z. Lee has been appointed to the board of directors of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. She is currently an early-stage tech company operator and investor.

2000

Nia J.C. Castelly has led her company, Checks, to an exit to Google. Checks, which she founded in 2022, is now a fully integrated Google product. 

Meredith Codlin Strauss became a founding partner in the New York office of Rottenstreich Lieberman Farley. She was previously an associate at Bronstein Van Veen, which merged with the firm. 

2002

Margaret L. Taylor was nominated as legal adviser in the U.S. State Department by President Joe Biden. She is general counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Kenneth E. Young has been named co-chair of Dechert’s corporate and securities practice. He is a partner in the firm’s New York and Philadelphia offices and was most recently co-head of the firm’s private equity group.

2004

Christopher J. Brummer has been appointed senior adviser to TLM Labs’ leadership team. He is Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Financial Technology and faculty director of the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center. 

Omar Samji has joined the corporate department in the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner. He was previously partner and head of energy innovation at Shearman & Sterling.

Arun S. Subramanian was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was most recently a partner at Susman Godfrey. 

2006

Kimberly Harris Campbell has been inducted into the biographical registry Marquis Who’s Who. She is president of the southeast region for Compass. 

2007

Domingo A. Lovera Parmo LL.M. has been named to an expert commission to draft a pre-proposal for the Chilean Constitutional Council for new Constitutional text. He is co-director of the public law program at Diego Portales University.

Aaron P. Pinegar has joined the Dallas office of Jackson Walker as a partner in the tax practice. He was previously a partner at Gallagher Evelius & Jones.

Rebecca Schmutter ’04CC has joined Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf as a partner in the firm’s New York office, focusing on tax. She was most recently a partner at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone in Mineola, New York.

J. Sebastián Soto LL.M. has been named to an expert commission to draft a pre-proposal for the Chilean Constitutional Council for new constitutional text. He is an associate professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 

2008

Kendra L. Melrose was appointed interim executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, where she was previously chief programs officer and legal campaigns program director. 

2009

Ann E. Prouty has joined the Denver office of Holland & Hart as a partner in the firm’s environmental practice. She was previously a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. 

Mark T. Ramzy has joined the corporate practice of BakerHostetler as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. 

2011

Myrisha S. Lewis received tenure at William & Mary Law School and was promoted from associate professor to professor. Her research and teaching interests include health law, family law, administrative law, and bioethics.

2012

William M. Rollins has joined the litigation team at Raines Feldman Littrell in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He was previously an assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. 

2013

Adam J. Brunk has joined the corporate practice of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in the firm’s London office. He was most recently an associate at the firm. 

Reena Jain has joined Blank Rome’s commercial litigation group as a partner in the New York office. She was most recently a litigation associate and special counsel at Akerman. 

Eitan A. Stavsky has been promoted to counsel in the finance practice group at Haynes and Boone. He works out of the firm’s New York office and was most recently an associate.

2014

Angelica Bos has joined ZwillGen as legal director in the New York office. She was previously executive director of HM.

Evan M. Ezray has rejoined the Fort Lauderdale office of Boies Schiller Flexner as a partner focused on appellate and complex commercial litigation. He was an associate at the firm before becoming deputy solicitor general in the Florida Office of the Attorney General. 

2017

James R. Wiseman ’13CC has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Arnall Golden Gregory as an associate in the firm’s health care litigation practice. He was most recently an associate at Phillips & Cohen.

2018

Hannah R. Lutz has joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister as an intellectual property associate in the firm’s Minneapolis office. She was previously an associate at Lathrop GPM. 

2019

Adeeb Sahar has joined Twitter as global head of commercial, corporate, and international law. He was previously an associate in the Palo Alto, California, office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

2020

Kaushik K. Goswami has joined Mayer Brown’s employment and benefits practice as an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He was previously an attorney in the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel for the Associate Chief Counsel. 

Danielle A. Parker has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch as an associate. She was previously an associate at Covington & Burling. 

2022

Roxanne Joyce L. Mercado LL.M. has joined Phillips Lytle as an associate in the corporate practice group in the firm’s Buffalo, New York, office. She was previously associate solicitor III in the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines.

1969

Stuart Rabinowitz was appointed to the New York Gaming Facility Location Board. He is senior counsel at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone and president emeritus of Hofstra University.

1972

Edwin A. Harnden CC ’69 was honored by the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society with a Lifetime Service Award. He is co-managing partner at Barran Liebman.

1973

Stephen J. Crimmins has joined Davis Wright Tremaine’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices as a partner in the financial services practice. He was previously a shareholder at Murphy & McGonigle. 

Richard N. Gottfried retired from the New York State legislature in December 2022, at the end of his term. He was first elected to the assembly in 1970 and was the longest-serving state lawmaker in New York State’s history.

1975

Phillip J. Closius will lead the new Wilmington University School of Law as dean. He was previously dean and professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Toledo College of Law.

J. Julie Jason LL.M. wrote a book titled The Discerning Investor: Personal Portfolio Management in Retirement for Lawyers (and Their Clients). This is her ninth investment book.

1976

Jane E. Booth will retire from a 13-year tenure as Columbia University’s general counsel at the end of the 2022–2023 academic year. 

Frederick U. Fierst was featured on the cover of Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2022. He is a senior partner at Fierst Bloomberg Ohm.

Glenn S. Gerstell joined Beacon Global Strategies as a senior adviser. He previously was general counsel of the National Security Agency and Central Security Service. 

1977

Reed K. Brody published To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré (Columbia University Press). He is Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists. From 1998 to 2016, he was counsel and spokesperson for Human Rights Watch. 

1979

Lisa A. Gok, the chief legal officer of Cetera Financial Group, was honored with the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2022 “Corporate Counsel of the Year” award in the category for large private companies. 

1982

Rolando T. Acosta CC ’79 has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s litigation practice as a partner. He recently stepped down from his role as presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. 

Hydee R. Feldstein Soto was elected to be the 43rd Los Angeles city attorney and will become the first woman to hold the office.

Rex L. Niswander was recognized by the Lawyers Alliance for New York with a 2022 Cornerstone Award. He is of counsel at Morrison & Foerster, practicing in labor and employment. 

1983

Hans E. Hageman was named executive director of the Tutwiler Community Education Center. He was most recently executive director of Land to Learn. 

1984 

Edward S. Hershfield, a partner in the real estate practice of Greenberg Traurig, was included in the 2022 edition of Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine.

1985

John J. Sullivan, former deputy secretary of state who also served as the acting secretary of state and as the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, returned to Mayer Brown as a partner, resident in the Washington, D.C., and New York offices.

1986

Elizabeth Glazer was named one of the New York Law Journal’s 2022 Distinguished Leaders. She is co-founder of Vital City, a new journal and website dedicated to leading a provocative, civil conversation on public safety and civic well-being in New York City.

William A. Shirley was honored at the 80th Anniversary Gala of Westchester Jewish Community Services for his services as a board member. Before his retirement, he was counsel at Sidley Austin.

1987

Elizabeth A. Camp was appointed by Gov. Janet Mills of Maine as coordinator of the Governor’s Cabinet on Aging in the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future.

1988

Richard T. Thigpen was elected to the board of trustees of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He is the senior vice president of corporate citizenship and chairman of the PSEG Foundation. 

1989

Joseph H. Hunt began his tenure as Samford University’s general counsel.
 

1990

Howard L. Wolk co-wrote a book titled, Launchpad Republic: America’s Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters, which provides a history of entrepreneurship in the United States.

1991

Jeffrey I. Carton and Lindsay M. Held, co-founders of ReserveBar, have been jointly awarded Retailer/Marketplace of the Year by Wine Enthusiast at their 2022 Annual Wine Star Awards. 

Frederick G. Slabach LL.M. has been named dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law. He spent the last 12 years as president of Texas Wesleyan University. 

1993

Jeffrey A. Greenbaum was reelected chairman of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance. He is currently managing partner of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.

Sean C. Griffin has joined the International Association of Defense Counsel. He is currently a member at Dykema Gossett, where his practice focuses on cybersecurity and litigation.

Jeffrey A. Hovden has launched Hovden Law. He was previously a patent litigation partner at Robins Kaplan.

1994

Myrna A. Cadet-Osse BC ’89 has joined Forchelli Deegan Terrana’s new condemnation practice as a partner in the firm’s Uniondale, New York, office. She is also a partner in the tax certiorari group.

Tina Scott Polsky has been reelected to the Florida Senate, where she represents the 29th district. 

1995

Marwan A. Elaraby has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the firm’s Dubai office. He was previously partner at Shearman & Sterling. 

Marcia L. Ellis, Morrison Foerster partner and global co-chair of the firm’s private equity practice, has been named Dealmaker of Asia 2022 by Asian Legal Business.

F. Holt Goddard has joined Seward & Kissel as counsel in the capital markets and corporate securities group in New York. He joins the firm from Huyabio International, where he was general counsel.

1996

Haider Ala Hamoudi ’08 J.S.D. has been named interim dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was most recently vice dean. 

Matthew E. Kaplan, a partner with Debevoise & Plimpton, has been named chair of the firm’s corporate department. He previously served as the co-chair of the firm’s capital markets group and was the firm’s chief financial officer from 2018 to 2022.

1997 

Noah B. Perlman has joined Binance as its global chief compliance officer. He was previously chief compliance officer and then chief operating officer of Gemini Trust Company.

Julie Stone Peters wrote a book titled Law as Performance: Theatricality, Spectatorship, and the Making of Law in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Europe. She is the H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and co-chair of Columbia’s Theatre and Performance doctoral program.

1998

Trevor W. Morrison joined Kaplan Hecker & Fink as of counsel in the New York office. He is the Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law and dean emeritus at New York University School of Law. 

Edwin Javiel Nazario Jr. has been promoted to partner at Reed Smith in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, where he was previously counsel. He is a member of the energy and natural resources group. 

Kyung-Nam “Kevin” Shin has been named assistant director-general of Global Green Growth Institute, which works on carbon neutrality and climate resilience projects.

1999

Shavar D. Jeffries has been appointed CEO of the KIPP Foundation. He was most recently president at Education Reform Now. 

Ellen D. Marcus was named to the National Law Journal’s 2022 Litigation Trailblazers. She is a civil trial lawyer at Holmes Costin & Marcus.

Jomysha Delgado Stephen BC ’96 will join Dartmouth College as vice president for strategy, chief of staff, and special counsel to the president in July. She is the executive vice president and general counsel at Barnard College.

Dylan Willoughby has new poetry forthcoming in Notre Dame Review. 

2000

Anna M. Czege was promoted from special counsel to partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in the Los Angeles office. She practices in the firm’s corporate and business transactions group.

Laurence A. Denny was promoted to chief legal officer at 8x8 Inc. He was also promoted to corporate secretary, after serving as assistant corporate secretary since joining the company.

Brian L. Franklin has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Charlotte, North Carolina, focusing his practice on the energy sector. He was most recently managing director of regulatory affairs for North Carolina at Duke Energy.

Tara L. Newman was the Community Grand Marshal in the 41st annual Black History Parade and Festival, in Pasadena, California. She is a sitting Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.

2001

Whitney Kaiser Chatterjee has been named general counsel of Apollo Global Management. She will assume the role of chief legal officer on January 1.

Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo LL.M. has been named managing partner of Foley Hoag’s Paris office. She is partner and global co-head of the international litigation and arbitration department at the firm.

Oliver Schiltz LL.M. joined Korn Ferry as a senior client partner and the managing partner for two practices, Life Sciences and CEO & Board. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Dermond E. Thomas, a senior legal counsel at CreateMe, was re-elected to serve a third term as a trustee in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream. He is the first African-American to serve in this position.

2002

Cindy K. Chung was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit as the first Asian American judge to serve on the 3rd Circuit. She was previously U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  

2003

Andrew E. Owens joined Stroock as a partner in its Financial Services Litigation, Regulation and Enforcement (FSLRE) practice group. He is based in New York.

2004

Paul N.M. Cowling LL.M. has joined Lumine Group’s board of directors. He is currently ​​senior vice president, general counsel and regulatory affairs at Shaw Communications.

Olivia A. Radin has joined King & Spalding as a partner on its special matters and government investigations team in the New York office. She joins the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where she was managing partner of the New York office and a member of its global board.

Brian A. Wildstein joined Butler Snow’s Charleston, South Carolina, office as a partner. He practices in the firm’s real estate development and finance practice.

2005

Moez M. Kaba became the second managing partner of Hueston Hennigan, while also helping launch the firm’s second office in New York City. 

Viren M. Mascarenhas has joined the litigation and arbitration practice in the New York office of Milbank. He was previously a partner in the London and New York offices of King & Spalding.

Nicholas L. McQuaid has rejoined Latham & Watkins in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices as a partner in the white collar defense and investigations practice and as a member of the litigation and trial department. He most recently served as principal deputy assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. 

Andrew R. Tirrell appeared on Jeopardy! He is a professor of political science and international relations focused on environmental politics and human rights at the University of San Diego.

2006

E. Elizabeth A. Daschbach LL.M. has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in the firm’s ESG practice. She was previously a managing member of Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison.

Hyosung C. Tang was promoted to partner and vice president of MBK Partners. She was previously the executive director for legal affairs and general counsel and managing director at the firm. 

Nathan J. Whitaker was elected partner at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, where he was an associate. He is a member of the banking practice and finance department.

2007

Patrick J. Ferguson joined Orrick as a partner in the firm’s energy and infrastructure practice. He was previously co-chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s energy practice.

Owen C.J. Foster was appointed by Vermont Gov. Phil Scott to the Green Mountain Care Board. He is of counsel at Phillips and Cohen.

Zachary J.P. Jacobs joined the private equity practice of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel as a partner in the New York office. He was most recently a partner in the corporate mergers and acquisitions practice of Morrison Cohen.

Eric H. Min has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the firm’s transactions department, based in San Francisco. He was most recently of counsel at the firm. 

Sonia K. Nijjar of Skadden Slate Arps Meagher & Flom was named to The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 Top Dealmakers list as well as Law360’s 2022 MVPs for Mergers and Acquisitions. 

Adriana C. Pinon was appointed the new legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. She joined the organization in 2012 as senior staff attorney.

2008

Leah LaPorte Malone has joined the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett to lead its environmental, social, and governance and sustainability practice. She was previously Governance Insights Center managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Karin S. Portlock has been named partner in the white collar defense and investigations group of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is based in the firm’s New York office, where she was most recently of counsel. 

Akiva Shapiro CC ’01 has been appointed chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York administrative law and regulatory practice. He also continues to be a litigation partner in the firm’s New York office.

Jonathan S. Solorzano has joined the Los Angeles office of Vinson & Elkins as counsel and co-head of its ESG task force. He was most recently senior director of legal and corporate development for The Clorox Co.

Margaret C. Thering joined Goodwin’s employment practice as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Prior to joining Goodwin, she served as lead employment counsel at Motive.

2009

Jess Cheng has been named corporate partner in the fintech and financial services group of Wilson Sonsini in New York. She was previously senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Board.

Andrew J. Collins III was re-elected to serve a third term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. He is an attorney and works as chief operating officer of Cypress Properties. 

Jindrich Kloub LL.M. has joined Wilson Sonsini’s antitrust and competition department as a partner in the Brussels office. Kloub most recently was executive director of operations at the Hong Kong Competition Commission.

David A. Scherr was named to the executive team of Rep. Rebecca A. Balint of Vermont. As her state director, he leads her Vermont staff and manages all outreach and constituency services. 

Christopher M. Wilson has joined the antitrust and competition practice of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He was previously senior associate and then of counsel at the firm. 

2010 

Kelly L. Cataldo was named partner at Latham & Watkins and was honored as a 2022 Rising Star at the New York Law Journal Professional Excellence Awards. She was also named a Law360 Project Finance Rising Star for 2022 and received recognition from Bloomberg Law’s They Got Next award program.

Carl C. Forbes Jr. was elected president of the New York City Metropolitan Black Bar Association for 2023. He is founder and principal of CFJ Law. 

Katherine S. Porter was elected partner in the New York office of Akin Gump, where she practices in the litigation group. She concentrates on litigation arising in and out of financial restructuring matters, as well as other complex commercial litigation. 

2011

Achraf A. Farraj was promoted to counsel at Latham & Watkins in the San Diego office. He is a member of the real estate practice and corporate department. 

Sarah L. Graham has been promoted from associate to partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the mergers and acquisitions group. 

2012

Sebastian Alsheimer LL.M. has joined the New York office of Wilson Sonsini as a corporate partner in its leading shareholder engagement and activism practice. He joins the firm from Olshan Frome Wolosky, where he was a partner. 

Aakriti Chandihok LL.M. was named the fifth most impactful business leader in their 30s in Austria by Industriemagazin. She is a director and head of legal and compliance at Österreichische Beteiligungs AG.

Martie P. Kutscher Clark has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the litigation practice of the Palo Alto, California, office. She was most recently an associate at the firm.

F. Walton Dumas has been promoted from associate to counsel in the San Francisco office of Ropes & Gray. His practice areas include private equity and mergers and acquisitions.

Denise Soo-Ah Sohn has been promoted to tax counsel at Ropes & Gray in the firm’s New York office. She was most recently an associate at the firm. 

2013

Paavana L. Kumar has been promoted to partner in the advertising and marketing group of Davis & Gilbert in New York. She was most recently an associate at the firm. 

Anthony W. Mongone Jr. has joined the real estate investments and transactions group of Ropes & Gray as a partner in the New York office. He was previously a senior associate at the firm.

Timothy M. Nevius LL.M. joined Overtime Sports as vice president of regulatory affairs and athlete advocacy. He maintains a private sports law practice at Nevius Legal and is the founder and executive director of the College Athlete Advocacy Initiative. 

Matthew J. O’Donnell has been promoted to partner in the transactions department of the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster. He was most recently associate attorney at the firm. 

Idara E. Udofia CC ’09 has been promoted to partner at Reed Smith in the Chicago office. They practice in the entertainment and media industry group. 

2014

Katherine E. Durnan Taylor CC ’11 was elected partner of Debevoise & Plimpton, where she is a member of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice group. She was most recently an associate at the firm.

V. Chisara Ezie-Boncoeur has been elected partner at Barnes & Thornburg in the firm’s litigation department, where she was previously of counsel. She works in the South Bend, Indiana, and Dallas offices.

Beatrice C. Franklin has been promoted from associate to partner at Susman Godfrey in New York. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation. 

Grant F. Goeckner-Zoeller has joined the labor and employment practice in the Los Angeles office of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp as a partner. He was most recently vice president and senior counsel at HBO.

Eric A. Kafka has joined the New York office of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll as a partner in the consumer protection practice. He was most recently an associate at the firm. 

M. Kipp Mueller launched his campaign for California State Senate. He is an associate with Brent & Fiol and member of the adjunct faculty of the Ventura Colleges of Law.

Ogechi Nzewi “Gechi” Tesic was included in The Texas Lawyer’s 2022 On the Rise list. She is assistant general counsel of Jasper Ridge Partners and formerly a shareholder in Polsinelli’s investment management practice.

Matthew Villar was elected partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the M&A practice and corporate department. 

Gregory N. Wolfe has joined Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig as a commercial litigation partner in the firm’s New York office. He was most recently an associate at Selendy & Gay. 

Stacey K.T.S. Wong was promoted from associate to partner at Latham & Watkins in the Singapore office. He is a member of the capital markets practice and corporate department. 

2015

Robert D. Broderick was elected partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the corporate and securities law practice in the firm’s New York office. He was previously an associate at Kirkland & Ellis.

Philip F. DiSanto has joined the litigation department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in the New York office. He was most recently an associate at the firm. 

David T. Imamura was elected Westchester County (New York) legislator for the 12th district. He is also an associate at Abrams Fensterman. 

Simon P. Leen has been promoted to counsel in the Los Angeles office of Demetri Blaisdell in the litigation practice. He was most recently an associate at the firm. 

Charlotte S. Phelps has been promoted to shareholder in the corporate and business department of the Denver office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. She was most recently an associate at the firm.

2016

Florence T. Chen was included in The Texas Lawyer’s 2022 On the Rise list. She is an associate in Susman Godfrey’s Houston office.

Lucas T. Kunce LL.M. launched his 2024 election campaign to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.

Irene A. Zoupaniotis LL.M. has joined Farrell Fritz as a partner in the firm’s Uniondale, New York, office, where she was previously counsel. She practices in the labor and employment group.

2017

Paul Klimos LL.M. has been appointed to the World Economic Forum council exploring global tech and innovation policies. He is a senior associate in Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s corporate practice.

2018

Aristidis Kourkoumelis LL.M. appeared in Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York. He is the managing partner and co-founder of Kourkoumelis & Fotopoulos. 

2019

Ibiturokoemi B. Lawson has joined Austin litigation firm Cleveland Krist as an associate. She was previously an associate at Susman Godfrey in Houston. 

2020

Kelsey J. Davis LL.M. has joined Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe as an associate in the litigation practice. She was most recently an associate at Kirkland & Ellis.

Andrea Nishi joined the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law as a Climate Justice Fellow.

2021 

Katharine M. Friel joined Freedman Normand Friedland after completing a Democracy Program fellowship at the Brennan Center for Justice. She is an associate in the firm’s New York office. 

2022

Samuel T. Ackerman CC ’18 has been named president of Young Democrats of Rhode Island. He is a civil honors fellow in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office.

Claire E. Hellweg has joined the board of directors of Generation Schools Network. She is an associate in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Denver office. 

1976

Francis S. Blake was elected to UNIFI’s board of directors. He serves as the non-executive chairman of Delta Air Lines’ board of directors.

1982

Edward J. Littlejohn LL.M. ’74, J.S.D. ’82 co-wrote a book titled No Equal Justice: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr., which documents the life of the civil rights leader.

1983

Kevin J. Conway BUS ’84 was chosen as the grand marshal of the 2023 New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. He is the vice chairman of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. 

1984

Edward S. Hershfield was recognized by 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. He is a shareholder in the real estate practice of Greenberg Traurig in the Boston office. 

1985

Inajo Davis Chappell was honored by the Ohio State Bar Foundation with the Ramey Award for Distinguished Service. She is a retired partner of Ulmer & Berne. 

1993

Maurice F. Edelson joined World Wrestling Entertainment as chief legal officer. He was most recently general counsel at the Juilliard School. 

1996

Jill E. Schurtz was appointed executive director and chief investment officer of the Minnesota State Board of Investment. She has served as chief investment officer and executive director of the St. Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association since 2014.

1999

Michael Reyes joined the Borough of Manhattan Community College as executive legal counsel and labor designee. He was previously executive agency counsel with the Office of the General Counsel of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

2001

Nancy Lee Maldonado was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 19, 2022, to serve as U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Illinois. 

2002

Cindy K. Chung was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. She has served as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2021.

Richard S. Crisler was named “Lawyer of the Year” for medical malpractice in New Orleans by Best Lawyers and was recognized in the 2023 Best Lawyers in America list for New Orleans. He was also selected by a vote of his peers to be included in New Orleans Magazine’s 2022 list of Top Lawyers in New Orleans. He is a member at Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea. 

Dina L. Hamerman was named to the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, recognized for her commercial litigation practice. She is partner and executive director in the White Plains, New York, office of Yankwitt.

Michael W. Kaufman has been named chair of the institutional finance and commercial lending group at Day Pitney. He is a partner in the firm’s Stamford, Connecticut, and New York offices.

2004

Ramzi Kassem CC ’99 was named a senior policy adviser for immigration at the White House Domestic Policy Council. He is a professor at the City University of New York School of Law.

Benjamin L. Stewart was recognized in the 2022 edition of Texas Super Lawyers as a top business litigation attorney. He is a partner in the Dallas office of Bailey Brauer. 

Arun S. Subramanian was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is a partner at Susman Godfrey in New York.

2005

Eric M. Rauch joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in the firm’s ​​Minneapolis and New York offices. His practice focuses on private equity transactions.   

2008

Mishi Choudhary LL.M. joined Virtru as senior vice president and general counsel. She was previously a partner in the New York office of Moglen & Associates. 

2009

LaRue L. Robinson was included in Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40.” He is a partner in the litigation practice of Willkie Farr & Gallagher in the firm’s Chicago office. 

2010

Carl C. Forbes, Jr. was appointed president of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. He is the founder and principal attorney of Carl Forbes Jr. Law Firm.  

2011

Maxine K. Bédat BC ’05 book, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment, was long listed for the Financial Times/McKinsey business book of the year. She was also named in Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2022. 

2012

Sophie A. Staples was named a Rising Star by Law360. She is a partner in the tax practice of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in the firm’s New York office. 

2013

Genna Shapiro Steinberg was promoted to special counsel in the litigation practice at Kelley Drye & Warren. She was most recently an associate at the firm.

2014

Thomas Perrin Cooke was appointed by President Joe Biden as oversight counsel in the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior. He was ​​most recently an associate at Covington & Burling.

Joseph Dudek was named a “Best Lawyer: Ones to Watch” in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance law, and litigation–labor and employment in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is an associate at Kramon & Graham in Baltimore. 

Hargun “Harry” S. Khanna started a legal tech company called Magistrate. He was previously a senior software engineer at the Democratic National Convention and an associate at Wilson Sonsini and Sullivan & Cromwell.

Antonieta Pimienta Lefebvre joined Los Angeles-based firm Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise as an associate. She was previously an associate at Proskauer Rose. 

2015

Hannah Margaret Lepow CC ’11 joined the Federal Communications Commission as legal advisor for media and consumer protection issues. She was most recently an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Covington & Burling. Lepow was also recently named a “Rising Star” by Law360.

1957

David T. Goldstick was profiled by The West Side Rag. He maintains and sustains almost four acres of Riverside Park and has served as a trustee of the Riverside Park Conservancy.

1961

Ernest Brod has launched a corporate intelligence firm named Brod Global Intelligence. He was most recently a managing director with professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal. 

1973

L. Priscilla Hall has been appointed by New York Mayor Eric Adams to the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. She is currently an arbitrator and mediator with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services and a member of the legal expert team of retired judges to the federal monitor. 

James H. Pooley recently received a lifetime achievement award for contributions to intellectual property law from The Sedona Conference and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

1974

Richard G. Liskov presented a briefing for several hundred subscribers to the Practicing Law Institute on “The Basics of U.S. Insurance Regulation—What Every Corporate and Finance Lawyer Needs to Know About How States Regulate Insurance Companies.” 

1979

Nina L. Shaw was honored by the Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs at its annual Impact Awards Gala. She is founding partner of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang.

John A. Siliciano is stepping down as deputy provost of Cornell University. In his honor, the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy has endowed the John Siliciano Student Leadership Award, which will annually recognize exceptional academic excellence and leadership.

1980

Michael Evan Avidon was recently named 2022 Letter of Credit Lawyer of the Year by the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice. He is co-chair of Moses & Singer’s banking and finance practice group in the firm’s New York office.

1982 

Peter C. Harvey was selected as a member of the National Football League’s Diversity Advisory Committee. He is the former attorney general of New Jersey. 

1983

Alison S. Ressler was elected by the Corporation of Brown University to its board of fellows. She has been a trustee since 2004 and is ending her second three-year term as vice chancellor. Ressler is a partner and member of the management committee of Sullivan & Cromwell.

1985

John E. Frank has joined Illumina as chief public affairs officer. He previously spent 20 years with Microsoft in various capacities. 

Gregory J. Peterson published a book titled New York Stilled: A Portrait of a City in Lockdown. He is a corporate lawyer and sits on the boards of several nonprofit organizations promoting the arts, equality, and public wellbeing.

Dana M. Stein won the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, to run for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 11B.

1988

Merit E. Janow will be the new chair of the board of Japan Society. She is dean emerita, School of International and Public Affairs, and professor of practice, International Economic Law and International Affairs, at Columbia University. 

Paul D. Leake—global head of the corporate restructuring practice of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a member of American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) board of directors—was named to a two-year term as ABI’s vice president for publications.

Mitchell B. Reiss has joined Brunswick Group as a partner and co-lead of the geopolitical practice group based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He was most recently president and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.  

1989

Steven I. Frenkel has been named chair of Cummings & Lockwood’s litigation practice. He is a principal in the firm’s litigation group and is based in the Stamford, Connecticut, office.

1990

Colin Fieman has been named federal public defender in western Washington by judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and will lead the office’s 54 staff members. 

1991

Alexandra A.E. Shapiro has published a novel titled Presumed Guilty: A Novel. She is a former federal prosecutor with 30 years of experience and co-founder of Shapiro Arato Bach. 

1992

Stergios Theologides joined the board of directors of Strategy Council of UnitedLex. He currently serves as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Fannie Mae.

1993

Preet S. Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, joined WilmerHale’s New York office as a partner in their environmental, social, and corporate governance practice. He maintains his role at Vox Media as creative director of CAFE and host of the podcasts Stay Tuned with Preet and The CAFE Insider Podcast.

1994

Carmen Twillie Ambar has joined Lumina Foundation’s board of directors. She is currently president of Oberlin College. 

Lauren R. Goldberg has been named general counsel and corporate secretary of Pico. She previously served as general counsel of VEREIT and Revlon. 

Mary Strother Sullivan has been elected to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts board of directors. She is currently senior vice president and general counsel for Northeastern University. 

1996

Philip T. Chase has been promoted to chief executive officer of Adimab. He was previously general counsel at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and chief corporate counsel at Transkaryotic Therapies. 

Amy Jane Longo joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in the litigation and enforcement practice group in the firm’s San Francisco office. She most recently worked in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as senior trial counsel and regional trial counsel. 

J. Alden Millard has been elected chairman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. The corporate partner has served for more than a decade as a member of the executive committee and previously served a three-year term as one of the firm’s co-administrative partners.

1997

Robert J. Kovacev has joined Miller & Chevalier’s tax controversy and litigation practice as a member in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He was most recently a tax controversy partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Austen Parrish has been named dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He assumes the role after serving as dean and James H. Rudy Professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. 

1998

Jamie Garelick has joined Blank Rome as of counsel in the firm’s real estate practice. She joins the firm from Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, and is based in Blank Rome’s Los Angeles office.

1999

Curtis Stefanak has joined the private funds group in the New York office of Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder. He joins the firm after serving as a partner at Holland & Knight.

Arun Venkataraman was sworn in as assistant secretary of commerce for global markets and director-general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service for the International Trade Administration. He was appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2022.

Dylan Willoughby has poems forthcoming in Agenda Poetry and Conduit. His photography was recently featured in the current issue of Wrongdoing magazine. He also co-produced a track on the new Kid Moxie album.

Denise V. Zamore was named to agilon health’s executive leadership team. She is the chief legal officer and secretary to the board of directors.  

2000

Kuang-Chu “K.C.” Chiang has joined the tax practice of Olshan Frome Wolosky as a partner in the New York office. He was previously a tax partner at Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe.

Eric T. McCrath has been elected co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s global corporate department. He is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. 

Melissa J. Mills has been named a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She joins the firm’s trial and commercial litigation practices after serving 12 years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. 

2001

Elizabeth C. Bowyer has been named executive vice president of corporate affairs of Hertz. She previously spent 10 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was managing director, global head of content strategy. 

Elizabeth A. Cooper, a partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, was recognized in the 2022 edition of the International Financial Law Review’s annual  “IFLR1000 Women Leaders” list. 

Jason N. Golub has been appointed as an interim commissioner of the Department of Public Works for the City of Saratoga Springs, New York. He will serve until a November special election.

Daniel F. Zimmerman has joined Kramer Levin’s New York office as a partner in the corporate department. He joins the firm from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he was senior counsel. 

2002

Margaret Isa Butler joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the business practice group and on the mergers and acquisitions team, based in the firm’s New York office. She was previously general counsel at CMORQ.

Scott D. Ostfeld has joined the board of directors of TreeHouse Foods. He is currently partner of JANA Partners and co-portfolio manager of its engaged investing strategy JANA Strategic Investments. 

Elizabeth Karpinski Vonne has been appointed executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Advanced Energy. She was previously vice president, legal; general counsel; and secretary at Mesa Laboratories. 

2004

Paul M. Kessimian has been elected co-managing partner of Partridge Snow & Hahn. He joined the firm in 2006 as an associate before being promoted to partner and then chair of the litigation practice group. 

Jose Otavio Singer LL.M. was appointed chief product officer of Cardlytics, a digital advertising platform. He was previously head of business solutions at Nextdoor. 

Wally Suphap recently won the Fish Short Memoir Prize for his story, “Thirteen Ways of Interrogating an Incident.” Prior to pursuing creative writing, he practiced law for several years as a corporate attorney in New York and Hong Kong.

2005

Patrick W. Pearsall, through Columbia Law Schools International Claims and Reparations Project, has been named as a legal advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on reparations issues. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Allen & Overy. 

Christopher Wimmer has joined 4Front as general counsel. He previously served as in-house vice president of legal at Agrify Corporation. 

2007

Jyotsna Balakrishnan LL.M. was recently named one of Michigan’s “Go To Lawyers for Business Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. She is an attorney and partner at Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss.

2008

Jared A. Ellias has joined the faculty of Harvard Law School, writing and teaching about corporate bankruptcy law and the governance of large firms. He was the Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business Law and the faculty director of the Center for Business Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Charlotte Camilla Jacobsen LL.M. joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group, based in the New York office. She was previously a partner in the New York office of Ropes & Gray. 

Erin Wiggins has joined Williams Lea as general counsel. She was most recently general counsel for TS Tech Americas.

2010

Neelanjan “Neel” Maitra has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a corporate partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He joins the firm’s securities regulatory and complex transactions group after serving as a senior special counsel in the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  

Donna A. Mizrahi has been promoted to counsel at Hemenway & Barnes in Boston. Before joining the firm, she was a litigation associate at Ropes & Gray and a staff attorney at the Volunteer Lawyers Project.

Vivek K. Mohan has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the firm’s Palo Alto, California office and as co-chair of the firm’s artificial intelligence and automated systems practice group. He was previously a partner at Mayer Brown. 

Derek R. Mullins has been added to Butzel’s litigation and dispute resolution practice area. He is a shareholder in the firm’s Detroit office. 

Julian B. Perez has been promoted to chief legal officer at dentalcorp. He was most recently senior vice president, legal, risk, and compliance at the company. 

2011

Jamie Chai Yun Liew LL.M. published her first novel, Dandelion. She is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and host of the podcast Migration Conversations.  

Alexander M.M. Uballez was sworn in as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico. He was previously an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico. 

Natalie Miller Williams was honored at the 2022 Corporate Counsel Awards. She is currently senior counsel and enterprise privacy leader at Chick-fil-A Corporate.  

2012

Francisco Bachiller LL.M. has been promoted to legal director at DLA Piper, based in the firm’s Madrid office. He previously worked at Clifford Chance and Freshfields in Madrid and London.

Gregory D. Howling was included on Law360’s “Rising Stars” list. He is a partner in the debt finance practice of Kirkland & Ellis. 

Vanessa L. Jackson was included on Law360’s “Rising Stars” list. She was also recognized in the 2022 edition of the International Financial Law Review’s annual “IFLR1000 Women Leaders” list. She is a partner in the finance practice of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Serafima Krikunova McTigue has joined UkraineNow.org as an adviser. She currently works at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an enforcement attorney. 

Joshua N. Lerner has been named partner in Morrison Foerster’s executive compensation group and tax department, based in New York. He was most recently a partner in the New York office of McDermott Will & Emery. 

2013

Bhavya G. Mohan LL.M. has joined Argus Partners from Arista Chambers, where she was an advocate, as partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice in Bangalore, India. 

Abbie R. Pappas has joined the trusts and estates practice group as counsel in the Cleveland office of Ulmer & Berne. She was previously an estate planning attorney at Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co.

Liliana Zaragoza will lead the Racial Justice Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, where she is an associate clinical professor. She most recently worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

2014

Daniel W. Hatten joined McDermott Will & Emery’s private client practice as a partner based in New York. He was most recently at Proskauer Rose.

Matias Hercovich LL.M. has joined Tekmovil as global general counsel. He joins the company from Crystal Lagoons, where he was general counsel. 

2015

Hannah M. Lepow was included on Law360’s “Rising Stars” list. She is currently legal advisor to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks at the Federal Communications Commission.

Danar Respati Sunartoputra LL.M. was featured in Asia Business Law Journal’s “Future Legal Leaders.” He is a partner at Melli Darsa & Co., a member law firm of the PricewaterhouseCoopers global network, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

2016

Felipe A. Fruhling LL.M. was promoted to partner at the Chilean law firm Guerrero Olivos. He is a member of the energy, environmental, and natural resources practice group.

Gulika Reddy LL.M. has joined Stanford Law School’s Mills Legal Clinic faculty as the new director of the International Human Rights Clinic. Most recently, she was the acting director of the Human Rights Clinic and co-executive director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School. 

2018

Christopher Morel has been appointed by New York Mayor Eric Adams to the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. He is currently a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. 

Keiji Nasuda LL.M. was promoted to partner at DLA Piper, based in the firm’s Tokeyo office. He primarily works on complex labor disputes.

2019 

Allyson N. Werner has joined San Diego-based law firm Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as an associate in the litigation department. She joins the firm from the New York office of Sidley Austin, where she was an associate.  

1968

David Hawkins was named a fellow in the atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is director of the Climate Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

1969

Stephen Rubin has joined the advisory board of Streamline Media Group. He recently retired from a 52-year career in IP law. 

1971

Marc J. Sternbaum has joined the Miami office of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson as of counsel in its real estate and affordable housing practice groups. He was previously of counsel at Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez. 

1976

Jay Newman’s novel, Undermoney, described as “an electrifying thriller about a group of American operatives who secretly take over the world’s largest dark money fund,” was published in January 2022. He is a former hedge fund portfolio manager.

1982

Carol Baldwin Moody was mentioned as a notable Black leader in the 2022 edition of Crain’s New York Business. She is president and CEO of Legal Momentum.

Dennis M. Toft has been selected for the 2022 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters. He is currently a member and chair of the environmental law group at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. 

1983

Dennis J. Duffy has been appointed chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education by Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee. He is an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School. 

1984

Peter Lehner co-wrote a book titled Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, released in December 2021. The book “examines the policies and legal reforms necessary to accelerate the adoption of practices that can make agriculture in the United States climate-neutral or better.” He is currently managing attorney, sustainable food and farming at Earthjustice. 

1985

Lanny Breuer received Columbia University’s John Jay Award. He is currently vice chair of Covington & Burling.

Scott Miller has been named co-chair of Sullivan & Cromwell. Miller has served as a vice chair of the firm since January 2021. 

1987

Sharon L. Davies has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. She was most recently provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College. 

1988

Nadia Dombrowski has joined MetaBank as EVP and chief legal officer. She was previously senior vice president and general counsel for Safrapay.

1989

Eduardo Cukier has joined the New York office of Olshan Frome Wolosky as a partner and chair of the tax practice. He was previously a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle.

Maya Wiley has been named president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She was most recently a candidate for New York City mayor. 

1990

Vineet Bhatia has been elected managing partner of Susman Godfrey. He joined the firm in 1996 and is a long-serving member of the firm’s executive committee.

Rudy Carmenaty has been named the new deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Social Services. He is currently president of the Columbia Law School Association. 

Jason Solotaroff has been appointed deputy general counsel of WealthIntel. He remains associated with Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson, where his practice involves litigation and counseling in the employment and commercial spaces.

1993

Mylan Denerstein was named as a federal monitor overseeing the New York Police Department stop and frisk case, Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. She is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

1994

Anne E. Robinson has been appointed as a non-executive director of the board of National Grid. She is currently managing director, general counsel, corporate secretary, and executive committee member at Vanguard.

1995

Richard P. “Rich” Marshall has been named partner in the Dallas office of Duane Morris in the real estate practice group. He was previously a partner at Conner & Winters.

George Schultze has joined the board of directors of Clever Leaves Holdings. He is the founder and managing member of Schultze Asset Management.

1996

Gordon M. Bobb has been elected name partner at Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. He has been a partner at the firm since 2008.

Ronald L. Israel has been selected for the 2022 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters. He is a member and general counsel at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. 

Brad Meltzer’s novel The Lightning Rod, the second in his Zig and Nola series, was published in March 2022. He has written 12 other thriller novels and hosts “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” on the History Channel. 

Alden Millard has been elected to serve as chairman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He is a partner in the corporate department of the firm’s New York office. 

Ben Silbert has been named managing director, general counsel, and chief compliance officer of Avista Capital Partners. Silbert was one of the founding members of the firm in 2005.

1997

Ryan Smith has been promoted to permanent co-anchor of SportsCenter. He will continue his role as a legal analyst across multiple ESPN platforms and for ABC News.

1999

Stéphanie Rutten LL.M. has been appointed CEO of AmCham Belgium. She was most recently a partner at Whyte Corporate Affairs.

2000

Laura Weintraub Beck has been named chairman and managing director of Cummings & Lockwood. Beck works out of the Greenwich, Connecticut, office and is the first woman to serve as chairman.

2002

Cindy Chung has been appointed vice chair on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s advisory committee. She was appointed as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania in November 2021.

Jason S. Kerr is a newly appointed shareholder in the Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Robinson Bradshaw practicing in the areas of investment management, fund formation, and general corporate law. He was previously an attorney at the firm.

2004

Christopher J. Brummer has joined the board of directors of K2 Integrity. He is the Agnes N. Williams Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and the faculty director of Georgetown’s Institute of International Economic Law.

Adria Perez was named president of the Atlanta Volunteers Lawyers Foundation board of directors. She is currently a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where her practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. 

Reid Skibell has been named a partner in the New York office of Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes in the commercial litigation practice. He was previously a partner at Harris St. Laurent. 

Roy Taub has joined the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office of Greenspoon Marder as a partner in the litigation practice group. He was most recently an attorney at the firm. 

2006

Selyn Hong was promoted to vice president of human resources at National Public Radio, where she was most recently senior director of employee and labor relations and investigations.

2007

Radoslaw Michalak LL.M. has joined the New York office of Goodwin Procter as a partner specializing in complex cross-border capital markets transactions. He was previously counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Cason Moore has been named of counsel in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in the private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets practices. He was previously counsel at Vinson & Elkins.  

David Pitluck has been appointed business and securities fraud chief at the Eastern District of New York. He was previously ​​a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell. 

2008

Michael K. Plumb has been selected for the 2022 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters. He is a member at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. 

2010

Abram Seaman-Baldaro has joined the New York office of Vinson & Elkins as counsel in the real estate practice. He was previously an associate at the firm.

2011

Jamie Liew wrote a novel titled Dandelion. She is currently an associate professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.

2009

Melissa Hazell Davis has been promoted to member of Griesing Law’s commercial litigation and employment practice groups. She is also co-chair of the confidential and sensitive investigations practice group.

Matthew Gurgel has been named a partner in the New York office of Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, representing clients in commercial litigation and enforcement matters. He was previously an associate at the firm. 

Nathan Horst has joined the New York office of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker as a member of the Germany practice. He was previously of counsel at the firm.

2011

Ben Grossman has joined the Tallahassee, Florida, office of Foley & Lardner as a partner in the government solutions practice. He was previously senior counsel at the firm.

Ryan Keats has been promoted to partner in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster in the litigation department and as part of the securities litigation, enforcement, and white collar defense group. He was previously an associate at the firm.

Madalyn Miller has joined the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the asset backed finance practice and as co-chair of the transportation and space practice group. She was previously a partner at Clifford Chance US. 

2012

Lauren Brodgon has joined the energy litigation practice of the Houston office of Haynes and Boone as a partner. She was previously a senior associate at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Art Cavazos has been promoted to partner in the San Antonio, Texas, office of Jackson Walker focused on complex financial transactions and other commercial matters. He was previously an attorney at the firm.

Russell Gallaro is now senior counsel in the New York office of Bracewell with a focus on complex commercial litigation matters. He was most recently an associate at the firm. 

Matthew Ladner has joined the Los Angeles office of Troutman Pepper as a partner in the business litigation practice. He was previously an associate at the firm.

Camille Paulus has been named counsel in the New York office of Seward & Kissel in the real estate group. She was previously an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Courtney D. E. Smith has joined the finance practice of the New York office of Haynes and Boone as a partner. She was previously an associate at the firm. 

2013

Abby Branigan has joined the Dallas office of Vinson & Elkins as counsel in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice. She was previously an associate at the firm.

Stosh Silivos has joined the litigation section of the New York office of Holland & Knight as a partner. He was previously an associate at the firm.

Liliana Zaragoza will lead a new racial justice clinic at University of Minnesota Law School beginning next fall. She is currently an associate clinical professor. 

2014

Matthew Dias is one of three attorneys founding the new Dallas office of Knox Ricksen. He is currently an associate at the firm focusing on litigation of complex civil matters. 

Lissette A. Duran received a 2022 Hispanic National Bar Association “Top Lawyers Under 40” award. She is a senior associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in the sustainability and environmental, social, and governance advisory practice.

Vanessa Wheeler has joined the Seattle office of Miller Nash as a partner in the litigation and franchise and distribution practices. She was previously an associate at the firm.

2015

Zila Acosta-Grimes received a 2022 Hispanic National Bar Association “Top Lawyers Under 40” award. She is a member of Debevoise & Plimpton’s financial institutions group in New York.

1968

U.W. Clemon has had a new elementary school in Alabama named after him. He was Alabama’s first Black federal judge and has since retired from the bench.

1969

Charles E. Williams III has been named a recipient of the Building Trades Employers’ Association’s 2021 Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Leadership Award. He is a partner in the New York office of construction law firm Peckar & Abramson. 

1972

Roger S. Clark ’68 LL.M, ’72 J.S.D. has retired from the position of Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers Law School. He taught at Rutgers for 49 years, having previously taught at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and at the University of Iowa.

1975

Sherry Peltz Leiwant and Dina Bakst have won the 2021 Heinz Award for the Economy for their efforts on behalf of all workers and for advocating for policy that is fair to working families. They will share an unrestricted cash award of $250,000. Leiwant and Bakst are co-founders and co-presidents of A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center.

1978

Jeffrey B. Golden has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel Honoris Causa by Queen Elizabeth II. He is currently joint head of chambers at 3 Hare Court. 

1979

William H. Woolverton was named an operating partner of Altamont Capital Partners. He was most recently senior compliance adviser at Cipperman Compliance Services.

1983

Matthew H. Adler’s book Arbitration: Cases, Problems, and Practice (Second Edition) (2021) was published by Carolina Academic Press. The book presents current case law and real-world practice pointers to teach future lawyers how to win their arbitration cases from the earliest procedural stage.

1987

Lori T. Landew has been named general counsel of Audible, where she was previously vice president, content legal. 

1988

Jon M. Garon wrote a book titled Parenting for the Digital Generation (2022). He is director of the intellectual property, cybersecurity, and technology law program at Shepard Broad College of Law.

David I. Goldman, who was most recently an administrative law judge for U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is now the chief counsel for NLRB Board Member David Prouty.

Aleida Martinez Molina has joined AXS Law Group as a partner in the firm’s Miami office and serves as one of six Subchapter V Trustees in the Southern District of Florida. She was previously a partner at Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman.

1995

Monique T. D. Truong has won the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. She is known for her best-selling novels The Book of Salt (2003), Bitter in the Mouth (2010), and The Sweetest Fruits (2019). 

1996

Orly D. Erez-Likhovski LL.M. was appointed director of the Israel Religious Action Center, an Israeli human rights organization promoting freedom of religion and fighting discrimination on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation, and religion.

Katharine L. Strobos’s debut novel Partner Pursuit was published in October 2021. 

1997

Jennifer R. Cowan BC ’91 has been awarded the 2021 Public Interest Law Leadership Award by The Legal Aid Society. She is currently pro bono counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton.

Ramcess Jean-Louis has joined Pfizer as global chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. Most recently, he had been a DEI leader at Verizon and Comcast NBCUniversal.

1998

Kristin E. Ballinger was appointed as a judge to the King County Superior Court by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. She was previously a partner at Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen.

Stuart E. Pollack has joined the New York office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as a partner on the patent litigation team. He was most recently a partner in the New York office of DLA Piper.

1999

Dylan Willoughby has recently had poetry published in Sledgehammer Lit, The Laurel Review, The Sparrow’s Trombone, Bloom Magazine, Fahmidan Journal, Goat’s Milk Magazine, ZiN Daily, and Melbourne Culture Corner. 

2000

Laura Weintraub Beck was named firm-wide chairman and managing director of Cummings & Lockwood. She is based in the Greenwich, Connecticut, office and focuses her practice on estate planning. 

Tara L. Newman was appointed to serve as a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newman has served as deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General since 2008.

Emily C. Sharko has been named partner and chief operating officer of VCP Ventures. She was most recently a partner, chief operating officer, and a member of the investment committee at Pine Brook. 

2001

Julissa Reynoso was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra on December 18, 2021. She was previously co-chair (along with Jennifer Klein ’90) of the White House Gender Policy Council, assistant to the president, and chief of staff to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

2003

Myrna Pérez was confirmed as a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on October 25, 2021. She was previously the director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

2004

Sabrina N. Conyers joined McGuireWoods’ tax and employee benefits department as a partner in the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office. She was most recently a partner in the tax and benefits practice at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.

Valentina M. Morales was appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as a Criminal Court judge. She was most recently senior director of justice initiatives at The Fedcap Group.

2006

Samantha Dowd Elliott was confirmed by the Senate as a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She was most recently a partner and vice president of Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell.

Lucy J. Lang was appointed New York State Inspector General on November 29, 2021. She previously served as director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan.

Vincent Lin has joined the Shanghai office of O'Melveny & Myers as a partner in the capital markets practice. He was previously counsel at the firm. 

2007

Gerald Brant CC ’04 has joined the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in the corporate department. He was previously a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

Kerry Fitzgerald Shriver BUS ’08 has joined the Boston office of Proskauer Rose as a partner in the private funds group. She has been with the firm since 2015. 

Michael C. Grossman has joined the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb as a partner, practicing at the intersection of corporate, commercial, entertainment, tax, and intellectual property law. He has been with the firm since 2016. 

George Ashdown Samuel III has been named general counsel and corporate secretary at Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc. He was most recently director, senior counsel for Lytx Inc.

2008

Keith J. Miller has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. He was most recently in private practice at Fennemore Craig.

2009

Laura M. Gonzalez was appointed to serve as a judge on the Miami-Dade County Court by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. She was most recently of counsel at Kobre & Kim.  

Joshua A. Hartman has joined Merchant & Gould as a partner and head of the ITC Section 337 group in the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia office. He was most recently a partner at Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg.  

P. Dilen Kumar has joined the Dallas office of Katten Muchin Rosenman as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice. He was previously a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis.

Jeffrey T. Mispagel has joined the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the restructuring and special situations practice. He was previously an associate attorney at the firm. 

2010

Robert M. Corp has joined Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria as a junior partner in the firm’s Buffalo, New York, office, with a focus on plaintiff’s personal injury litigation and commercial litigation. He was most recently an attorney at Shipman & Goodwin. 

Seth R. Niedermayer has joined the New York office of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel as a partner in the real estate practice. He was previously an associate at the firm. 

Deborah S. Weinberg has joined the New York office of Morrison Cohen as a partner in the corporate department. She has been with the firm since 2014.

2011

Maxine Bedat’s book, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment (2021), has been named as a Best Book 2021 by the Financial Times in both the business and style categories. 

Scott A. McKinney has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in the technology transactions practice group. He was previously of counsel at the firm. 

2012

Sebastian Alsheimer LL.M. has joined the New York office of Olshan Frome Wolosky as a partner in the shareholder activism practice. He was previously in private credit at Global Infrastructure Partners.

Conrad J. Coutinho has been promoted to counsel in the Houston office of Sidley Austin. He was previously an associate with the firm and focuses on litigation and dispute resolution for energy and financial industry participants.

Michelle Nicole Diamond CC ’08 has joined the New York office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues and the legal and regulatory landscape around controlled substances. She has been with the firm since 2015. 

William K. Hackett has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the public company representation practice. He was previously an associate at the firm. 

Marshall J. Hogan has been elected secretary of the executive board of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. Hogan was also nominated by the Public Law Center to receive the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services. He is currently a commercial litigation and business bankruptcy attorney at Snell & Wilmer. 

Anne Löhner LL.M. has joined the Munich office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the complex commercial litigation practice. She was previously an associate at the firm.

Jordan H. McDonnel has joined the Austin, Texas, office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in the corporate practice group. He has been with the firm since 2018.

Matthew S. McElroy has joined the New York office of Robinson+Cole as counsel in the real estate and development group. He was previously an associate at the firm. 

Ilona C. Potiha Laor CC ’09 has joined the New York office of Allen & Overy as a partner in its U.S. leveraged finance practice. She was most recently counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

​​Joseph E. Reich has joined the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel as a partner in the tax practice. He has been with the firm since 2019.

Thomas G. Sprankling has joined the Palo Alto, California, office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner, with a focus on novel legal issues and appeals. He has been with the firm since 2017. 

Shannon M. Thompson has been promoted to counsel in the investment funds group in the Dallas office of Sidley Austin. She was previously an associate at the firm.  

2013

M. Marcela Ruenes Rosa LL.M. has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the banking practice. She was previously an associate at the firm. 

Leah R. Sauter has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions practice. She was previously an associate at the firm.  

2014

Joseph Dudek has joined the Baltimore office of Kramon & Graham as an associate in the insurance coverage group. He joins the firm after serving as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland. 

Leigh Anne St. Charles has joined Sanford Heisler Sharp as a partner in the employment discrimination and financial services practice group and has been named managing partner of the Nashville, Tennessee, office. She was previously senior litigation counsel at the firm. 

Ogechi N. Tesic has joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in the national securities and corporate finance practice group. She was most recently counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

Crystal Venning has joined Houston-based Hicks Thomas as senior counsel, with a focus on complex commercial litigation. She was most recently an associate at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing. 

Nana A. Wilberforce MSPH ’14 has joined the Los Angeles office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as a partner, with a focus on regulatory and government affairs matters involving antitrust and competition. She has been with the firm since 2014. 

2015

Merrow L. A. Golden LL.M. was selected as a rising star at the Bar by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. She is currently a barrister at Francis Taylor Building. 

2016

Mikaël Schinazi LL.M. wrote a book titled The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration, which was published by the Cambridge University Press in December 2021. 

2017

M. Josefina Blanco LL.M. has joined Nuvocargo as legal and compliance lead. She was most recently an associate in the banking and finance group of Galicia Mexico. 

1968

T. Patrick Ford Jr. was recognized by the Florida Bar for 50 years of membership. 

1969

Rene V. Murai was recognized by the Florida Bar for 50 years of membership. He is currently a partner at Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Garro in the firm’s Miami office.

Stuart Rabinowitz has retired from his position as president of Hofstra University after a 20-year tenure. 

1979

Richard A. Zansitis will retire from his role as vice president and general counsel at Rice University at the end of 2021, after a 20-year tenure. 

1980

Thomas E. Rothman has been nominated to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by President Joe Biden. He is chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group. 

1981

Annette L. Nazareth has joined the board of directors of MoneyLion and Broadridge Financial Solutions. She is currently senior counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell. 

1982

Jocelyn Samuels was designated vice chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from her role as a commissioner. She was most recently executive director of the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

1983

Sue Biniaz has joined the Department of State under Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. 

Beryl A. Howell, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., addressed the Class of 2020 at Bryn Mawr College in August. 

Brenda Mallory was confirmed by the Senate to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She was most recently director of regulatory policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center.

1985

John J. Sullivan will continue to serve as U.S. ambassador to Russia. He was appointed to the role in December 2019 by President Donald J. Trump.

Carolyn E. Taylor has joined the board of directors of Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. Taylor was a partner at Covington & Burling for more than 15 years, where she was a corporate attorney.

1986

Carol A. DiBattiste LL.M. has joined QOMPLX as general counsel and corporate secretary. She was previously chief legal and compliance officer at Comscore.

Andrew I. Koven LL.M. was elected to the board of directors of NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals. He is currently the lead independent director of Kala Pharmaceuticals.

1988

Antony J. Blinken was confirmed on January 26 as secretary of state with bipartisan approval in the Senate. 

Allan J. Borkow has been appointed senior legal counsel Americas/head of legal for North America at Commonwealth Bank. He was previously a director in the legal department of Barclays Bank.

1990

Jennifer L. Klein was named co-chair of the newly formed White House Gender Policy Council. She joins the Biden administration after working at Time’s Up.

1992

Dan Abrams will host a one-hour primetime talk show for NewsNation. He is currently chief legal affairs anchor for ABC News. 

Sharon Farman Cooper has joined Cuddy & Feder as a partner in the firm’s trusts, estates, and elder law practice. She was most recently a partner at McLaughlin & Stern. 

1993

Sheila S. Boston was named to The American Lawyer’s inaugural list of Northeast Trailblazers. She is currently a partner in Arnold & Porter’s product liability litigation practice and president of the New York Bar Association. 

Eric D. Hargan has joined the inaugural advisory board of HealthTrackRx. He is also a member of the board of directors of University Hospitals. 

Don I. More has been named managing director in Lincoln International’s technology, media, and telecom group. He previously led JMP Securities cybersecurity investment banking practice as a managing director.

1994

Tia A. Counts has been appointed chief diversity officer at MSCI. She previously served as global head of diversity and inclusion for JP Morgan’s asset and wealth management business.

Daniel F. Feldman joined the Department of State as chief of staff and counselor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. He was previously co-lead of Covington & Burling’s Global Problem Solving Initiative.

1995

Ayşe Yüksel Mahfoud has been appointed global head of corporate, M&A, and securities at Norton Rose Fulbright. A member of the firm’s global executive committee, she works in both New York and Istanbul, serving as partner-in-charge of the Turkish office.

1996

Ronald L. Israel was featured as a Top Lawyer in the June/July 2021 issue of Morris/Essex Health & Life Magazine. He is a member and general counsel in the New Jersey office of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. 

Ben Wiener published his debut business fiction novel, Murder at First Principles. He currently manages Jumpspeed Ventures.

1997

Devjani H. Mishra has been elected as a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in the Class of 2021. She is currently a shareholder at Littler. 

1998

Joshua R. Hill was appointed vice president and chief counsel at Hobbs Brook Real Estate. He was most recently global lead counsel, real estate at GE. 

Samira Shah has joined WWE as general counsel and corporate secretary. Most recently, Shah served as general counsel and corporate secretary at Moda Operandi.

1999

Jennifer Johnson Burns was awarded the 2021 Corporate Counsel Award in the Community Champion category. She is senior vice president of U.S. Legal at Equifax.

Brett H. McGurk joined the National Security Council as coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.

Quentin L. Messer Jr. BUS ’99 has been named CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. He was most recently president and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance. 

Dylan Willoughby has new poems forthcoming in The Laurel Review, Vulnerary Magazine, Bloom Magazine (Scotland), and Fahmidan Journal. He is at work on two new albums under his music moniker “Lost in Stars.”

2000

Kristen M. Clarke was confirmed by the Senate as assistant attorney general for the civil rights division in the Department of Justice. She was previously president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

2001

Elisabeth M. Martin has joined the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the capital markets and public company representation practices. She joined Latham from Kirkland and Ellis. 

Sarah A. Mudho has been appointed to the board of trustees of Connecticut College. She is general counsel and chief compliance officer at Wellspring Capital Management.

2002

Diahann J. Billings-Burford has joined the board of directors of Strava. She is currently CEO of RISE. 

Sharon L. Crane has been named president of Practising Law Institute. She was most recently executive director of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Dina L. Hamerman has been promoted to executive director at Yankwitt. She has been with the firm for more than 10 years. 

Hope Averbach Mohr has written a book titled Shifting Cultural Power: Case Studies & Questions in Performance, which discusses shared leadership models in the live arts. 

Margaret L. Taylor was named general counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She was most recently a fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare.

Chen Yehudai J.S.D. ’09, LL.M. ’02 has joined K Health as its first general counsel. She was previously vice president and general counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals.

2003

Jacquelyn Rasulo Kasulis has been appointed acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She had served as chief assistant U.S. attorney since March 2021.

2004

H. Gregory Baker has joined the New York office of Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner in the firm’s litigation department and chair of its securities litigation group. He is also a member of the firm’s white collar defense and investigations group.

2005

Matthew J. Bacal has joined the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in the firm’s IP and tech transactions and data privacy and cybersecurity practices. He advises clients on IP, technology, media, and privacy issues arising from their operations and commercial transactions.

Dimple Chaudhary will serve as deputy general counsel for Nationwide Resource Protection Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency. She was previously deputy litigation director at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Grant H. Dowd has joined the Los Angeles office of Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s finance practice. He concentrates on real estate finance and investment transactions.

Nicholas L. McQuaid has been appointed principal deputy assistant attorney general and named acting assistant attorney general for the criminal division in the Department of Justice. He was previously a partner at Latham & Watkins in the firm’s New York office. 

Kate R. Weisburd was awarded the Reidenberg-Kerr Award for Outstanding Scholarship by a Junior Scholar at the 2021 Privacy Law Scholars Conference. She is an associate professor of law at George Washington University Law School. 

Jang Hyuk Yeo has joined the Seoul, South Korea office of Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its global corporate practice. Yeo focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, foreign investments, private equity transactions, and other general corporate matters.

2007

Bezalel A. Stern has joined the Washington D.C. office of Kelley Drye & Warren as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice. He focuses on complex commercial litigation.  

Scott R. Wilson has been named a 2021 Law360 Compliance Rising Star. He is a partner in the New York office of DLA Piper, advising clients in government and internal investigations, white collar criminal matters, and complex litigation.

2008

Christine Chang has joined HF Foods Group as general counsel and chief compliance officer. She was previously vice president of legal affairs, labor relations, and litigation at Boyd Gaming

Gabriel Reyes has joined the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is based in Dallas, where he has a state and federal criminal defense practice.

2009

Melissa Hazell Davis was included in the 2022 edition of the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.” She is a senior associate in Griesing Law’s commercial litigation practice group. 

Mary Beth Houlihan Phipps has joined the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the firm’s environmental, social, and governance and impact practice group. She advises clients across a range of industries, including chemical manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, health care, real estate, and retail.

Kathryn C. Isom-Clause was appointed deputy assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. She was most recently the vice chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Kirsten C. Jackson has joined the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the litigation and trial department and as a member of the complex commercial litigation practice. She has also been recognized in the Daily Journal’s California 40 under 40 list.

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray LL.M. has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory practice in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was previously solicitor general for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Teddy N. Nemeroff has been appointed to serve on the White House’s National Security Council as director for international cyber policy. He was previously a senior adviser for cyber policy at the National Security Agency and an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

2010

Travis J. Annatoyn has joined the Biden administration as deputy solicitor for Energy and Mineral Resources at the Department of the Interior. He most recently served as managing senior counsel at Democracy Forward

Melvin L. Felton II was recognized by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, as a 2021 Rising Star. He was also named to the Daily Journal’s California 40 under 40 list. He is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Sanders Roberts. 

David M. Gest has joined the Philadelphia office of Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice. He concentrates on zoning and land use matters. 

Jennifer Sokoler BC ’06 joined the White House Counsel’s Office as associate counsel after serving as counsel to the Foreign and National Security Policy team on the Biden-Harris Transition. She was previously counsel at O’Melveny & Meyers in the New York office. 

2011

Sheila R. Adams has joined the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in the firm’s antitrust and competition practice. Her practice focuses on antitrust investigations and litigation and the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

Levi M. Downing has joined the New York office of Kelley Drye & Warren as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice. He focuses on complex commercial litigation. 

Kahlil C. Williams has joined the Philadelphia office of Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s litigation practice. He represents clients in government and internal investigations, securities litigation and corporate governance disputes, actions arising from federal and state election laws, and other litigation matters.

2012

Adam L. Shpeen has joined the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in the firm’s restructuring practice. He represents debtors, creditors, banks, hedge funds, and other strategic financial actors in connection with complex chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings.

Thomas G. Sprankling has been named to the Daily Journal’s California 40 under 40 list. He is counsel in the Palo Alto, California, office of WilmerHale. 

2013

Z. Payvand Ahdout has joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law. She was previously an academic fellow at Columbia Law.

Justin E. Hebenstreit has joined the Portland, Oregon, office of Miller Nash as special counsel. He joins the firm’s financial services department, advising banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions on a variety of issues.

2014

Jasmine A. Bolton has been appointed senior counsel in the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education. She was previously a senior staff attorney at the Bail Project and was a policy analyst for the Warren for President campaign. 

2015

Elliott A.O. Dawes LL.M. has been appointed chief diversity officer at Baruch College. He was most recently chief diversity officer for institutional equity and inclusion at SUNY Empire State College.

2020

Narayan Subramanian SEAS ’13 joined the Department of Energy as legal advisor in the Office of General Counsel. He was previously a visiting research fellow at the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

1982

Dennis M. Toft was included in the 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers and has been recognized by NJBIZ’s 2021 Leaders in Law program. He is a member and chair of the environmental law group at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC in West Orange, New Jersey. 

1983

David C. Bloomfield was included in the 2021 Education Power 100 list by City & State New York. He is professor of Educational Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College. 

1985

Inajo Davis Chappell has been appointed to the board of trustees of the MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a partner at Ulmer & Berne and is group leader of the firm’s nonprofit group and school law. 

Maureen A. Glackin has joined Rivkin Radler as an associate in the firm’s Uniondale, New York, office. She focuses on estate planning for individual clients, estate and gift taxation, and estate and trust administration.

Nicholas A. Gravante Jr.  has joined the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as a partner and head of its commercial litigation practice. He was previously the co-managing partner of Boies Schiller Flexner.

1986

Rockard J. Delgadillo has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys list. He is currently a partner in DLA Piper’s real estate practice. 

Nobuhisa Ishizuka was selected as the new chair and president of the board of directors of USRowing, the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. He is currently the executive director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School.

1988

Nicholas R. Williams has joined Dentons as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He joins the firm’s corporate practice from his most recent role as partner at Clifford Chance US.

1989

Susan E. Liautaud’s book, The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World, was published by Simon & Schuster.

1990

Jared L. Landaw has been appointed vice president and general counsel for Carrols Restaurant Group Inc. He was previously chief operating officer and general counsel of Barington Capital Group.

1991

Nina L. Burnett was appointed director of investigative services at AF Group. She will lead claim fraud investigations for an insurance group that specializes in workers’ compensation.

1993

Don I. More has joined Lincoln International as a managing director in the firm’s technology, media, and telecom group. He previously led JMP Securities cybersecurity investment banking practice as managing director.

1994

Jose Ramon Gonzalez has been named chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Equitable Holdings Inc. He was previously executive vice president and general counsel for CNA Insurance. 

1995

David P. Burns has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Burns is returning to the firm after serving in senior positions in both the criminal division and national security division in the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Ayşe Yüksel Mahfoud has been appointed global head of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities at Norton Rose Fulbright. A member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee, she works in both New York and Istanbul, serving as partner-in-charge of the Turkish office.

1996

Ronald L. Israel was included in the 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers. He is a member and general counsel at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi in West Orange, New Jersey. 

1998

Nicholas O. Isaacson has joined FisherBroyles as a corporate partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He will represent institutions in secured financings, M&A, and public-private partnerships, including sports wagering. 

Michelle J. Shapiro was named global vice-chair of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association. She is a partner and white collar criminal defense attorney at Arent Fox. 

1999

Hillel N. Jacobson has joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner in the global tax practice in the firm’s New York office. He was previously a tax partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

2000

Taryn A. Merkl has been selected to serve as a magistrate judge by the Board of Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was previously senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and also served for more than 16 years as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. 

Jonathan R. Sacks has been appointed to the Task Force on Forensic Science by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. He is currently the director of the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office.

2001

Barbara Dorsey Miller has joined The Energy Authority as general counsel and chief legal officer. She was previously first vice president, associate general counsel, and director of strategy at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.

2002

Todd E. Lundell has joined the Orange County, California, office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the appellate practice group. He was previously a partner at Snell & Wilmer. 

Jennifer Morrison Ersin has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as counsel in the construction practice group. She was previously a special partner at Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison. 

2003

Oluwashola “Shola” Akanbi Ajewole has been named to the newly formed position of senior vice president of creative and cultural diversity at FX. Ajewole first joined FX in 2016 as vice president of business affairs.

Michael L. Fox’s guidebook on electronic law, Primer for an Evolving eWorld, has been accepted into the Library of Congress permanent collection and catalog. He is currently assistant professor and pre-law adviser in the School of Business at Mount Saint Mary College.

Jacquelyn R. Kasulis was appointed chief assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She was previously chief of the office’s business and securities fraud section.

2004

Sabrina N. Conyers was named a 2021 Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer. She is a corporate tax attorney and partner in the Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. 

Benjamin L. Stewart has joined Bailey Brauer as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. His practice focuses on representing clients in federal and state courts in complex litigation matters. 

Wally Suphap has been elected to the board of directors of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholars. He is currently studying creative writing at Columbia University.

2007

Rebecca Schmutter has joined the board of directors of Queens Botanical Garden. She is currently counsel at Farrell Fritz.

2008

Amanda R. Kilroe has been promoted from senior associate attorney to counsel in the Los Angeles office of Vicente Sederberg. She focuses on real estate and land use law, corporate law, and licensing.

Shelita M. Stewart has rejoined the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan Lovells as a partner in the litigation, arbitration, and employment practice group. She was previously senior deputy general counsel at Comcast Corp.

2009

Quinn A. Arntsen has been awarded the North Bay Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 award. He is a partner in the St. Helena, California, office of Farella Braum + Martell, focusing on real estate.  

Adam M. Sparks was elected to membership at Krevolin & Horst in the Atlanta office. He joined the firm in 2016 as a litigation associate and founded the election law practice in 2018.

2010

Timothy J. Carter has joined Goulston & Storrs as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. He will focus on corporate finance, restructuring, and bankruptcy.

2011

Ella R. Aiken has joined Gallagher Evelius & Jones as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore office. She practices in the firm’s litigation and education and health law groups. 

2012

Vinay Bhupathy has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group and healthcare team based in the Century City, California, office. He was previously an associate at the firm.

2015

Emily J. Schultz has joined Robinson Bradshaw as a litigation associate in the firm’s Raleigh, North Carolina, office. She previously practiced at Shearman & Sterling in New York.

2017

Lisa M. McAnearney LL.M. has joined Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna as an associate. She was previously an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.

2019

Kamilah V. Moore has been appointed to the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans by Speaker of the California State Assembly Anthony Rendon. 

1974

Georgia U. Raysman has started a YouTube channel and local TV show called Monday Scoop, an interview program aimed at the over-55 demographic. 

1978

Richard J. Lampen has been named chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors of Vector Group, where he currently serves as executive vice president. He has been with Vector Group for 25 years. 

Lawrence Rutkowski has joined the board of directors of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. He is a partner and senior counsel in the corporate finance department at Seward & Kissel in the firm’s New York office. 

1979 

Lisa A. Gok has been promoted to general counsel at Cetera Financial Group, where she has been deputy general counsel since 2012. She was previously assistant regional director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

1980

Adrienne Randle Bond has joined Crain Caton & James as a shareholder in the corporate, business, and tax area. She was previously general counsel at Fortitude Management Group and principal at The Bond Law Firm.

1981

David K. Peteler has joined Avisen Legal as a shareholder in the firm’s Minneapolis office. He is an entrepreneurial business lawyer with experience in M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, employee buy-outs, and sales of businesses.

1982

Jennifer R. Clarke has stepped down from her role as executive director of the Public Interest Law Center (PILC) after a 14-year tenure. She joined PILC after 15 years as a partner and four years as an associate at the law firm Dechert.

1984

Daniel T. Montoya CC’81 is the new president of Heritage Trust Company of New Mexico in Taos, where he previously served as executive vice president. 

1985

Inajo Davis Chappell is part of Profiles in Diversity Journal’s inaugural list of Black Leaders Worth Watching. She is a partner at Ulmer & Berne and is group leader of the firm’s nonprofit group and school law. 

1987

Michael C. Neus has been named Private Funds Attorney Fellow in the Investment Adviser Regulation Office in the Division of Investment Management by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He was previously general counsel, chief compliance officer, and a member of the management committee at ExodusPoint Capital Management. 

1988 

Y. Ping Sun has joined The Asia Society board of trustees. She is of counsel at Yetter Coleman and has worked in the New York offices of White & Case and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood focusing on corporate and international transactions.

1990

Bernard C. Barmann Jr. was appointed as a judge on the Superior Court of Kern County by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. He was previously a partner at Kuhs & Parker, counsel at O'Melveny & Myers, and a partner at Hirschmann & Barmann.

1992

Tracey E. Kaplan Diamond has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the firm’s Princeton, New Jersey, office. She focuses her practice on workplace matters.

Stephanie Hsieh has been named executive director of Biocom’s Los Angeles office. She was previously president and chief executive officer of Meditope Biosciences Inc. and senior director of intellectual property at Impax Laboratories. 

1993

Sheila S. Boston has been recognized by the National Law Journal as a 2020 Litigation Trailblazer. She is a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and president of the New York City Bar Association.

Deb Carlascio Lienhardt has been named executive vice president of Business Development and Innovation at RWJBarnabas Health. She joined the organization as senior vice president on the Business Development team in 2019 from the health law practice of Brach Eichler.

1994

Tina Scott Polsky has been elected as a Florida state senator. She has served as a Florida state representative since 2018.

David S. Rich released a book titled Executives and Professionals in New York: Your Rights at Work. He is the founding member of The Law Offices of David S. Rich.

1995

Jorge J. Vega Iracelay LL.M. is pursuing his Ph.D. at University Carlos III of Madrid. He is writing his thesis on algorithmic analytics and data protection law in the European Union.

1996

Francisco J. Cerezo has been named a 2020 Florida Trailblazer by the Daily Business Review for founding PRxPR. He is a partner at DLA Piper in the Miami office and is the firm’s co-chair of Latin America Corporate and Finance and the U.S. head of Latin America Corporate. 

Brad Meltzer has joined the board of trustees of the National Archives Foundation. He is the author of The Escape Artist and 11 other bestselling thrillers. 

Donna E. Young LL.M. has been named to Toronto Life’s most influential Torontonians list. She is the inaugural dean of Ryerson University’s Faculty of Law. 

1997

Kimberly M. Mutcherson received the Association of American Law School’s Inaugural Impact Award for her Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project. She is co-dean and professor of law at Rutgers-Camden Law School.

1998

E. Adelle Blackett LL.M., J.S.D. ’04 received the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching from McGill University Faculty of Law. She is the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development and founder and director of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory at McGill. 

Sarah C. Dodds-Brown has joined the board of directors of Party City Holdco Inc. as an independent director. She is executive vice president and managing counsel at American Express.

Gabriel A. Sandoval has been reappointed to California’s Fair Employment and Housing Council as council chair. He is a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in the firm’s Pasadena, California, office. 

Jason A. Zweig has joined Keller Lenkner as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He is a class-action lawyer with experience in antitrust, consumer, products-liability, and securities matters.

2000

Carlos Lobo e Silva LL.M. has joined Hughes Hubbard & Reed as a partner in the firm’s Latin America group based in New York. His practice focuses on M&A, private equity investments, and capital markets.

Brian Y. Sung has joined Haynes and Boone as a partner in the firm’s Financial Transactions (Derivatives) Practice Group in the New York office. He works in the areas of derivatives, commodities, prime brokerage, structured equity/margin lending, cryptocurrency financing, and alternative investments.

2001 

Helen L. Respass received a Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. She is senior legal editor at Practical Law at Thomson Reuters. 

2002

Gregory A. Haile will serve as the 2021 secretary of the board of trustees of Pace Center for Girls. He is currently president of Broward College. 

2003

Dorit Ungar Black LL.M. was named Best in Litigation by Euromoney at the 2020 Women in Business Law Awards. She is a founding partner of Holwell Shuster & Goldberg and was previously a partner in the New York office of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.

Jelena Madir, general counsel of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, edited and co-authored a book titled HealthTech: Law and Regulation, which provides an analysis of a range of legal and regulatory issues associated with the use of technology in healthcare.

2005

Ofonedu-Ime A. Goodwyn has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in the firm’s Miami office. His practice focuses on real estate and commercial transactions.

2006

Dan Krockmalnic was promoted to executive vice president, new media, and general counsel of Boston Globe Media Partners after serving as general counsel since 2017.

Heather M. Schneider was named as a Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by Kids in Need of Defense for her legal work for a teenage boy represented by the organization. She is a partner in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher in the intellectual property department.

2007

Taylor A. Washburn has been elected shareholder at Lane Powell. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation and investigations, including corporate governance, securities, and white-collar matters.

2008

Adiya A. Dixon has been named chief legal officer and secretary for Potbelly Sandwich Shop after serving as senior vice president and senior legal counsel. She was previously director, international counsel and director, corporate counsel for Wendy’s. 

Saad Shabbir Khanani has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in the corporate department in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. His practice focuses on M&A, complex strategic corporate transactions, and venture capital investments.

2009

Charles S. Alovisetti wrote a book titled The Cannabis Business, which provides a high level overview of legal considerations in the industry from the perspective of practitioners. All author profits go to the Last Prisoner Project.

Shmuel Dov Bobker has been promoted to counsel at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer in the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on acquisition financing and refinancing of commercial real estate properties. 

Marc Theodore Makary LL.M. has joined the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the finance department. His practice focuses on project development and finance, construction financings, acquisition financings, and other energy and infrastructure-related secured lending transactions.

Seung-Ju Paik has joined the finance department of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the firm’s New York office. He represents financial institutions in leveraged finance transactions, acquisition financings, debt restructurings, cross-border transactions, and mezzanine and asset-based financings.

2010

Kelly L. Cataldo has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the finance department. Her practice focuses on project finance transactions for energy and infrastructure projects.

J. Michal Zapendowski has joined Sbaiti & Company as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, where he was of counsel. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, legal malpractice, and fraud and tax disputes.

2011

Jacqueline L. Bonneau has joined the litigation department of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as counsel in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and employment law.

Paul H. Davis has joined the Singapore office of Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the corporate department. His practice focuses on cross-border private equity and real estate transactions.

R. Peter Durning has joined the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins as counsel in the litigation and trial department. He practices commercial litigation and advises clients in the music industry on copyright and antitrust issues.

Kristine VanHamersveld Forderer has joined the San Francisco office of The LAKPR Group for Cooley as a partner in the business litigation department. She represents clients in claims involving breach of contract, trade secrets, fraud, securities violations, privacy, and unfair competition.

Jeffrey S. Greenberg was named assistant general manager of the Chicago Cubs. He previously served as director of pro scouting and baseball operations.

Ryan Kim has joined the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on domestic and international debt financings and complex restructurings.

Anne E. Lieberman has joined the Los Angeles office of The LAKPR Group for Cooley as a partner in the M&A department. She represents public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions.

Brittany L. Sukiennik has joined the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in the litigation department. She focuses her practice on general commercial litigation.

Roy Tannenbaum LL.M. has joined the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in the corporate department. He represents financial sponsors, strategic acquirers, special committees of independent directors, and other principals in their capacity as financial advisers in public and private M&A transactions.

2012

Daniel R. Breslin has joined the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the corporate department. His practice focuses on M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate transactions for private equity sponsors and corporate clients.

Jo En Low LL.M. has joined the London office of Bracewell (UK) as a partner in the global energy practice. She represents private equity and other financial investors in the renewable energy space. 

Evan C. Palenschat has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He represents financial institutions and public and private companies.

John L. Schwab has joined Munger, Tolles & Olson as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property disputes and the entertainment industry. 

Jitender S.R. Tanikella LL.M. has joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai, India as counsel. He was previously a partner at Algo Legal in New Delhi and a founding partner of TRA Law.

2013

Michael L. Arnold has joined the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in the corporate department. He advises boards of directors and senior management on corporate governance, public reporting, disclosure, and compliance matters.

Eric D. Jay has been elected as a member in the corporate finance group in the Ann Arbor, Michigan office of Dykema Gossett. He focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including M&A, financings, corporate formation and governance, and commercial agreements.

Matthew G. Jones has joined the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in the corporate department. He represents issuers and investment banks in connection with public and private offerings of securities.

Guido Liniado LL.M. has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the corporate department and Energy and Infrastructure Industry Group and as a member of the Latin America and Capital Markets practices. He advises financial and corporate clients in cross-border finance matters, primarily involving Latin America and the Caribbean.

Andrew M. Wark has joined the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in the corporate department. He focuses his practice on public and private M&A, shareholder activism defense, and general corporate matters.

2016

Irene A. Zoupaniotis LL.M. has joined Farrell Fritz as counsel in the firm’s New York office. She represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

2017

Oneyka Ojogbo LL.M. was named the Private Practice Rising Star by the 2020 African Legal Awards. She is a senior associate attorney at Centurion Law Group’s Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and South Africa offices focused on banking, energy, infrastructure, and project financing.

Gabriel E. Silva Vignoli LL.M. has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He works with public and private companies and private equity investors in connection with M&A, dispositions, and securities offerings.

1962

Michael I. Bernstein was included as a ranked attorney for labor and employment in the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory in New York. He is currently of counsel in the New York office of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC. 

1968

Jill Wine-Banks launched a podcast called Intergenerational Politics that engages all generations in the political process. Wine-Banks was a member of the Watergate prosecution team, is an MSNBC Legal Analyst, and is author of The Watergate Girl.

1969

Robert A. Freedberg was appointed co-chair of a new alternative dispute resolution group at Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor LLC. He is a retired Pennsylvania judge and is currently of counsel at Florio Perrucci. 

1970

Fredric S. Newman received a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Law Journal. He is a founding partner of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney LLP, where he works in commercial litigation, business advice, corporate transactions, employment counseling, and alternative dispute resolution.

1971

Daniel M. Freeman wrote a book entitled The House Was My Home, which chronicles his career in government service. He is currently a fellow in residence in the department of government at American University.

1974

Richard G. Liskov, senior counsel at Arent Fox LLP, gave an online CLE lecture on July 7, 2020 to Albany Law School alumni entitled “Current Issues in Insurance Regulation—It’s All About the Virus.” He has also been appointed an adjunct professor at Albany Law School. 

1976

John E. Horn’s latest book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomattox, 1861–1865, won the 2019 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History. His other books include The Petersburg Campaign: June 1864–April 1865 and The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864.

1977

Sheldon M. Finkelstein will continue in his role as co-chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Professional Development Committee, developing webinars and other programming in various areas of law. He continues to work as an arbitrator and mediator. 

Daniel A. Schwartz was recognized in the 2020 NJBIZ Law Power 50–a recognition of New Jersey’s most influential attorneys in private practice, public service, corporate law departments, and nonprofit organizations. He is a managing member of the New Jersey office of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

Allan Van Fleet was awarded a 2020 Pro Bono Publico Award by the American Bar Association. He retired in July 2017 after 40 years of practice, including as a senior partner of Vinson & Elkins LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP, and McDermott Will & Emery. 

1980

George W. Madison was appointed to the board of directors of Redwood Trust Inc. He most recently served as a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, where he focused on financial institutions regulation and corporate governance issues on behalf of financial firms and technology companies, before retiring in March 2020.

1982

Dennis M. Toft was recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of the 2020 Unsung Hero and Mentor of the Year awards. He is chair of the environmental law group in the New Jersey office of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

1983

David J. Greenwald has been named a recipient of the New York Law Journal 2020 Distinguished Leader awards. He is chairman of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York. 

1984

Susan E. Amron was named a fellow to the American College of Environmental Lawyers. She is general counsel for the New York City Department of City Planning and was previously chief of the Environmental Law Division of the New York City Law Department. 

1985

Inajo Davis Chappell has been elected to the Ohio Advisory Board of Erie Bank, where she will provide guidance as the bank continues its development. Chappell is a partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP and is the leader of the firm’s nonprofit group.

Carolyn Y. Forrest has been named senior vice president and general counsel for Tubi, a San Francisco-based streaming service division of Fox Entertainment. She most recently served as vice president of legal affairs for Fox Television Stations.

1988

Mitchell S. Cohen has joined Reed Smith LLP as a partner in the firm’s global corporate group in Century City, California. His practice focuses primarily on debt finance transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions and general corporate representation.

1989

Veronica G. Hummel LL.M. has been confirmed by the State Senate as a judge for the New York State Court of Claims. She was the principal court attorney in White Plains for New York State Supreme Court Judge Lawrence Ecker since 2018.

Preston Fleming Zoller published his seventh novel entitled Root and Branch, a thriller set in a near-future dystopian America. 

1990

Tracy Palmer Berns has joined Akcea Therapeutics Inc. as chief compliance officer. She previously served as vice president, chief compliance officer, and in legal affairs at AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc.

1994

Pamela Lawrence Endreny has joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office advising clients on domestic and international tax matters. She was previously a partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.  

Alphonse C. Valbrune Jr. has joined Clearwater Analytics as chief legal officer. He previously held executive leadership roles at Genpact and Headstrong, and was a senior associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

1997

June L. Duchesne has joined OutSystems as general counsel. She was previously chief legal officer for Inovalon and has held senior leadership positions at Dell Technologies and EMC Corporation.

Natalie A. Pierce has joined the San Francisco office of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP as partner and chair of its labor and employment practice. She will focus on the needs of start-up and emerging growth companies. 

1998

Arlene Lee Chow has joined Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. As a first-chair litigator and trial lawyer, she advises companies in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries on patent and intellectual property matters.

1999

Ernest Yakob has joined Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He advises major life sciences companies on matters related to patent and intellectual property litigation.

Andrew Yang was awarded the 2021 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Public Service from the Vilcek Foundation. Yang is founder of the nonprofit organizations Venture for America and Humanity Forward and author of the books Smart People Should Build Things and The War on Normal People.

2000

Terrill J. North has joined Hoffberger Family Philanthropies as executive director. North most recently served as executive director of the Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families and was a consultant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. 

2001

Delphine Park O’Rourke has joined Goodwin Procter LLP as a partner in the firm’s healthcare and life sciences practices in the New York office. She previously served as associate general counsel of Ascension. 

2003

Michael Burger was named a fellow to the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He is the executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and of counsel at Sher Edling LLP.

Michael L. Fox has released the second edition of his book Primer for an Evolving eWorld, which includes a new chapter addressing the interplay of electronics, law, society, and COVID-19. He is an assistant professor of Business Law and coordinator of the Business Graduate Program at Mount Saint Mary College.

2004

Kevin A. Malcolm has joined BankUnited as senior executive vice president and general counsel in Miami Lakes, Florida. He was previously vice president, head of legal for Europe, Middle East, and Africa and vice president, strategic business development and legal at VeriFone.

2005

Michael J. Finkel was nominated to be a director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation by President Donald J. Trump. He currently serves as director and senior counsel at the global investment bank Société Générale S.A., where his work focuses on complex securities and derivative transactions.

2006

Itai Gurari’s company Judicata, a California legal research solution provider, has joined Fastcase with the mission of extending its tools nationwide. Gurari founded Judicata in 2012 after working at Jones Day and Google Scholar. 

Rebecca Rettig Waldman has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as a partner in the leading financial services group and fintech practice in the firm’s New York office, where her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and regulatory enforcement work. She was previously a partner at FisherBroyles LLP.

2007

Sergio V. Leal was elected president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston beginning in 2021. He was also elected into the Texas Bar Foundation, where he will chair the nominations committee. Leal recently co-founded the Compliance Bar Association, a nonprofit focused on thought leadership on legal issues pertaining to corporate compliance programs.

2008

Robert C. Goldstein was promoted to counsel in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He joined the firm in 2015 as an associate in the Corporate Group and represents issuers and investment banks in connection with public and private financings. 

2009

Brian J. Kim was recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch category of The Best Lawyers in America 2021 listing. He is counsel in the corporate and securities group of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.

2010

A. Chinyere Ezie is a recipient of the 2020 Art Leonard Award, recognizing compelling commitment to LGBTQ equality through the law, from the New York City Bar Association’s LGBTQ Rights Committee. She is a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. 

Brian R. Morgenstern has been named deputy communications director and deputy press secretary at The White House. Morgenstern was previously the deputy assistant secretary for external affairs at the Department of the Treasury.

Natasha Tsiouris has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in the New York office. She represents lenders, hedge funds, creditors, banks, and other strategic parties in the firm’s restructuring group.

2011

Roshni Banker Cariello has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in the New York office. She advises corporate and financial institutions on capital markets transactions.

Ritesh “Rex” Chatterjee’s Hamptons-based creative and media company, Dune Road Lifestyle, launched the Out East Vibes podcast. The podcast features interviews with celebrities, influencers, and notable Hamptons residents on topics ranging from global arts and culture to everyday life in the Hamptons.

2013

M. Isabel Aninat Sahli LL.M. was appointed dean of the Law School at Chile’s Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. She was previously a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Públicos. 

2014

Prashant M. Rai has joined Siguler Guff & Company, LP as vice president, focused on the firm’s special situations, distressed, and opportunistic credit strategies. He previously was an investment analyst at Mangrove. 

2015

Mayra B. Joachin received the 2020 Jack Berman Award of Achievement from the California Young Lawyers Association. Her work focuses on advancing the rights of low-income immigrants through impact litigation, direct work with affected individuals, administrative advocacy, and technical assistance.

2016

Sandeep S. Dhaliwal won a legislative drafting contest sponsored by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center. The contest asked participants to propose a comprehensive ‘second look’ sentencing provision in Ohio law.

2019

Justin G. Maffett was appointed to the New York City Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar Association. He is an associate in the financial institutions group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in the firm’s New York office.

1963

David Simpson LL.B. had his article entitled “Does Federalism Provide a Means to Circumvent Citizens United” accepted for publication in the UC Davis Business Law Journal.

 

1974

Joel W. Howell III was named Mississippi Attorney of the Year 2019 in the Leaders in Law program of The Mississippi Business Journal.

 

Richard G. Liskov has been appointed adjunct professor at Albany Law School to teach an online course in U.S. insurance regulation. He teaches a similar course for the Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law at the School of Law at Boston University.

 

1975

Charles C. Meeker was named chair of the board of directors for Oak City Cares, a homeless resource hub and intake center in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Meeker is a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP and a former five-term mayor of Raleigh. 

 

1977

Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake has been elected to the board of directors of Skyland Trail, a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta. In 2014, Blake retired as senior vice president of advocacy, government affairs and general counsel of Habitat for Humanity International in Atlanta.

 

Cassondra E. Joseph LL.M. has joined Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP in the firm’s newly opened New York office. She previously was general counsel at a NYSE-registered, full-service brokerage firm.

 

1980

Hill Carrow was inducted into the George Whitfield Baseball Clinic Hall of Fame. Carrow, recognized in January by Sports Events Magazine’s “People’s Choice Awards” as one of the country’s leading sports planners and industry professionals to watch in 2020, has also been selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to head an international program in Lesotho, Africa.

 

Timothy Jefferson has been elected to the board of directors of Skyland Trail, a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta. Jefferson is the executive vice president and general counsel for the Grady Health System.

 

1983

Anne E. Barschall appeared in a movie entitled Karate Christmas Miracle.

 

David C. Bloomfield was named by City & State, a New York government and politics magazine, as one of its “Education Power 100.” Bloomfield is professor of education leadership, law, and policy at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center. 

 

Simon G. Salas, CEO of Good Samaritan in San Antonio, was featured in a December 2019 article in the San Antonio Express News. 

 

1984

Andrew A. Weissmann has returned to Jenner & Block as co-chairman of the firm’s investigations, compliance, and defense practice. Weissmann had a lead role in winning convictions against Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates during the Mueller probe. He was previously a partner at Jenner & Block from 2006 to 2011.

 

1985

Inajo Davis Chappell, a partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP, helped spearhead the firm’s diversity initiative that has been honored in Profiles in Diversity Journal’s 12th annual Diversity Leader Awards issue. Chappell serves as chair of the firm’s diversity and inclusion committee and works to expand and improve diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace.

 

John J. Sullivan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. He previously served as deputy secretary of state from 2017–2019 and as acting secretary of state from April 1–26, 2018.

 

1986

Barbara J. Shachnow has joined Dechert LLP as a partner in the firm’s global finance practice in the New York office with a focus on commercial real estate finance. 

 

Jane M. Sovern has joined Bond, Schoeneck & King LLP in the firm’s New York office as a member of its higher education practice. Sovern previously served as deputy general counsel for The City University of New York.

 

1987

Jeffrey N. Fink has become a partner in the Wellesley, Massachusetts, law firm of Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein LLP, where he will continue to practice business law and dispute resolution. 

 

1988

Martin S. Flaherty wrote a book entitled Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in Foreign Affairs, which argues for a robust judicial role in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy through a combination of constitutional history, international relations theory, and legal doctrine. 

 

1990

Rodney S. Cohen has been appointed head of private equity at Black Diamond Capital Management. He most recently served as managing director and co-head of The Carlyle Group's Carlyle Equity Opportunity Funds I and II.

 

1992

Eric L. Guthriewrote his second book entitled Blockchain or Die, a guide to cryptocurrencies and blockchains.

 

Eve A. Konstan has joined Spotify as general counsel. Konstan most recently served as executive vice president and general counsel at WarnerMedia Entertainment. Her work at the company capped a 20-year career at HBO, where she held a variety of roles including general counsel.

 

Lawrence R. Miller was named general counsel of Phantom Pharmaceuticals, a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Before joining Phantom, Miller served as general counsel and secretary for Cyclerion Therapeutics. 

 

Dale G. Nissenbaum has been appointed executive vice president and general counsel for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Since 2012, she has served as general counsel for Brunswick Group LLC, a global communications firm. 

 

1993

Christopher Todd Boes has joined O’Melveny & Myers LLP as a corporate partner in its San Francisco office. Boes focuses on private equity mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other direct investments, and general corporate counseling for private equity portfolio companies.

 

Alexandra LaCombe has joined national workplace law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. as a principal in Detroit. LaCombe focuses her practice on all aspects of U.S. corporate immigration law, with an emphasis on regulatory compliance and corporate immigration policy.

 

1994

Talcott Camp has joined the National Abortion Federation as chief legal and strategy officer after a 25-year career with the American Civil Liberties Union.

 

1995

Ayşe Yüksel Mahfoud has been named head of cross-border practices by Norton Rose Fulbright.

 

1996

Rashmi Chandra has been elected president of the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut. Chandra is head of intellectual property and information technology counsel at Aetna. 

 

Scott E. Gluck has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Gluck practices corporate law, focusing on securities offerings and the regulatory, compliance, and corporate activities of private fund advisers.

 

Michael N. Schlesinger, as Michael Noah, released his debut album on the Universal Music Group (UMG) label. Venus and Mars is available on all major platforms.

 

Thomas G. Ward has been appointed assistant director of enforcement in the Supervision, Enforcement & Fair Lending division of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Before joining the Bureau, he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the civil division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

 

Dean Donna E. Young LL.M. has been named the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Law at Ryerson University. She previously was a faculty member at Albany Law School, where she was the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and a joint faculty member at the University at Albany’s department of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.

 

1997

Jessica Mann Gutteridge was appointed artistic managing director of the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre and Chutzpah! Festival by the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.

 

Taurie M. Zeitzer was named one of Law360's “2019 Private Equity MVPs.” Zeitzer is a partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and has spent the last year shepherding transactions across industries, including guiding deals for private equity giant Apollo Global.

 

2000

Lindsay Barton Barrett was recently quoted in Marie Claire in an article entitled “How to Buy a Home” and was also featured in a News 12 Brooklyn segment on real estate.

 

2001

Lorna Xin Chen, Hong Kong partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, has been named the firm's Asia regional managing partner. She is the first woman to lead Shearman & Sterling’s Asia operations. 

 

Christopher E. Duffy has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Duffy focuses on securities and shareholder litigation, corporate governance, director and officer representation, commercial disputes, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as external investigations by government agencies.

 

2002

Maureen Elizabeth Webb LL.M. published  Coding Democracy: How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance and Authoritarianism (The MIT Press, 2020). Her book was featured as one of Wired magazine's “13 Must Read Books for Spring 2020” as well as in the 2020 Oxford Literary Festival lecture series. 

 

2003

Michael L. Fox wrote a book entitled A Guide to Diversity & Inclusion in the 21st Century Workplace. He has also been appointed coordinator of the Business Graduate (MBA) Program in the School of Business at Mount Saint Mary College. 

 

2005

James N. Boeving has joined Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP as a partner in the firm’s Denver office. Boeving focuses on government investigations and commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Prior to joining WTO, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, Civil Division.

 

Samuel L. Butt has joined Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP, a boutique litigation firm in New York City, as a partner. His practice includes complex commercial litigation, as well as business divorce litigation, copyright and trademark matters, real estate disputes, and securities litigations.

 

Patrick W. Pearsall has joined the international arbitration and public international law practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Allen & Overy LLP. He previously served as chief of investment arbitration in the U.S. State Department and partner at Jenner & Block LLP.

 

2006

Jodie Adams Kirshner authored BROKE: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), which follows seven Detroiters as they navigate life during and after the city’s 2013 bankruptcy and features a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson. It was featured in the Editors Choice list of The New York Times for the week of January 16, 2020

 

Kate Kaufmann Shih has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Kaufmann Shih is an energy and infrastructure trial attorney.

 

2007

Robert W. May has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. He is a member of the litigation department and part of the firm’s securities litigation and securities enforcement groups. 

 

Tiana Joi Murillo has been named head of the Los Angeles County chief executive office’s Strategic Integration Branch. She will oversee and coordinate urgent, multifaceted efforts underway to temporarily house people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis.

 

Paul A. D.Pery LL.M. has joined Milbank LLP as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Pery represents issuers and investment banks in a variety of debt, equity, and equity-linked capital markets transactions, as well as other corporate and financing matters.

 

2009

Julia R. Balas has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles and New York offices. She is a member of the corporate department and part of the project finance group, primarily representing developers of renewable energy projects. 

 

Theodor D. E. Bruening LL.M. has joined Hecht Partners LLP as counsel in the firm’s New York office. Bruening advises in telecommunication, architectural, employment, and commercial cases covering issues such as fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, contract rights, defamation, discrimination, retaliation, unjust enrichment, and negligence.

 

T. Dustin Crawford has joined Hall Estill as of counsel in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. Crawford focuses on corporate and transactional matters, particularly those involving finance, securities law, and governance.

 

Christian E. Mathiesen was promoted to counsel at Vinson & Elkins LLP. Mathiesen focuses on corporate finance and securities law, including securities offerings and general corporate representation.

 

Mary Elizabeth Houlihan has been promoted to special counsel in the corporate department and environmental practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

 

LaRue L. Robinson has joined Jenner & Block as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office handling complex commercial litigation, employee benefits litigation, and investigations. Previously, Robinson was a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

 

Edward G. Timlin has joined Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office, where he prosecutes corporate governance, shareholder rights, and securities fraud litigation on behalf of the firm’s institutional clients.

 

2010

Adi Herman LL.M. has joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP as a partner in the firm’s private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices in New York. Herman advises clients on domestic and cross-border transactional and corporate matters, with a particular focus on the private equity space.

 

Jayun Koo has joined Haynes and Boone LLP as a partner in the firm’s capital markets and securities practice group in the New York office. Her practice focuses primarily on securities law and general corporate matters.

 

David Mehl has joined Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He represents clients in matters pertaining to business transactions, tax planning, tax litigation, and tax residency disputes.

 

2011

Sheila R. Adams has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as counsel in the firm’s litigation department and antitrust and competition group in the New York office. Her practice focuses on antitrust investigations and litigation and the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

 

Shawn D. Blackburn has joined Susman Godfrey LLP as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. His practice focuses on intellectual property, energy and environmental law, business disputes, antitrust, class action, and probate.

 

Julia R. Camarco has joined Shipman & Goodwin LLP as a partner in the firm’s Hartford, Connecticut, office. Camarco represents private equity and venture capital funds, emerging growth and mature companies, health care providers, and other business entities in connection with a variety of commercial transactions.

 

Matthew Cormack has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as counsel in the litigation department of the firm’s New York office. He represents clients in complex civil litigation and arbitrations in jurisdictions across the country and financial institutions and corporate clients in a range of disputes.

 

Uchechi Amadi Demaske joined the in-house team at Amazon as corporate counsel focusing on digital, marketing, privacy, and accessibility issues. She was previously a senior attorney at USAA, and prior to that, a litigation associate at Jones Day.

 

C. Patrick Gadson has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner and is the New York chair of the firm’s shareholder activism practice. He leverages his experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and private equity to counsel senior management and boards of public companies with respect to proxy contests and other shareholder activism campaigns.

 

Roy Tannenbaum has been promoted to special counsel in the corporate department and mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

 

2012

Ilona C. Potiha has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as counsel in the firm’s finance group in the New York office. Her practice includes representing lenders, financial institutions, and borrowers in connection with a wide range of financing transactions.

 

2014

Jose A. Manalo, Jr. has joined Blank Rome LLP as an associate in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Manalo concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, securities transactions, and commercial lending and handles a broad range of general corporate matters. 

 

2019

Clarisa I. Reyes-Becerra is a recipient of the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. She will be hosted at California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, where she will promote and enforce immigrants’ rights to access health care through litigation and policy advocacy.

 

 

1960

Zachary H. Sacks was named the 2020 “Best Lawyer of the Year” in the “workers’ compensation law – employers in Los Angeles” category by Best Lawyers. Sacks serves as the managing partner at Sacks & Zolonz, LLP.

 

1971

Michael L. Lipman was named the 2020 “Best Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in the “criminal defense: white-collar” category for San Diego. Lipman is a partner in the trial practice group at Duane Morris LLP and has more than 40 years of experience trying criminal and civil cases in state and federal court.

 

Julian L. McPhillips Jr. released a new book, Only in Alabama: More Colorful True Stories from a Lawyer’s Life, that delves into McPhillips’s most colorful and interesting cases and clients in recent years.

 

1972

Fred Davis wrote a book entitled American Criminal Justice: An Introduction, which provides a comprehensive review of the American criminal process.

 

1976
John Horn’s book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865, describes the marches and battles of the 12th Virginia regiment and offers glimpses into the lives of the Virginians who made up the unit.

 

1981

Geoffrey D. Ferrer was named the 2020 “Best Lawyer of the Year” in transportation law by Best Lawyers. Ferrer serves as vice chair of the transportation and trade practice at Cozen O’Connor P.C. and as the office managing partner of the firm’s New York City office.

 

Tom Teicholz co-wrote a book entitled 9/12: The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders. The book details the legal battle waged by 9/11 first responders against the city of New York.

 

1982

Leonard M. Baynes received an Education, Diversity, and Greater Equality Award

from the Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc. The award recognizes individuals for their significant accomplishments or demonstrated commitments to education, diversity, and greater equality in the legal profession.

 

Jeh C. Johnson delivered the commencement address for the St. John's University School of Law Class of 2019.

 

Edward B. Potter joined Shipman & Goodwin LLP as counsel following its addition of Kitchings & Potter LLC, a firm co-founded by Potter in 1997. Potter will remain in Kitching & Potter’s former office in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

 

1983

Edward F. Fernandes joined King & Spalding LLP as a partner in the firm’s trial and global disputes practice in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Fernandes served as the managing partner of the Austin office of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

 

Ruth Santiago ’10 LL.M. was named to the board of trustees of Earthjustice. An environmental health advocate and lawyer for more than 30 years, Santiago has represented nonprofit organizations and community groups in a wide array of practice areas including energy law, aquifer protections, and civil litigation.

 

1984

Wally Van Valkenburg LL.M. was appointed to the Portland State University board of trustees by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

 

1985

Timothy M. Reif was named a judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade. Previously, Reif served as a senior adviser to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

1986

Mark Arian is chief executive officer of Korn Ferry’s advisory business in the firm’s New York City office. Previously, he served as chief executive officer of Korn Ferry Hay Group, a global talent and organizational consultancy with over 4,000 employees.

 

Todd W. Eckland joined Bracewell LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate and securities group. He is based in the firm’s New York City office. Previously, Eckland served as co-leader of the securities team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for more than 15 years.

 

1987

Stephen Jacobs joined iCapital Network, a fintech platform focused on alternative investing, as managing director and general counsel. Previously, Jacobs was partner and co-chair of the corporate department at Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

 

Kenneth Tung’s article “AI, the internet of legal things, and lawyers” was recently published in the Journal of Management Analytics.

 

1988

Dan Ackman won a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on behalf of New York City taxi drivers. In its ruling, the 2nd Circuit determined that the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s long-standing policy of suspending the licenses of taxi drivers who were arrested but not yet convicted was unconstitutional. Judge Gerard E. Lynch ’75 drafted the 60-page opinion.

 

1989

Matthew L. Levine was appointed president of financial and regulatory compliance services at Guidepost Solutions, a global leader in compliance, investigations, and security consulting. Levine served most recently as executive deputy superintendent for enforcement at the New York State Department of Financial Services.

 

1990

Michael Bennett published his debut novel, Young Donald, about the son of a wealthy New York City real estate developer who becomes embroiled in the investigation of a mysterious death at his boarding school.

1991

Roberta Kaplan served as the Class Day speaker for the Harvard Law School Class of 2019.

 

Selena Mendy Singleton was recently appointed clerk of the Montgomery County Council. She is the county’s first female African-American clerk.

 

1992

Pierre Gentin joined McKinsey & Company as global general counsel.

 

Howard Jiang joined the corporate practice at Becker & Poliakoff as of counsel. Based in the firm’s New York City and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offices, he will focus on domestic and trans-border corporate transactions, capital markets, and project finance matters.

 

Barbara Lagoa was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, following her nomination by President Donald Trump.

 

Janet Nova was named deputy general counsel for media and league business affairs for the National Football League (NFL). She will lead the league’s media and business affairs teams from the NFL’s New York City office.

 

1994

Jose Ramon Gonzalez was appointed executive vice president and general counsel of CNA Financial Corporation. 

 

Gary H. Loeb was named executive vice president and general counsel of Sangamo Therapeutics.

 

1995
Peter Ekberg joined the corporate practice of DLA Piper as a partner in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

 

Robert H. Thomas LL.M., a partner at Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, was elected to the American Law Institute. He is the only electee from the state of Hawaii among the 50 newly elected members.

 

1997

Colleen A. O’Neil joined the insurance fraud practice at Rivkin Radler LLP. She serves as an associate in the firm’s office in Uniondale, New York.

 

Rafael A. Olazagasti III joined McNamee Lochner P.C. as of counsel. He represents public and private sector clients in all aspects of labor and employment law at the Albany-based firm.

 

Laurent A. Sacharoff was appointed associate dean for research and faculty development at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He joined the school’s faculty in 2010, and also serves as a professor of law specializing in criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and cybercrime.

 

Edward L. Schnitzer joined Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York City and Wilmington, Delaware offices. He serves as chair of the firm’s bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice group.

 

1998

Charles D. Star launched a continuing legal education lecture series called “Persuasive Authority,” which draws on his experience as a lawyer and a stand-up comedian.

 

1999

Edward H. Smoot was named a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. He practices in the firm’s corporate department and finance litigation practice group.

 

Jonathan Todres co-authored a new book, Preventing Child Trafficking: A Public Health Approach, that was recently published by Johns Hopkins University Press. A professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, he was named a distinguished university professor in the spring of 2019.

 

Ethan Torrey, the legal counsel of the Supreme Court of the United States, was elected to the American Law Institute.

 

2001

Chaim Saiman was named the first chair in Jewish law at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Saiman joined Villanova’s faculty in 2006.

Dermond Thomas joined Campolo, Middleton & McCormick LLP as of counsel in the firm’s Westbury, New York, office.

 

2002

Jason S. Kerr joined Robinson Bradshaw, where he assists the firm’s fund manager clients with their fund offerings and institutional investor clients with their investment activities. He is based in the firm’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

2003

Jelena Madir, a chief counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, edited and co-authored a book, FinTech: Law and Regulation (Edward Elgar, 2019). It provides an overview of the issues facing the global fintech industry, including privacy and cybersecurity through blockchain innovations, the patentability of fintech inventions, and the establishment of regulatory sandboxes.

 

2004

Rosana M. Gutierrez joined the corporate practice at Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto PL as a partner in the firm’s Miami office. 

 

Sean J. Riley was named a shareholder of Cozen O’Connor P.C. He serves as a member of the firm’s attorneys general practice group in Washington, D.C.

 

2005

Zainab Ahmad joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York City office. Her practice will focus on white-collar defense and investigations.

 

Justin G. Davids joined the appellate division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia as an assistant attorney. He is based out of Savannah, Georgia.

 

Ofonedu-Ime Goodwyn was named to the National Bar Association’s 40 Under 40 Awards list,  which recognizes top lawyers under the age of 40 for high achievement in innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community involvement. An associate at the Miami office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Goodwyn’s practice focuses on real estate and commercial transactions.

 

Chi-Ru Jou was named a partner in the corporate and litigation practice groups at Taylor English Duma LLP. She is based in the firm’s New York City office.

 

Tali Sealman LL.M. joined White & Case LLP as a partner in its global mergers and acquisitions practice. She is based in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining White & Case, Sealman was a partner at Cooley LLP for more than 14 years.

 

2006

Rebecca Avitia was named the chief of staff to Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico. She is one of three Latino chiefs of staff serving in the Senate. Avitia previously served as Heinrich’s state director.

 

Jason R. Ertel recently joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as a partner in the firm’s executive compensation and Employee Retirement Income Security Act department. He is based out of the firm’s New York City office.

 

2007

Sam Porter joined Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP as a senior counsel in the firm’s office in Austin, Texas. He focuses his practice on energy transactions and projects.

 

Bezalel A. Stern was promoted to special counsel at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Based in Washington, D.C., he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, real estate, and employment matters.

 

Scott R. Wilson moved his white collar and civil litigation practice to DLA Piper LLP, which he recently joined as a partner in the firm’s New York City office. Previously, he was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for six years. Earlier in his career, he served as a senior advisor and special counsel to the New York attorney general. In 2019, Wilson was named to the shortlist of Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Rising Star Awards in the “best in white collar crime” category.

 

2009

Abhishek Bapna was recently named counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. He practices in the New York City-based firm’s litigation department.

 

Gabriel Gershowitz recently joined DLA Piper LLP as of counsel. She practices in the firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice in its New York City office.

 

Arek Maczka was named a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP. Based in the firm’s New York office, he advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on financings.

 

2011

Maren J. Messing was recently named counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. She practices in the New York City-based firm’s litigation department.

 

2012

Vanessa L. Jackson was elected a partner at Davis Polk & Wardell LLP. She serves in the  firm’s corporate department in New York City.

 

Kurt M. Steinhouse was promoted to general counsel of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, the local zoning board, where he advises on matters related to land use, real estate development, and administrative law. He has also served as secretary of the New York City Bar Association’s Charter Revision Task Force and as a subcommittee chair of its Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.

2014

Emery Gullickson Richards was named co-chair of the Houston Bar Association’s (HBA) gender fairness committee for the 2019–2020 term. Appointed by HBA President Benny Agosto Jr., she will lead the committee’s mission of examining issues related to gender fairness in the legal profession and developing programs that provide a forum for the discussion of issues related to gender fairness. Richards currently serves as a litigation associate at Blank Rome LLP in Houston.

 

2015

Ryan Levan, an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, runs 29MONROE, an early-stage pop-up events and group travel company based in New York City.

 

Joshua Lingerfelt joined Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP as an associate in the firm’s Greensboro, North Carolina office. His work focuses on tax issues related to investment funds and securities offerings, as well as mergers and acquisitions and complex domestic and international transactions.

 

2016

Brittany Hazelwood joined the intellectual property department of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. She serves as an associate in the firm’s trademark and copyright team in New York City.

 

1954
Morton Winkel was profiled in News and Views, the monthly newsletter of the Sun City Palm Desert Community Association.

1965
Stuart J. Freedman was elected president of the Rutgers Living History Society, an honor society established to recognize individuals who participate in or support the practice of oral history at Rutgers University.

1972
Mark Kahan and Carol Mates were married in June 2017. Kahan teaches a course in government regulation and deregulation at American University; Mates teaches a course on international business transactions at the Georgetown University Law Center. They currently reside in Washington, D.C.

1974
Richard G. Liskov was appointed as a lecturer in the Certificate in Financial Services Compliance Program at the Boston University School of Law. He teaches an online course in compliance with U.S. insurance regulations.

Steven L. Schwarcz was recently honored by Durham University in Durham, U.K., with a distinguished honorary professorship. The distinction was inaugurated at a symposium on “Financial Inclusion and Access to Credit,” at which Schwarcz gave the keynote address. Schwarcz is currently the Stanley A. Star Professor of Law and Business at Duke Law School.

1977
Peter Blessing was appointed the associate chief counsel, international, at the Internal Revenue Service. He will coordinate and direct all activities of the international organizational component of the Office of Chief Counsel. Blessing most recently served as a managing director in the Washington national tax and international tax units of KPMG LLP.

Jerald Podair’s book, City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles (Princeton University Press: 2017), received the 2018 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research. The award is annually presented to the best book on the history of baseball. City of Dreams was also a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.

1983
David Bloomfield was recently named a contributor for The Daily Beast, where he will provide commentary on issues concerning education. He is a professor of education leadership, law, and policy at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and an adjunct professor at the American Museum of Natural History.

1992
Luis Salazar, founder of Salazar Law LLP, was the keynote speaker at the third annual CEO and General Counsels Dinner in Key Biscayne, Florida.

1993
Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, a managing partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, was elected to a third term as chairman of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance. Initially elected in 2014, he will serve as chairman through the end of 2022.

Sheila S. Boston, a partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, was honored by Legal Services NYC at its annual Jazz for Justice Benefit.

1996
Scott R. Samay has joined Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz, & Mentlik LLP as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice in New Jersey.

Trent Tappe was promoted to senior vice president, deputy general counsel, and chief compliance officer of Warner Music Group in New York City. Tappe has been with Warner Music Group for 14 years. Prior to joining Warner Music Group, Tappe spent eight years as an associate in the capital markets group of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Tappe was named to Billboard’s list of “Top Music Lawyers” in 2017 and 2018.

1997
Asahi Pompey has been named global head of corporate engagement and president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation. In her new role, Asahi oversees the firm’s existing philanthropic initiatives and serves as the firm’s primary liaison with nonprofit organizations around the world.

Karyn Temple was appointed register of copyrights and director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

1998
Sunil Savkar joined Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in its New York office. He serves as partner and a member of the firm’s finance and private equity groups within its corporate department.

2001
Richard C. Kramer (CC ’96) has joined the Tokyo office of Jones Day as lead energy partner.

2002
Eric J. Kodesch has joined Lane Powell PC as a shareholder. Kodesch is part of the firm’s tax team and counsels clients on federal income tax and state and local tax issues in both transactional and litigation matters.

2003
Diana M. Eng, a partner in the consumer finance litigation group of Blank Rome LLP, was selected to join The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Charles Yi has joined Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP as a partner in the firm’s financial services and legislative and public policy practices in Washington, D.C.. Yi previously served as general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

2004
Benjamin Stewart was named to the Texas Super Lawyers’ 2019 Rising Stars list for the third year in a row. A counsel at the Dallas-based litigation boutique firm Bailey Brauer PLLC, Stewart was recognized for his work in complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation.

2005
Brad Bedingfield, a partner at Hemenway & Barnes in Boston, was named co-chair of the firm’s nonprofit group. Bedingfield assists private foundations and public charities with navigating complex tax regulations and procedures.

2006
Suzanne deVries Decker and Bryan Hunkele were elected partners at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York. Decker specializes in real estate finance transactions; Hunkele focuses on asset management.

Clyde Tinnen has joined the business law department and transactions practice group of Foley & Lardner LLP as a partner. Based out of the firm’s Milwaukee office, Tinnen advises clients on mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financing transactions.

2008
Noah D. Carr has joined Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in the firm’s Tokyo office.

Jennifer L. Carrier was named a principal in Blank Rome Government Relations LLC’s (BRGR) Washington, D.C., office. Carrier will expand BRGR’s capabilities and help clients navigate campaign finance, election, lobbying, ethics, and tax laws at the federal, state, and local levels. She previously served as of counsel at Blank Rome LLP.

2009
Chirag Dedania received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. The award honors outstanding pro bono legal services to nonprofit groups that are improving the quality of life for low-income New Yorkers. Dedania is an associate in the finance department at Latham & Watkins LLP.

Adam J. Ross was promoted to special counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in Washington, D.C. Ross is a member of the firm’s finance practice where he specializes in acquisition financing, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and restructurings.

Douglas L. Shively was promoted to partner at national law firm BakerHostetler, where he practices in the firm’s Cleveland office. Shively focuses on business and corporate litigation and has substantial experience litigating securities class actions, data breach class actions, and a broad range of business disputes, including post-transaction disputes. Shively was previously an associate at the firm.

Eric M. Soehnlein was promoted to partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP. Based in the firm’s office in Buffalo, New York, he focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, and complex civil and securities litigation.

Alex R. Velinsky was promoted to partner of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Based in the firm’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina, he focuses on financing involving residential and commercial mortgage loans and related assets.

2010
Jessica N. Agostinho was promoted to partner of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Based in the firm’s office in Washington, D.C., she focuses on employee benefits law, including health care reform, tax-qualified retirement plans, and executive compensation.

Jonathan M. Talamini was hired as an associate by Saxton & Stomp, a Pennsylvania-based law firm. He will focus on healthcare and commercial litigation and represent clients in medical device litigation.

Michael Willes was elected to partner at Tonkon Torp LLP, where he works in the firm’s litigation department representing companies in a broad range of business matters.

2011
Jeremy M. Alexander was promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP. Based in the firm’s office in Washington, D.C. Alexander is a member of the life sciences health industry group whose practice spans regulatory, transactional, and enforcement matters for diverse health care providers.

2013
Matthew Dulak received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. The award honors outstanding pro bono legal services to nonprofit groups that are improving the quality of life for low-income New Yorkers. Dulak is an associate in the real estate department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Aleksandr Imas has joined the business and corporate group of Garber Schubert Barer P.C. as an associate in the firm’s Seattle office.

1956
Isaac Shapiro recently appeared at the 92nd Street Y to share stories from his memoir, Edokko: Growing Up a Stateless Foreigner in Wartime Japan.

1959
Mike S. Fawer has been living in New Orleans since 1971, where he practiced criminal defense for almost six decades after working under Bobby Kennedy at the U.S. Dept of Justice and then for Bob Morgenthau in the Southern District of New York. He has just had a book published about his career titled From the Bronx to the Bayou: A Defense Attorney's Odyssey, from Charles Evers to Edwin Edwards and Beyond.

1964
Richard P. Lerner reports he is "Happily in retirement."

1968
John P. "Jack" McLane reports that he is "Still practicing! Celebrated 75th birthday + 50th wedding anniversary with Kathy, all 4 children + spouses + 12 grandchildren in August 2018, 22 in all, at a week in Cape Cod. Life's good!"

1974
Richard H. Weisberg has been named to the executive committee of the AALS law and humanities section and is the president of the Modern Language Association literature and law section.

1976
John M. Christian joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as an associate in the firm’s litigation department in the Dallas office.

1977
Sheldon M. Finkelstein reports that he continues to serve in a leadership position in the ABA section of litigation and has an arbitration and mediation practice.

Robert S. Kutner was selected for inclusion in the 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers rating. He is a partner at Casner & Edwards and was selected for his practice in professional liability.

1990
Pamela S. Stevens was elected a new partner at Seder & Chandler LLP, where she is a veteran corporate and real estate attorney with expertise in business, real estate, and employment law.

1994
Mara E. Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights lawyer and executive director of the legal organization Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, published an op-ed in The Washington Post titled “The Trump administration wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech?”

1996
Brad Meltzer’s book The First Conspiracy was recently published by Flatiron Books/Macmillan. 

1998
Vivian I. Neptune-Rivera LL.M., dean of University of Puerto Rico Law School, recently received the Deborah L. Rhode award for her outstanding contribution to increasing pro bono and public service in the law school setting through scholarship, leadership, or service from the Association of American Law Schools, section on pro bono and public service opportunities

1999
Shelley Case Inglis will bring 15 years of United Nations' human rights experience to the University of Dayton, where she recently began her new position as the Human Rights Center's executive director.

2001
Wystan M. Ackerman earned the “Local Litigation Stars” honor in Benchmark Litigation.

Jason P. Gottlieb has been named chair of the white collar and regulatory enforcement practice group at Morrison Cohen LLP. He is a partner in the firm’s business litigation department.

Julissa Reynoso was named co-chair of New York Attorney General-Elect Letitia James’s Transition Team. She and four co-chairs advised James as she prepared office initiatives and recruited top legal talent to constitute her team. Reynoso is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former United States Ambassador to Uruguay, and Assistant Secretary of State for Central American, Caribbean, and Cuban Affairs. She also served as deputy director, Office of Accountability, Department of Education of the City of New York. She was also recently named to Columbia University’s Board of Trustees.

2002
Anurima Bhargava was appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Currently founder and President of Anthem of Us, Bhargava is a civil rights lawyer with extensive experience in various roles advocating for members of underrepresented communities, including at the U.S. Department of Justice and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF).

2003
Diana M. Eng has been elected partner at Blank Rome LLP, where she focuses on consumer finance in the New York office.

Michael L. Fox recently published a book, Primer for an Evolving eWorld (Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2019) and was appointed an assistant adjunct professor of law (lecturer-in-law) at Columbia Law School. He also continues to serve as a full-time assistant professor of business law at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburg, NY.

2005
Bradford M. Bedingfield was named partner at Hemenway & Barnes in Boston, where he assists private foundations and public charities navigate complex tax regulations and procedures, and private clients secure their long-term wealth preservation and philanthropic goals.

2006
Francesco Dario de Martino LL.M., a member of the corporate department and co-chair of the Blockchain + Smart Contracts Group, was elected a partner in the Morrison & Foerster New York office. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, principally in connection with public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, and corporate governance matters.

2007
Akiva Shapiro has been elected partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where his practice focuses on constitutional, appellate, and complex commercial litigation. He has been named a New York Rising Star in Constitutional Law by Super Lawyers in each of the past three years.

2008
David Z. Gringer was elevated to partnership at WilmerHale. He is a Washington DC-based member of the firm’s litigation/controversy department and government and regulatory litigation practice group.

Nicholas “Nick” Venditto, partner in the corporate/securities practice group at Certilman Balin, was named to the Rising Stars list for his second consecutive year. The honor recognizes top lawyers either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Venditto’s practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions involving privately held companies, complex joint ventures, corporate governance matters, and other general corporate matters. He also received the Leadership in Law Award from Long Island Business News.

2009
Abbey J. Hudson was elected as a new partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she practices complex trial litigation, with an emphasis on environmental, transnational, and technological litigation.

Andrew P. LeGrand was elected as a new partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he is a complex commercial litigator who principally focuses on class actions and other high-stakes commercial disputes.  

Amanda Forsythe Rosenberg was promoted to partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Rosenberg focuses on federal income tax law, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy investment, energy tax credits, government incentive programs and domestic and international project finance transactions.

Eric M. Soehnlein has been promoted to partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP in Buffalo, New York, where he focuses on white collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, and complex civil and securities litigation.

Jason B. Werner was elected a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in the firm’s Denver office. He focuses his practice on assisting clients with private equity matters, complex entity formations, structuring, acquisitions, and dispositions.

2010
Lauren Roberta Kennedy was elected partner at Cravath, where she is a member of the litigation department and focuses on commercial litigation matters.

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea was elected partner at Cravath, where she is a member of the corporate department and focuses on capital markets matters.

1952
Daniel B. Berkson is now a semi-retired lawyer who still volunteers for securities arbitrations.

Donald A. Robinson is the founding partner of Robinson Miller LLC in Newark, New Jersey, a litigation boutique specializing in federal courts.

1955
Richard Kleid completed his term as president of the Palm Beach Town Council and continues to volunteer at the Legal Aid Society and as an alumni interviewer for Columbia College.

1961
Ernest Brod is head of Global Investigations and Intelligence for Alvarez & Marsal.

1971
Daniel M. Freeman was appointed as a Fellow at the American University Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.

1972
T. Merritt Bumpass Jr. has been named to the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He was also recognized in the 2018 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Mark A. Cymrot recently published Squeezing Silver: Peru’s Trial Against Nelson Bunker Hunt, a memoir of his role as lead counsel in the trial by a Peruvian state company against Texas oil billionaires and Saudi royalty for manipulating silver prices in 1979-80. Two of his other of cases were recently covered in consecutive issues of The New Yorker: How Bill Browder Became Russia’s Most Wanted Man by Joshua Jaffa (August 20, 2018) and Paul Singer Doomsday Investor by Sheelah Kolhatkar (August 27, 2018).

Mark Morril received the 2018 Outstanding Professional Article award from The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) for A Call to Cyberarms: The International Arbitrator's Duty to Avoid Digital Intrusion.

James E. C. Perry, a former Florida Supreme Court Justice, has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice.

1973
Rod MacDonald recently released his 12th CD of solo compositions, Beginning Again. In addition to performing, he is also the Music Americana instructor in the Osher/Lifelong Learning Program at Florida Atlantic University, where he was named Distinguished Faculty Member in 2012.

Bruce Millman, a shareholder in Littler’s New York office, has been recognized in the 2018 Who’s Who Legal Labour, Employment & Benefits Guide.

Nathaniel C. Nichols recently received the Child Advocate of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Children’s Rights Committee. He is currently a judge for the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania.

1975
Ed Byrne's debut novel, a Vietnam era family drama, Love's Not Over 'Til It's Over, is available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble online.

1978
Roberto Casati has joined Linklaters as a partner, following 14 years as a partner at Cleary Gottlieb in Italy. He continues to focus on public and private M&A, international arbitrations, and advising boards of directors of listed companies.  

1980
Alaine S. Williams has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

1984
Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld was promoted to managing partner of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, a 21-lawyer litigation boutique in San Francisco that specializes in complex litigation, including civil rights, first amendment, and employment cases.

1987
Leonora “Lenny” M. Schloss has been selected for inclusion on the “Most Influential Women Attorneys” list, presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

1989
Ellen Glaessner has been promoted to general counsel, managing TD Bank’s U.S. Legal team.

1993
Gary Shapiro reports that he works at Columbia University in its news office, where he writes about faculty research. He invites classmates to contact him at [email protected].

1995
Emily Bab Kirsch has partnered with Paul Niehaus to open a boutique law firm, Kirsch & Niehaus PLLC, with clients in the publishing, media, financial services, technology, real estate, and entertainment industries.

1999
Jared A. Hershberg has joined the Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its Corporate Practice.

Laura Mankin Stevens has been named executive vice president and general counsel at Cengage (formerly Thompson Learning), based in the company’s Boston headquarters.

2000
William MacNeil is serving his second year in a two-year term as Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans. He is also dean and head of the School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University in Lismore, NSW and Coolangatta, Qld, Australia, where he is also the inaugural holder of The Honourable John Dowd Chair in Law and the recently appointed Head of the Lismore Campus. His latest book, Novel Judgements: Legal Theory as Fiction (London: Routledge, 2013) won the Penny Pether Prize for Scholarship in Law, Literature and the Humanities, and he is the editor of the book series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities, published by Edinburgh University Press.

Mikhail Ratner, together with Patricia Ronan (2001), became partners at Emergent LLP, where they join seven other Columbia Law School grads from 2001 to 2007.

2002
Michael W. Kaufman has joined Day Pitney LLP as a partner in the Finance Group in its Stamford office.

2003
Michael L. Fox is an assistant professor of business law and pre-law advisor at Mount Saint Mary College in New York. He recently published an article in the New York State Bar Journal titled Objection, Your Honor (To Your Social Media Activity?) and presented a continuing legal education talk in New York City “Diversity in the American Workforce.”  

2004
Benjamin Britz has been elected partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, where he is a member of the Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations practice group, based in Washington, DC.

Lyria Kay Bennett Moses LLM ‘04 JSD ‘08 has established the Allens Hub for Technology, Law, and Innovation at UNSW Law in Sydney, Australia.

Fernando S. Zoppi, LLM ‘04, has founded Martinez de Hoz & Rueda (MHR) in Buenos Aires, where he will lead the Corporate and M&As practice of the new full-service law firm.

2008
Kevin Crews has been named 2018 Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has also joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a partner of its Dallas office.

Nina Yadava has been named partner in the law firm of Jones Day. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, primarily involving securities and financial products.

Temitope K. Yusuf was named partner in the law firm of Arent Fox LLP, where she specializes in government enforcement and white collar, and serves as a member of the business compliance and integrity monitorships team.

2009
Jesse S. Gillespie has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner. His practice focuses on capital markets transactions involving Japanese and Asian issuers and is based in Tokyo.

Robert J. Stein was named a corporate finance partner at Akerman LLP, where he will co-chair its Corporate Finance and Lending Practice.

2013
Andrew Napier has joined Blank Rome LLP win the firm’s Philadelphia office as an associate in the Labor and Employment group.

2015
Madiba Dennie, an attorney concentrating on racial justice and gender justice work, recently launched a podcast called "Barred and Boujee," which she hopes will address the unmet need for intersectional legal analysis for mass audiences.

2018
Emily Hush’s student note, which was originally published in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, was selected as the winner of the Stephen E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award from the American College of Environmental Lawyers.

1966
BENNET G. PICKER received a Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award by the Pennsylvania Bar, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact in bringing mediation and other forms of dispute resolution to Pennsylvania. He is senior counsel at Philadelphia-based Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young.

1971
THEODORE WEITZ began teaching at Rutgers Law School, where he has initiated the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. He practices at Halket Weitz, and has been teaching entrepreneurial law and related courses at Fordham Law School for the past seven years. 
 

1978
THOMAS W. WHITE was named a member of the Advisory Council for the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which establishes financial accounting and reporting standards in the U.S. He is a partner and general counsel of WilmerHale in Washington, DC. White focuses on corporate governance and legal aspects of accounting and auditing and accounting firm regulation.

1979
DORA L. IRIZARRY was appointed chief judge of the Eastern District of New York and is the first Hispanic woman chief judge within the 2nd Circuit. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., recently re-appointed Judge Irizarry to the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the Judicial Conference for a second three-year term. She also serves on the 2nd Circuit’s State-Federal Judicial Council. Since 2005, Irizarry has presided over a drug re-entry court providing intensive post-conviction supervision to persons whose crimes were motivated by addiction to make them productive members of society and reduce recidivism. 

DAVID WARREN has resumed full-time client service at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine as senior counsel in the firm’s business and corporate group. He first joined the firm 28 years ago and began dividing his time with his role as president of Tranzon in 2009. Prior to that, he served as Verrill Dana’s managing partner for 14 years. Warren was also recently appointed to the board of directors of the New England Legal Foundation.

1982
RALPH A. WEBER was named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a partner at Gass Weber Mullins in Milwaukee and has been practicing for 34 years.

1985
KAREN DACOSTA PERZAN joined the real estate practice of Polsinelli in Chicago as a shareholder. She represents clients in property acquisitions and dispositions, tax-assisted development, real estate finance, commercial leasing arrangements and zoning issues. Perzan was previously with Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.

1987
BRIAN V. CAID recently joined the Denver office of Fox Rothschild as a partner. He is a member of the firm’s corporate group, focusing on federal securities law and capital markets transactions.

NITZA MILAGROS ESCALERA received the 2017 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The Giving Back Award honors Fordham University administrators who go above and beyond their everyday leadership duties and give back to their campuses and communities. Escalera is the dean of diversity initiatives at Fordham Law School.

1988
RICHARD M. SIMINS recently rejoined Montgomery McCracken in Philadelphia as a partner in the firm’s litigation department. He was formerly with Montgomery McCracken from 1989 to 2001. Simins is an accomplished commercial trial attorney with more than 25 years of diverse experience ranging across the civil litigation spectrum.

LARRY G. CASSIL JR. joined Amy Steward Law in Dallas as of counsel. Before joining Amy Stewart Law, he was of counsel to Oklahoma City’s Hornbeek Vitali & Braun, where he represented policyholders in a variety of insurance coverage matters.

1989
BRIAN G. BARRETT, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland in New York City, was named 2017 BTI Client Service All-Star. He is a member of the firm’s financial services practice group and advises banks, broker-dealers, life and non-life insurers and reinsurers, and more on regulatory and transactional matters. This is Barrett’s second consecutive year being chosen by clients as a BTI All-Star for client service.

YVES LEDUC, LL.M. was appointed as CEO of Velan, Inc, a valve manufacturing company in Montreal. He was also elected to the board of directors of the company.

1994
ADRIENNE M. WARD joined Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York City as a partner in the litigation group. She represents public companies and financial institutions in securities litigation matters, and her practice includes the representation of broker-dealers, investment advisers, private funds and more. Prior to joining Olshan, Ward was a partner in the litigation practice at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole.

1999
ANDREA K. DOUGLAS joined Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger in Los Angeles as senior counsel. She focuses her practice on the resolution of employment disputes in matters related to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Douglas represents clients in a broad range of employment claims.

2002
ASHA MULDRO recently joined Guidepost Solutions in Los Angeles as senior managing director and deputy general counsel. Previously, she was a partner at Willenken Wilson Loh & Delgado where she led white-collar investigations, defense matters, and complex civil litigation cases.

2003
MICHAEL L. FOX recently joined Mount Saint Mary College as an assistant professor of business law.

2008
JAIME SNEIDER was promoted to partner at Boies Schiller Flexner in New York City. His practice focuses on securities litigation and government investigations for financial institutions, hedge funds, companies, boards of directors, and executives.

2011
RENATA FIALHO DE OLIVEIRA, LL.M, was promoted to partner at Veirano Advogados in São Paulo. She is a member of the corporate and M&A group and represents companies in mergers, joint ventures, strategic investments, asset deals, and complex commercial transactions. She is also the coordinator of the firm’s healthcare practice area.

1963
GUY I. SMILEY recently received a lifetime achievement award from the New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance. He was recognized for his career in personal injury law, which spans more than 50 years. Smiley is the founding partner of Smiley & Smiley in Manhattan.

1970
CHARLES DONEGAN, LL.M., recently celebrated his 45th year as a labor arbitrator. In addition to this work, Donegan is a former law professor, having taught at the University at Buffalo School of Law, Howard University School of Law, the College of Administrative Science at Ohio State University, Paul M. Herbert Law Center at Louisiana State University, and North Carolina Central University School of Law.

1972
T. MERRITT BUMPASS JR., LL.M., was recognized as one of the best lawyers in Ohio for 2016 by Super Lawyers magazine. Bumpass, a partner and member of the management committee at Frantz Ward in Cleveland, specializes in employment lawsuits and labor disputes.

1975
JON LINDSEY was named to LawDragon’s 2016 “100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists” list. Lindsey is the New York founding partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa, an international legal recruiting services firm.

DAVID B. MCKINNEY was recognized as one of the best lawyers in Oklahoma for 2016 by Super Lawyers magazine. McKinney was honored for his work in corporate and securities law. He practices law at GableGotwals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1976
DAVID FORTE was named the Garwood Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, and a research fellow for the school’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. Forte’s permanent teaching position is at Cleveland State University, where he serves as a professor of law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

DOUGLAS R. CHAMBERLAIN became of counsel to Sulloway & Hollis in Concord, New Hampshire. Chamberlain advises business and professional groups, particularly in the health-care field, on matters such as formation and governance, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been a member of the firm since 2002.

1977
AXEL HECK was appointed an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. Heck serves as an attorney at Alexander & Partner in Berlin. He specializes in complex transnational transactions, international private dispute resolution, and strategic legal counseling.

1978
LESLIE G. LEACH was appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which reviews complaints of misconduct and disability against judges and justices of the State Unified Court System. Leach also serves as a Queens County Supreme Court justice.

1979
BILL WOOLVERTON recently joined DMS Governance, a global provider of private funds governance, risk management, and compliance services, as a managing director. In this role, he has senior responsibilities relating to U.S. business, as well as oversight of U.S. legal for the firm. He previously served as senior managing director and general counsel at the Gottex Fund Management Group.

1980
ALAINE S. WILLIAMS, LL.M., was elected to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Williams currently serves as a partner at Willig, Williams and Davidson in Philadelphia. She specializes in public employee labor law.

ROBERT WILLIAMS, LL.M., was named one of the nation’s top professors cited by state supreme courts. According to the recent study, “Judicial Impact of Law School Faculties,” Williams ranked third in the nation for nearly 400 references to his scholarship by state supreme court judges from 2005 to 2014. He serves as a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey.

1983
DAVID C. BLOOMFIELD recently published the third edition of American Public Education Law (Peter Lang Publishing: 2016), a book used to assist practicing educators, college and graduate students, parents, and the public in better understanding and acting on everyday legal issues in public education. Bloomfield holds a joint appointment as the Professor of Education Leadership, Law & Policy at Brooklyn College and in the Ph.D. in urban education program at CUNY Graduate Center.

DONALD B. VERRILLI, JR., recently joined Los Angeles–based law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson. He is responsible for founding the firm’s new office in Washington, D.C. Verrilli previously served as solicitor general of the United States from 2011 to 2016.

1984
DANIEL KOHRMAN recently celebrated 15 years working at AARP Foundation Litigation, an advocacy organization focused on the rights of people 50 years of age and older. Kohrman currently serves as a senior attorney.

1987
PATRICK W. BEGOS recently joined Robinson+Cole in Stamford, Connecticut as partner in its business litigation group. Begos has nearly 30 years of commercial and insurance litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation experience, representing companies and individuals in a wide array of industries.

NITZA MILAGROS ESCALERA was named assistant dean of diversity initiatives at Fordham Law School. In this role, she works with faculty members, students, administrators, centers and institutes, offices, and programs to develop and implement initiatives that enhance the school’s commitment to diversity. Escalera is the first person to hold this position. She also serves as the school’s assistant dean for student affairs.

1991
JAMES I. COHEN was named one of New England’s top attorneys in 2016 by Super Lawyers magazine. Cohen, a partner at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine, was recognized for his work in public utility regulation. He also specializes in banking and financial services, government and public relations, and alternative dispute resolution.

JONATHAN ETRA was named the chairman of the board of directors of the Family Resource Center of South Florida, a child-welfare service organization based in Miami. Etra serves as a partner at Broad and Cassel in that city. He is a member of the firm’s commercial litigation and white-collar defense practice groups.

1992
TRACEY E. DIAMOND was elected as of counsel at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia. Diamond is a member of the firm’s labor and employment practice group and focuses on employment law, human resources counseling, and employment litigation.

1993
KENNETH LEONETTI was named co-managing partner of Foley Hoag. Leonetti, who is based in the firm’s Boston office, focuses his practice on bankruptcy and corporate reorganization; complex financial litigation; and trade secret, software, life sciences, and licensing disputes. He joined Foley Hoag in 1995.

1994
MIKE HINTZE recently joined Seattle’s Hintze Law as a partner. He specializes in privacy and data protection law, policy, and strategy. Hintze previously served as a chief privacy counsel at Microsoft, where, for more than 18 years, he advised on global data protection compliance and helped lead the company’s strategic initiatives on privacy differentiation and public policy.

1995
DANA C. LUMSDEN was elected to the board of directors of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. He serves as managing partner of the Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. He focuses on business litigation.

1998
LISA BORNSTEIN was named vice president of strategy and policy at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a legal advocacy organization. In this role, she focuses on day-to-day strategic support, policy expertise, and oversight for key systems operations. Bornstein previously served as legal director and senior legal adviser at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

1999
TROY FOSTER joined Perkins Coie has a partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Foster focuses his practice on emerging companies, specifically technology startups, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that support them. He previously served as chief legal and compliance officer at TrueCar, Inc., an automotive consumer information website.

2002
MICHAEL W. KAUFMAN was named a partner at Robinson & Cole in Stamford, Connecticut. He focuses his practice on all aspects of secured and unsecured bank, mezzanine, and other senior and subordinated lending. Kaufman previously served as counsel at the firm.

JAMES SHERER was named a partner at BakerHostetler in New York City. He is a member of the firm’s litigation group and chair of the information governance team. His work focuses on litigation, information and data governance, discovery management processes, enterprise risk management, data privacy, artificial intelligence, technology integration issues and related merger and acquisition diligence.

2003
ELISA CASTROLUGO was appointed a U.S. immigration judge of the Houston Immigration Court by U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch. Castrolugo previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida for six years.

JARED R. FRIEDMANN was named a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City. He focuses his practice on the representation of public and private clients in the banking, insurance, manufacturing, online commerce, and telecommunication industries, in both state and federal courts and in arbitration. Friedmann previously served as counsel at the firm.

SETH KRUGLAK was named a partner at Chadbourne & Parke in New York City. Kruglack, who joined the firm in 2013, represents parties in all aspects of federal and state litigations, appeals, international and domestic arbitrations, and government investigations. He previously served as counsel.

ALEXANDER SPECHT was promoted to partner at Akin Gump in New York City. Specht is a member of the firm’s tax practice, and focuses on the U.S. federal tax aspects of domestic and cross-border financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. He regularly advises private equity and hedge funds on matters related to the structuring of investments and operations within and outside of the United States.

2004
GERALD BRANT was promoted to partner at Akin Gump in New York City. Brant is a member of the firm’s corporate practice focusing on merger and acquisition transactions, including leveraged buy-out, carve-out and other private equity transactions. He also represents both financial and strategic clients on a variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance, fiduciary and securities issues.

2006
ANDREW RADSCH was promoted to counsel in the Silicon Valley office of Ropes & Gray. Radsch is a member of the firm’s intellectual property litigation group and represents U.S. and international clients in patent litigation in federal courts and at the International Trade Commission.

2007
TIFFANY SCOTT CONNORS was elected a shareholder of Lane Powell in Seattle.  She practices trade secret, trademark and copyright litigation for internet, entertainment, software, electronics and consumer products clients, and specializes in software license agreement claims, domain name disputes and Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims.

AMIT KATARIA was promoted to partner at Morrison & Foerster in Hong Kong. Kataria has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions transactions, private equity investments, securities offerings, and on a broad range of transactional and corporate advisory matters.

MICHAEL TRAUBE was promoted to counsel at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York City. Traube is a member of the firm’s M&A group and represents companies on public and private mergers, proxy contests, joint ventures and strategic investments, Section 363 and other asset deals, carve-out transactions, private equity deals, corporate restructurings, reclassifications, and corporate finance.

2008
MEREDITH KAUFMAN was promoted to shareholder at Littler in New York City. Kaufman has extensive experience litigating disputes involving claims of unfair competition and trade secrets, breach of contract, discrimination, sexual harassment, disability accommodations, whistleblower retaliation, and wage and hour claims.

NICHOLAS VENDITTO was promoted to partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman in East Meadow, New York. He represents public and private businesses in a broad-based corporate transactional practice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, complex joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and other general corporate matters.

2015
SOFIE SYED, an associate at Atkin Gump in New York City, served as one of the lead drafters of an amicus brief that was submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in People v. Bridgeforth, a precedent-setting ruling that skin color cannot be used as criterion for excluding jurors.

1950
ROBERT M. PENNOYER recently published his memoir, As It Was. The book traces Pennoyer’s life—from his childhood on Long Island to World War II to his distinguished career, which included time working for U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is currently of counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City. He concentrates his practice on tax-exempt organizations and trusts and estates.

1959
ROBERT WHITMAN recently became a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Whitman joined the UConn law faculty in 1966 and served as the school’s senior faculty member for several years prior to his retirement from teaching. His areas of expertise include trusts, estate planning, and fiduciary accounting.

1961
WILLIAM A. DREIER was named one of 2016’s top New Jersey lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine. A retired appellate judge, Dreier serves as a member of the firm at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and leads the firm’s alternative dispute resolution practice.

1963
HARRIS MARKHOFF was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. A founding member of Danziger & Markhoff in White Plains, New York, he was recognized for his work in the areas of corporate law and trusts and estates law.

1965
PETER G. WOLFE recently published Alexander Hamilton: His Early Financial Thinking. The book, which employs many of Hamilton’s writings, follows his fight to implement a U.S. financial system. Wolfe teaches history at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Washington, D.C.

ALBERT ZAKARIAN received a lifetime achievement award from The Connecticut Law Tribune. His legal career, which spans more than 50 years, was honored at the newspaper’s 2016 Professional Excellence Awards ceremony. Zakarian serves as of counsel at Day Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut. He specializes in employment law and business law litigation.

1967
GEORGE A. DAVIDSON received the Federal Bar Council’s Whitney North Seymour Award for his outstanding public service. Davidson serves as a senior counsel at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York City. He specializes in arbitration.

1969
DAVID H. HOPKINS was named a top lawyer in Illinois by Leading Lawyers magazine. Hopkins serves as a partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck in Wheaton, Illinois. He focuses his practice on tax planning, especially in relation to divorce matters.

1971
ANDREW L. HERZ received a professionalism award from the New York State Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section. The award is given annually to a real estate practitioner with an outstanding level of career achievement who participates in bar activities and acts as a mentor to others in the field. Herz serves as of counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City.

1972
T. MERRITT BUMPASS JR., LL.M., was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Bumpass was recognized for his work in employment law and labor law. He serves as an attorney and member of the management committee at Frantz Ward in Cleveland.

JOSEPH J. FLEISCHMAN was recognized as one of the best lawyers in New Jersey for 2016 by Super Lawyers magazine. Fleischman serves as a member of the firm at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He specializes in complex commercial litigation matters.

RUSSELL M. GERTMENIAN was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Gertmenian serves as the managing partner of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease. He focuses his practice on general corporate and contract law, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and initial public offerings.

1973
JAMES POOLEY was inducted to the IP Hall of Fame, an international body that honors the achievements of men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the study and development of intellectual property law and practice. He also recently joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as senior counsel in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Pooley is the former deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization and a recognized expert on trade secret law.

1974
EDWARD J. LITTLEJOHN, ’74 LL.M., ’82 J.S.D., was recently recognized for his work in race issues and the law with a symposium held in his honor at Wayne State University Law School. Littlejohn, a professor of law emeritus at the school, was also inducted into the Miller Family Wayne Law Alumni Wall of Fame this past September. Earlier this year, he received the Honorable George N. Bashara Jr. Class of ’60 Distinguished Alumni Award at Michigan State University College of Law’s 2016 graduation.

RICHARD H. WEISBERG was recognized this past spring for his work in law and literature at a festschrift event held in his honor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he serves as the Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law. This past August, Weisberg led, with local Ukranian officials, a re-dedication ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in the shtetl town of Stavishche, as part of his work as a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.

1975
DAVID B. MCKINNEY was recognized as one of the best lawyers in Oklahoma for 2015 by Super Lawyers magazine. McKinney was honored for his work in business and corporate law. He practices law at GableGotwals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1976
JEFFREY M. GABA was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Gaba was recognized for his work in environmental law. He serves as an of counsel partner at Gardere in Dallas.

1977
SHELDON M. FINKELSTEIN recently opened an arbitration and mediation practice in Lewes, Delaware. He previously practiced law at Podvey, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner, Cocoziello & Chattman in New Jersey. Finkelstein also continues to be active in the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section and was recently reappointed to the section’s professional development committee.

NICOLE GORDON was appointed faculty director of the executive MPA program at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. She was also named adjunct professor of public affairs at the school.

MITCHELL C. HOCHBERG was named chair of the Westchester County Health Corporation’s board of directors. Hochberg, a member of the board since 2000, serves as the president and COO of Lightstone, a privately held real estate company based in the U.S.

1979
TOM ROGERS was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, which honors those who have made a lasting contribution to the advancement of the industry. He was also named co-chairman of WinView Games, a sports-gaming startup company. Among his high-ranking positions in the cable industry, Rogers has served as CEO of Tivo Inc. and as president of NBC’s cable division. He founded both CNBC and MSNBC.

DAVID E. WARREN was named a “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America. He was recognized for his work with closely held companies and his expertise in family business law. Warren serves as senior counsel at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine.

1980
CHRISTOPHER C. LARKIN was appointed an administrative trademark judge on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Larkin previously served as a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Los Angeles.

1981
MARIA FOSCARINIS received the 2016 Katharine and George Alexander Law Prize from Santa Clara University School of Law. The award honors top legal advocates who have used their careers to help alleviate injustice and inequity. Foscarinis is the founder and executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, a litigation and advocacy organization focused on the rights of homeless individuals.

1982
BRUCE D. GREENBERG recently delivered the 27th Annual Alice and Stephen Evangelides Memorial Lecture at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. The talk was titled, “Class Action Litigation: Who Benefits?” Greenberg serves as a member of Lite DePalma Greenberg in Newark, New Jersey. He specializes in appellate and complex commercial litigation.

1983
ROLF ASPHAUG was appointed general counsel of the Regional Transportation District, the public transit agency for Colorado’s Denver metro region. Asphaug previously served as deputy general counsel of the agency for 24 years.

1984
EDWARD H. KLEES joined Hirschler Fleischer’s Richmond, Virginia, office. Klees is a member of the firm’s investment management practice group. He previously served as general counsel of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company.

SARA P. SANDFORD was named chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law. Concurrent with her one-year term as chair, she serves as a board member of the ABA’s Rule of Law Initiative. Sandford is an attorney at Garvey Schubert Barer in Seattle. She concentrates her practice on representing Japanese companies and individuals in their business activities in the United States, and on advising U.S. clients concerning business activities in Japan, Canada, and other countries.

PETER J. WEIDMAN recently won a significant jury verdict on behalf of several victims of a Philadelphia-area Ponzi scheme. Weidman serves as a partner at Weidman Law in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. He specializes in commercial litigation, executive compensation issues, and employment law and litigation.

1985
MARK R. WICKER joined Perkins Coie as a partner in the firm’s San Diego office. Wicker advises clients in all aspects of acquiring, developing, commercializing, and licensing new technologies and products. He previously served as a partner at Morrison & Foerster in that city.

JAMES A. WILSON was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Wilson was recognized for his work in antitrust law and litigation. He serves as a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio.

1986
THOMAS C. GALLIGAN JR., LL.M., was named dean of Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. He previously served as president of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire.

JEFFREY R. KEITELMAN was named co-managing partner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. In this role, he also serves as a member of the firm’s executive committee. He is co-managing partner of Stroock’s Washington, D.C., office and co-chair of the firm’s national real estate practice group. Keitelman focuses his practice on complicated and high-profile commercial real estate transactions.

1989
BRIAN BARRETT was named to The BTI Consulting Group 2016 “Client Service All-Star Attorneys” list, which honors lawyers who provide superior client service. Barrett serves as a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in New York City. He specializes in structured finance, secured lending, and derivatives.

1990
ALICIA BATTS joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Batts specializes in antitrust law and represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, as well as general investigations before federal and state agencies. She previously served as a partner at Proskauer Rose, also in Washington, D.C.

JEANNE M. HAMBURG was named one of 2016’s best lawyers in the New York metro area by Super Lawyers magazine. Hamburg, a member of the firm at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus in New York City, focuses her practice on assisting clients in a broad range of industries with their intellectual property needs.

JOHN F. WIRENIUS was confirmed as chairperson of the New York State Public Employment Relations Board by the New York State Senate. He was previously nominated by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. Wirenius serves as an attorney specializing in labor law, civil rights, and constitutional law.

1991
JAMES I. COHEN was named one of Maine’s top attorneys by Chambers & Partners. He was also included in The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Cohen, a partner at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine, focuses his practice on banking and financial services, public utility regulation, government and public relations, and alternative dispute resolution.

ERIC B. HERMANSON was named a partner at White and Williams in Boston. Hermanson focuses his practice on representing primary and excess insurance carriers in complex litigation matters. He joined the firm in 2013.

STEPHANIE A. KROGER was named a partner at Andrews Kurth Kenyon in Austin, Texas. Kroger is a member of the firm’s public law practice and specializes in electricity regulation and transactions.

1992
DAVID SCHOEN, LL.M., received the Honorable David S. Nelson Public Interest Law Award from Boston College Law School. The honor is given each year to a graduate of the school for their contributions to the public sector or to public interest law. A solo practitioner with offices in both New York and Alabama, Schoen focuses his practice primarily on the litigation of complex civil and criminal cases before trial and appellate courts.

JAMES STONE was named a partner at One to One Corporate Finance, an investment banking firm. Stone, a member of the company’s Washington, D.C., office, focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and valuations and advisory services for software, healthcare, and financial technology firms.

1994
SUSAN BISOM-RAPP, ’94 LL.M., ’97 J.S.D., recently co-authored Lifetime Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Gendered Workforce (Cambridge University Press: 2016). The book considers how law attempts to address the problems that inhibit women’s labor force participation. Bisom-Rapp serves as a professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She specializes in comparative workplace law.

LAURA W. BRILL and her spouse, Ellen Evans, received the State Farm Good Neighbor Award at the 2016 Equality Awards hosted by Equality California this fall in Los Angeles. Brill was recognized for her work in advancing equality in the LGBTQ community, including serving as a member of the board of directors of Lambda Legal. A name partner at Kendall Brill & Kelly, located in Los Angeles, Brill focuses her practice on complex civil litigation and appeals relating to media, communications, and the arts.

1996
PAUL SANGILLO was promoted to deputy general counsel at Benjamin Moore & Co. His work focuses on a broad range of matters, including corporate law, the environment, health and safety, and security. Prior to working at that company, Sangillo served as a partner at Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, a full-service law firm with locations in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

1997
KIMBERLY E. PARKER was recently appointed as a commissioner for the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. In this role, Parker adjudicates child support issues for the court. As an attorney, she specializes in family law.

2000
LIANNE PINCHUK was appointed a visiting assistant professor at Albany Law School. She previously served as a staff attorney at the Albany County Bar association. During her career, Pinchuck has specialized in litigation.

SHRUTI RANA joined Brooks Pierce as of counsel in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rana represents a wide variety of clients in transactional and litigation matters involving finance, banking, regulatory, and intellectual property issues. She has previously practiced law at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in San Francisco.

MICHAEL WENGER was promoted to general counsel at Rosenthal & Rosenthal, a commercial finance company specializing in factoring and asset-based lending. He previously served as deputy general counsel at the company.

2001
BRANDON L. GARRETT recently upgraded an online database he created that details every case in which DNA helped to exonerate an innocent person. The website is hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law, where Garrett serves as the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law. His research and teaching specialties include criminal procedure and wrongful convictions.

KIMBERLY J. MIN joined Whiteford Taylor & Preston as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore office. She specializes in public finance and real estate transactions. Min previously served as a partner at Abramoff Neuberger in the Baltimore area.

CIARA TORRES-SPELLISCY was granted tenure at Stetson University College of Law, where she serves as an associate professor of law. She also recently published her first book, Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State (Carolina Academic Press: 2016), which focuses on the slow, yet steady, expansion of corporate rights since the founding of the United States.

ELIA O. WOYT was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. He was recognized for his work in bankruptcy matters and creditor-debtor rights, as well as his work in reorganization law and insolvency issues. Woyt serves as partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Akron, Ohio.

2004
YAN ZHANG was named a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. Zhang serves as member of the firm’s corporate department. She focuses her practice on securities offerings of structured products linked to equities, commodities, currencies, rates, and combinations of these assets.

2005
BRAD BEDINGFIELD was appointed co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Tax-Exempt Organizations Section. Bedingfield serves as counsel at Choate Hall & Stewart in Boston. He focuses his practice on international estate planning and the representation of tax-exempt organizations seeking creative avenues for furthering their charitable missions.

MAITE ORONOZ RODRÍGUEZ, LL.M., was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Oronoz Rodríguez first joined the court in 2014. She has previously served as deputy solicitor general of Puerto Rico and as San Juan’s chief legal counselor.

CARA R. STERLING joined the board of directors of The Art Garage, a nonprofit organization that provides a variety of educational opportunities, including art classes and art-based community activities, to residents of the Denver area. Sterling also serves as board secretary. A shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Denver, she is a member of the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice.

2006
SARAH K. GRIFFIN was named a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City. Griffin represents banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of senior lending transactions. She previously served as an associate at the firm.

MEGAN E. KULTGEN was recently promoted to counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. A member of the firm’s New York City office, Kultgen focuses her practice on institutional investing, project development, and project finance matters.

2007
MICHAEL J. HONG was promoted to counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Hong, who joined the firm as an associate in 2007, represents financial institutions and corporate clients in a variety of U.S. and international transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings.

DAN KOMAREK was promoted to partner at Vinson & Elkins in New York City. Komarek’s principal areas of practice are private equity law and mergers and acquisitions.

D. MCKINLEY “MAC” MEASLEY was elected partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell in Wilmington, Delaware. Measley focuses his practice on corporate and alternative entity litigation and commercial disputes. He joined the firm in 2008.

SONIA K. NIJJAR was recently promoted to counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. A member of the firm’s Palo Alto office, Nijjar represents clients in a wide range of U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, proxy contests, and capital markets transactions.

ANDREW THOMISON was promoted to partner at Baker Botts in Houston. Thomison serves as a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. He previously served as an associate.

2008
SHU DU was recently promoted to counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Du, a member of the firm’s Hong Kong office, represents corporate clients, investment banks, and private equity funds on various securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters.

JOSHUA I. SCHILLER was named one of the top lawyers under the age of 40 by Law360. Schiller, a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in New York City, was recognized for his work in sports law. He was also named to The New York Law Journal’s “2016 Rising Stars” list.

2009
MISLAV MATAIJA, LL.M., recently published Private Regulation and the Internal Market: Sports, Legal Services, and Standard Setting in EU Economic Law (Oxford University Press: 2016). The book, which is an expansion of the 2013 doctoral thesis Mataija completed at the European University Institute, identifies overriding trends in the EU’s approach to private regulation and analyzes the relationship between free movement rules and competition rules. Mataija serves as a member of the European Commission’s legal service team.

2010
COLIN P. CALVERT was named a “rising star” in Southern California by Super Lawyers magazine. Calvert, an associate at Fisher Phillips in Irvine, California, specializes in labor and employment law. He handles litigation matters and counsels clients on various issues, including traditional labor relations.

DAVID M. GEST was named one of 2016’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer. The award recognizes attorneys under the age of 40 who exhibit exceptional legal skills and a commitment to community service. Gest serves as an associate at Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia. He specializes in real estate law, with a focus on zoning and land use matters.

2011
UCHECHI (AMADI) DEMASKE joined the San Antonio headquarters of USAA as property and casualty counsel in the Office of General Counsel. She previously served as a litigation associate at Jones Day in Atlanta.

2012
BRITTANY E. ALLISON joined Drinker Biddle & Reath as an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. She focuses her practice on regulatory and transactional matters for health care clients. Allison previously served as assistant general counsel for the Greater New York Hospital Association.

LAUREN HUNT BROGDON was voted president-elect of the Houston Young Lawyers Association for the 2016–2017 bar year. Brogdon serves as an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston. She specializes in energy litigation.

AISHA N. DAVIS recently received a “30 Under 30” award from Windy City Times, a weekly LGBT newspaper based in Chicago. The award honors 30 LGBTQ individuals and their allies aged 30 or younger who have made substantial contributions to the LGBTQ community in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Davis serves as a justice fellow at Loevy & Loevy in Chicago.

2014
EMERY RICHARDS joined Blank Rome as an associate in the firm’s Houston office. Richards focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. She previously served as an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright.

1954
JAMES W. SYMINGTON recently published Heard and Overheard: Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People. The book is a collection of personal stories culled from Symington’s career as a four-term congressman, aide to U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1959
EVAN J. SPELFOGEL recently began teaching at Columbia Law School as a lecturer in law. He serves as a member at Epstein Becker & Green in New York City, where he specializes in employment law.

1961
WILLIAM A. DREIER received a lifetime achievement award from The New Jersey Law Journal in 2015. Dreier, a member of the firm at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus in Bridgewater, New Jersey, served in the state’s judiciary for 25 years and now leads the firm’s alternative dispute resolution practice. He is also an emeritus member of the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors.

MEYER A. GROSS was initiated into Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, at Cornell University in March of 2015. Gross earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from Cornell in 1958. Before retiring from his legal career, he specialized in patent law and other intellectual property matters.

1964
GEORGE H. LOWE, LL.B., was honored in Syracuse, New York, this past October when an office building in that city was named the George H. Lowe Center for Justice. The building is home to Legal Services of Central New York, the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County. Lowe, a former U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of New York, serves as of counsel at Bond, Schoeneck & King in Syracuse.

1965
JEFFREY MICHAEL COHEN was recently honored by Florida’s state bar association for his 50-year legal career. Cohen serves as a shareholder at Carlton Fields Jorden Burt in Miami. He specializes in insurance matters and complex commercial disputes.

STELLA FERGUSON THAYER was recognized by Florida’s state bar association this past June for her 50-year career as an attorney. Thayer serves as a shareholder at Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen in Tampa, Florida. She specializes in business and corporate law matters, as well as tax law and estate planning.

ALBERT ZAKARIAN recently received the Edward F. Hennessey Professionalism Award from the Connecticut Bar Association. The award recognizes attorneys who have shown the highest ideals and standards of the legal professional throughout their career. Zakarian serves as of counsel at Day Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut. He specializes in employment and business litigation.

1966
BENNETT G. PICKER recently received a lifetime achievement award from The Legal Intelligencer, a daily law journal based in Philadelphia. Picker serves as senior counsel at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young in that city. He specializes in alternative dispute resolution.

EDWIN H. STERN recently received the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s medal of honor, the organization’s highest award. It is given annually to recipients who have made exemplary contributions to improving the New Jersey justice system and legal profession. Stern serves as of counsel at Gibbons, P.C., in Newark, New Jersey. He has also held several positions on New Jersey’s superior and supreme courts.

1967
GERALD SHEA recently published a French translation of his memoir, Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway through Life. In the book, Shea describes how he conquered challenges associated with his undiagnosed partial deafness during his childhood and young adult life. The new translation is titled La Vie Malentendue.

1971
BRIAN E. FROSH was sworn in as attorney general of Maryland in 2015. He previously served as a member of the Maryland Senate, where he chaired the Judicial Proceedings Committee for 12 years.

PETER GERHART was named interim president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. Gerhart is a former dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he also taught international law and legal theory.

STEPHEN R. LARSON joined Christian & Barton in Richmond, Virginia, as counsel. Larson focuses his practice on federal regulation of financial transactions, securities law, tax law, and international trade restrictions. He has previously served as associate chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service and as acting general counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

FREDRIC LEDERER received the Chief Justice John Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award from the Judge Advocates Foundation. The award is the foundation’s highest honor. Lederer founded and now directs the Center for Legal and Court Technology at William & Mary Law School, where he serves as the Chancellor Professor of Law.

1972
RUSSELL GERTMENIAN was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. Gertmenian serves as the managing partner of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio. He was recognized for is work in corporate compliance law and corporate governance law.

THOMAS G. SAYLOR was sworn in as chief justice of Pennsylvania’s supreme court in January of 2015. Saylor has served as a member of the state’s supreme court since 1997. He is also a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge.

1973
WILLIAM B. POLLARD III recently joined Duane Morris as a partner in the firm’s Manhattan office. Pollard specializes in litigation, with a focus on complex civil and white-collar criminal cases. He previously served as a partner at Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard in New York City.

JAMES POOLEY was elected chairman of the National Inventors Hall of Fame’s board of directors. Pooley also published his book, Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage, this past summer. He previously served as deputy director general for innovation and technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva and now operates an independent intellectual property and information security advisory practice.

1974
WILLIAM B. BONVILLIAN co-authored the book Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors, which highlights obstacles impeding innovation in areas such as air and auto transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, higher education. Bonvillian serves as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s office in Washington, D.C.

1975
DAVID B. MCKINNEY was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. McKinney, who practices law at GableGotwals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was recognized for his expertise in employee benefits law and health care law.

LEE S. RICHARDS III received a professionalism award from the American Inns of Court. The award is given annually to lawyers or judges who show a high level of integrity and professionalism in their careers. Richards serves as a founding partner at Richards Kibbe & Orbe in New York City. He specializes in white-collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation, among other areas of law.

WILLIAM SLOMANSON, LL.M., was named “1L Professor of the Year” by Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he serves as a professor specializing in civil procedure and international law. He also received the San Diego Law Library Justice Foundation’s award for excellence in legal education. In May, Slomanson was recognized by the Uncommon Individual Foundation, a mentoring organization, for pioneering a blended-learning teaching approach.

1976
JEFFREY M. GABA was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. Gaba, who serves as of counsel at Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas, specializes in environmental law.

GLENN S. GERSTELL was named general counsel of the National Security Agency. Gerstell previously served as a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. He lead the firm’s Washington, D.C., Singapore, and Hong Kong offices during his time there.

1977
DENISE PAGE HOOD was named chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Hood was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994.

RONALD F. MASON JR. was named president of the University of the District of Columbia. He previously served as president of Southern University and A&M College System in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1978
JOEL REYNOLDS was featured in the recently published book War of the Whales, which tells the story of Reynolds’ 20-year investigation into the U.S. Navy’s unregulated use of high-intensity military sonar. Reynolds serves as the western director of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

1979
MERRILL M. KRAINES joined the New York City office of Pepper Hamilton as a partner. Kraines specializes in corporate law, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He previously served as a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Manhattan.

MARTY YUDKOVITZ was named a senior fellow at Duke University’s Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics. Yudkovitz recently retired as head of strategic innovation at The Walt Disney Company. He also serves as a Dean’s Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and as a visiting lecturer at the university’s McIntire School of Commerce.

1980
MICHAEL EVAN AVIDON was named a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Avidon serves as a partner at Moses & Singer in New York City. He is co-chair of the firm’s banking and finance practice group.

HILL CARROW was recently recognized for his role in producing the 2015 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. The competition was named the “Sports Event of the Year” and the “Best Amateur Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event” by SportsTravel Magazine. Carrow, the chief executive officer of the marketing, sponsorship, and development firm Sports & Properties, Inc., served as chairman of the event’s local organizing committee.

STEPHEN LOUIS was recently appointed to the New York City Law Department’s executive staff. Louis has served as chief of the department’s legal counsel division since 1997.

GEORGE CARROLL WHIPPLE III recently joined Epstein Becker Green in New York City as a member of the firm. Whipple specializes in employment law, labor matters, and workforce management. He previously served as managing director and chairman of Credit Suisse’s global human resources, executive compensation, and employment law practice group.

1981
MARK W. BAYER was recently named to both the 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list and The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. This past May, he received individual honors for his antitrust litigation work from Chambers USA. Bayer serves as managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg’s Dallas office.

1982
LEONARD M. BAYNES was named dean of the University of Houston Law Center. Baynes previously served as a professor at St. John’s University School of Law, where he was also the inaugural director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development.

SUSAN J. KOHLMANN was named managing partner at Jenner & Block’s New York City office. Kohlmann serves as a litigator in the firm’s content, media, and entertainment practice group. She is also a member of Jenner & Block’s policy committee.

MARIAN E. LINDBERG recently published The End of the Rainy Season: Discovering My Family’s Hidden Past in Brazil. In the book, Lindberg describes how researching her family’s history uncovered many unexpected truths and contributed to her own self-discovery. Lindberg serves as senior staff writer at The Nature Conservancy on Long Island.

1983
ANNE BARSCHALL recently joined Falati, an intellectual property law firm based in Albany, New York, as of counsel. She focuses her practice on patent law related to electrical engineering, computer science, and mechanical devices. Barschall previously served as a patent attorney for more than 16 years. 

PAULA FRANZESE was named one of 20 “Inspiring Women in Education” by SheKnows, a women’s lifestyle digital media company. Franzese serves as the Peter W. Rodino Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. She was recognized for working as a volunteer teacher in an innovative extracurricular middle school program aimed at teaching children the importance of integrity, virtue, and social justice.

ALLAN D. REISS was named a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in New York City. Reiss focuses his practice on corporate and securities transactions across a variety of industries, including energy, shipping, and renewables. He previously served as a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Manhattan.

1985
SUSAN W. BERSON received a 2015 Client Choice Award for her work in health care law and life sciences law. Berson, managing member of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo’s Washington, D.C., office, advises service providers and private equity firms in the health care sector.

INAJO DAVIS CHAPPELL was named one of the country’s most influential black lawyers for 2015 by Savoy magazine. The honor extends to a select group who have distinguished themselves from their peers based on achievements in the legal field and commitment to the community. Chappell serves as a partner at Ulmer & Berne in Cleveland. She also leads the firm’s nonprofit practice group.

LAURIE MAGID is serving a yearlong detail at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, where she will assist with the investigation and review of petitions for executive clemency. Magid also serves as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

DAVID G. ODRICH joined Winston & Strawn as a partner in the firm’s New York City and Los Angeles offices. Odrich specializes in general corporate and securities law, representing emerging and established companies in a wide range of transactions. He previously served as a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York and California.

JAMES A. WILSON was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. Wilson serves as a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio. He was recognized for his work in antitrust law and litigation.

1986
PETER H. MOULTON was appointed administrative judge of the New York County Supreme Court’s civil term. Moulton also serves as the coordinating justice for all of New York City’s asbestos-related litigation. He was previously a justice on the New York County Supreme Court.

1987
RICHARD B. ALSOP was named a partner at Shearman & Sterling in New York City. Alsop, a member of the firm’s corporate governance advisory team, focuses his practice on capital markets. He previously served as counsel at Shearman & Sterling.

PEDRO J. MARTINEZ-FRAGA recently co-authored Public Purpose in International Law: Rethinking Regulatory Sovereignty in the Global Era. The book explores the history of the public purpose doctrine and its role today. Martinez-Fraga serves as a partner at Bryan Cave in Miami, where he specializes in international litigation and transnational arbitration.

1988
STEVEN E. BIZAR was named a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only organization comprised of criminal and civil ligation attorneys. He was also recently appointed president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and co-authored Pennsylvania Motion Practice, a guide to civil motion practice in the state’s courts. Bizar, who was recognized as one of The National Law Journal’s 2015 “Mergers and Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazers,” serves as a partner at Dechert in Philadelphia.

ALLAN H. COHEN received a Cornerstone Award from Lawyers Alliance for New York this past November. He was honored for his pro bono work negotiating the strategic alliance of two nonprofit organizations. Cohen serves as the managing partner of Nixon Peabody’s Long Island office in Jericho, New York. He specializes in business law.

NANCY NORTHUP married James E. Johnson in August of 2014 at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City. Northup serves as president and chief executive officer of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization.

RONALD E. WHITNEY was elected to the board of directors of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Whitney serves as a partner in the corporate department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in that city. He focuses his practice on general business law and corporate transactional matters.

1989
SCOTT COWARD was recently named general counsel and senior vice president at Exact Sciences Corporation, a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of cancer. Coward previously served as managing partner of the K&L Gates office in Raleigh, North Carolina.

BRIAN G. LLOYD was named president of Parr Brown Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City. Lloyd, who specializes in matters involving corporate law and securities, is a shareholder at the firm and a member of its business transactions group.

BARBARA STARK, LL.M., recently co-authored the third edition of Family Law in the World Community, a casebook focused on a variety of private international law issues, including child abduction and child support enforcement. She also served as an editor for Family Law in New York and International Law and its Discontents. Stark serves as a professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

1990
MICHELE L. STOCKER was named one of the “100 Outstanding Women of Broward County” by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County (Florida). Stocker was also recently named a “Most Powerful & Influential Woman” at the 2015 Florida Diversity and Leadership Conference. She is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in financial services litigation.

1991
JAMES I. COHEN was recently named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2016. He was recognized for his expertise in administrative and regulatory law, as well as his government relations work. A partner at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine, Cohen was also recently honored by Chambers & Partners as a leading lawyer in the field of energy and natural resources law, and by Super Lawyers magazine for his work with utility services.

THOMAS J. SIMEONE was recently honored for his years of service as a member of the adjunct faculty at The George Washington University Law School. Simeone serves as managing partner at Simeone & Miller, a personal injury law firm in Washington, D.C. He specializes in class action lawsuits, medical malpractice matters, employment law, and civil rights issues.

SUZANNE WILHELM, LL.M., was named dean of the Huether School of Business at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Wilhelm previously served as associate dean at the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

1993
MARK HAMILTON was named counsel at Danziger & Markhoff in White Plains, New York. Hamilton specializes in employee benefits and compensation matters. He previously served as a partner at White & Case in New York City.

1994
RICHARD HSU was named global leader of Shearman & Sterling’s intellectual property transactions practice. His blog, Hsu Untied, was also recently selected as one of the year’s top 100 legal blogs by the ABA Journal. Hsu serves as a partner at the firm, and is based in both New York City and Menlo Park, California.

WILLIAM R. SPIEGELBERGER recently published The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Russia, a reference book that analyzes Russian case law and the country’s courts. He was also elected to the supervisory board of STRABAG SE, an Austrian construction company. Spiegelberger serves as director of the international practice department at UC RUSAL in Moscow. 

THOMAS R. WEINBERGER joined the Manhattan office of Schulte Roth & Zabel as a partner. Weinberger focuses his practice on asset-backed securities and corporate finance. He previously served as a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York City.

1995
JOSEPH T. DIXON III joined the Minneapolis office of Fredrikson & Byron as a shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s white collar and regulatory defense group. Dixon previously served as deputy general counsel for government and internal investigations at UnitedHealth Group. He is also a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota.

SUSAN STEINTHAL was appointed executive vice president, deputy general counsel, and head of legal for consumer banking at Citizens Bank. Steinthal previously spent 11 years at Citigroup, most recently serving as general counsel for Citi’s international retail banking business.

1997
MELISSA ELSTEIN recently filmed her third ballet and stretch instructional DVD. Elstein is the owner of Good Energy Movement & Wellness, which offers health classes throughout Manhattan. She is also a co-founder of West 80s Neighborhood Association, a community preservation organization.

PAMELA A. MILLER joined the New York City office of O’Melveny & Myers as a partner. Miller specializes financial services litigation and commercial litigation. She previously served as a partner at Arnold & Porter in Manhattan.

TIM XIA joined Locke Lord as a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. Xia focuses his practice on intellectual property law. He previously served as a senior partner at Morris, Manning & Martin.

1998
CONSUELO CAMPUZANO joined Potomac Law Group as a partner. She focuses her practice on intellectual property, commercial contracts, and general corporate advisory matters. Prior to joining Potomac Law, Campuzano worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell and as an in-house attorney at Thomson Reuters, Goldman Sachs, and The Washington Post Company.

MICHAEL F. DEFRANCO was named chair of Baker & McKenzie’s global mergers and acquisitions practice group. DeFranco serves as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.

JUAN MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ CARRAU, LL.M., was recently named president of the University of Montevideo in Montevideo, Uruguay. Gutiérrez Carrau previously served as the university’s academic secretary, as well as director of the school’s LL.M. degree program, the first in that country.

WENSENG “WENDY” PAN recently joined Sidley Austin as a partner in the firm’s New York City office. Pan focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, technology-based transactions, and strategic partnerships. She previously served as a partner at O’Melveny & Myers in Shanghai.

1999
NYAGUTHII CHEGE was named associate director of Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School. In that role, she is responsible for student and graduate professional development and career advising in the areas of human rights and international public law. Chege previously served as director of career services at Peking University School of Transnational Law in China.

J. MICHAEL KEYES, LL.M., joined the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney as a partner. Keyes, who specializes in intellectual property law, previously served as a partner at K&L Gates.

PATRICIA I. KOVACEVIC was appointed general counsel and chief compliance officer at Nicopure Labs, an e-liquid and vaporizer-device manufacturing company based in Florida. She previously served as associate general counsel and director of regulatory affairs at ITG Brands in Greensboro, North Carolina.

2000
ANDREW TANNENBAUM recently wrote an op-ed on cybersecurity that was featured in The Wall Street Journal. Tannenbaum, IBM’s cybersecurity counsel and a former deputy general counsel at the National Security Agency, recently testified before Congress on the impact cyber threats can have on American businesses.

2001
ALISHA BLOOM was named a 2015 “In-House Leader” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, and New England In-House. The annual award recognizes in-house lawyers who demonstrate innovative and practical business and legal skills. Recipients are also active in their communities. Bloom serves as general counsel and chief compliance officer at ikaSystems, a business-solutions company based in Southborough, Massachusetts.

PATTY FERGUSON-BOHNEE was named “Woman of the Year” at the Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards banquet this past November. The event is hosted annually by the Phoenix Indian Center. Ferguson-Bohnee serves as director of the Indian Legal Clinic at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. She is also faculty director of the school’s Indian Legal Program.

SUSAN L. SHIN was named president-elect of the Asian American Bar Association of New York this past spring. Shin serves as a partner at Arnold & Porter in Manhattan. She specializes in complex business litigation.

ELIA O. WOYT was recently named to the 2016 Ohio and Kentucky “Rising Stars” list by Super Lawyers magazine. The recognition honors attorneys who have shown promise early in their careers. Woyt serves as a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Akron, Ohio. He specializes in finance matters, energy issues, and real estate law.

2002
MARIA RAPTIS was named a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Raptis, who previously served as an associate at the firm, specializes in antitrust law.

2003
VIKRAM BHAGAT was named senior counsel at American Public Media Group. In this role, he is responsible for negotiating and drafting production agreements, administering guild agreements, and providing advice and counsel to various business units. Bhagat previously served as corporate counsel for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C.

EVAN K. FARBER was promoted to partner at Reed Smith in New York City. Farber is a member of the firm’s commercial litigation practice group. He specializes in electronic discovery issues.

JANINE N. MATTON was named chief of the Government & Healthcare Fraud Section of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office Division of Law. Matton specializes in False Claims Act and consumer fraud litigation. She previously served as assistant chief of the section.

CHARLOTTE A. PONTILLO was promoted to special counsel at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman in New York City. Pontillo specializes in commercial litigation. She previously served as an associate at the firm.

J. BRITTON WILLISTON received the Emerson G. Spies Award for enthusiasm, loyalty, and dedication to the Young Lawyers Division of the Virginia Bar Association. Williston serves as a member at Kaufman & Canoles in Norfolk, Virginia. He focuses his practice on private equity issues, securities regulation, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.

CHARLES YI was appointed general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He previously served as staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

2004
MAX GARFIELD was promoted to special counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City. Garfield, who specializes in employment law, previously served as an associate at the firm.

ALEXANDRA MINKOVICH joined Baker & McKenzie as of counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Minkovich focuses her practice on tax matters in the banking sector. She previously served as associate tax legislative counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy.

ELIZABETH PEREZ was promoted to legal director of Lawyers Alliance for New York, which provides business and transactional legal services to nonprofit organizations in New York City. Perez previously served as a senior staff attorney at Lawyers Alliance.

MINDY FOSS RICE was named a shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren in Milwaukee. She focuses her practice on a wide variety of finance transactions for lenders, borrowers, financial institutions, and private equity companies.

SEAN J. RILEY joined the Washington, D.C., office of Cozen O’Connor as a member of the firm’s state attorneys general practice. Riley previously served as chief deputy attorney general of Kentucky.

CATHLEEN E. STADECKER was named a director at Downs Rachlin Martin in Burlington, Vermont. She previously served as an associate at the firm. Stadecker focuses her practice on intellectual property counseling involving trademark, copyright, advertising, unfair competition, and Internet issues.

2005
NIMA AMINI was promoted to partner at O’Melveny & Myers in Hong Kong. Amini focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters related to investment funds. He joined the firm in 2006.

KATIE BROSSY received a Native American 40 Under 40 Award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, a nonprofit organization that assists American Indian tribes in their business and economic development. The award recognizes American Indians who are dedicated and motivated leaders in both the business sector and in their communities. Brossy serves as senior counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C. She specializes in American Indian law and policy.

NICK GREENWOOD was named a shareholder at Parsons Behle & Latimer in Salt Lake City. Greenwood is a member of the firm’s corporate transactions and securities practice group. He joined the firm in 2013.

THOMAS B. KING was named a partner at Haynes and Boone in Costa Mesa, California. He specializes in intellectual property litigation. King joined the firm in 2012.

DAMON P. MEYER was promoted to counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. Meyer specializes in a broad range of domestic and international corporate restructurings. He previously served as an associate at the firm.

AMY E. VANDERWAL, LL.M., was promoted to partner at BakerHostetler in New York City. Vanderwal specializes in corporate and financial restructuring, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy matters.

2006
MARWA M. ELBORAI was named a partner at Shearman & Sterling in London. Elborai focuses her practice on capital markets. She previously served as counsel at the firm.

NATHAN W. GIESSELMAN was named a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Palo Alto, California. Giesselman, who has practiced law at Skadden since 2006, specializes in tax law.

DREW GLOVER was promoted to counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell in São Paulo. Glover focuses his practice on advising U.S. and international clients on capital markets transactions. He previously served as an associate at the firm.

BENJAMIN M. GREENBLUM was named a partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. Greenblum focuses his practice on commercial and complex civil litigation. He previously served as an associate at the firm.

CAROLINE SANDBERG, LL.M., was named a partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York City. She is a member of the firm’s corporate department and its finance practice. Sandberg previously served as an associate at Fried Frank.

TAK SATO joined Snell & Wilmer as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Sato focuses his practice on a wide range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general commercial transactions. He previously served as an associate at Arent Fox.

ROBERT VINCENT was named a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas. Vincent focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation. He previously served as an associate at the firm.

2007
SARGON DANIEL was elected a shareholder at Winstead, P.C., in Dallas. Daniel, who joined the firm in 2012, advises clients on strategic decisions related to building and managing businesses.

ELYSSA FRIEDLAND recently published Love and Miss Communication. The novel, her first, tells the story of a young, New York City–based lawyer who vows to stop using her smartphone and computer in the hopes of “unplugging” from the world. Friedland has written for several publications, including Modern Bride, New York magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, and Yale Alumni Magazine.

MICHAEL GOETTIG was named counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine in New York City. He specializes in issues relating to employment law. Goettig previously served as an associate at Vedder Price.

RADOSLAW MICHALAK, LL.M., was named counsel in the corporate department at Davis Polk & Wardwell in London. Michalak represents corporations and investment banks in cross-border securities offerings. He previously served as an associate at the firm.

ADRIANA PIÑON was recently featured as a “change maker” in the Texas Observer. Piñon serves as a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. She was recognized for her work combating civil rights abuses at the U.S.-Mexico border.

2008
AMY T. ALTER, LL.M., was named counsel in the corporate department at Davis Polk & Wardwell in Paris. Alter specializes in corporate finance transactions, international capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. She previously served as an associate at the firm.

TODD ARENA recently received a Cornerstone Award from Lawyers Alliance for New York. Arena was honored for providing pro bono counsel to the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, a financial services organization that focuses on underserved communities. Arena serves as an associate at O’Melveny & Myers in New York City. He specializes in finance, project development, and real estate matters.

DAVID W.S. LIEBERMAN was recognized as an up-and-coming attorney by the newspaper Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Lieberman serves as an associate at Day Pitney in Boston. He specializes in complex business disputes and tort litigation.

JAMES RICHARDS was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30 Law and Policy” list in 2015. The list recognizes young entrepreneurs, government officials, advisers, and lawyers who are helping to shape domestic and international law and policy. Richards serves as the CEO of Teleborder, a service that helps companies manage their employees’ immigration, tax, and relocation issues. 

PRITESH P. SHAH was named a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. He provides advice and strategic consulting to clients on the intellectual property and technology aspects of a wide variety of corporate transactions. Shah previously served as an associate at the firm.

2009
MARISSA JACKSON was appointed general counsel at the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs. She previously served as an acting assistant professor of lawyering at New York University School of Law. While in this role, Jackson was honored with NYU’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award, which recognizes faculty who make a positive impact within the classroom and in the NYU community.

DILEN KUMAR was named to the 2015­–2016 Leadership Arts Institute of the Business Council for the Arts in Dallas. The program provides training to individuals seeking leadership roles on the boards of artistic and cultural nonprofit organizations. Kumar serves as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Dallas.

ERIC M. SOEHNLEIN was named to the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of Erie County, an organization that provides mental health education, advocacy, and supportive services to residents of that area. Soehnlein serves as an associate at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman in Buffalo, New York. He specializes in white-collar criminal defense cases and regulatory enforcement matters.

2010
JACOB SCHALL HOLBERG, LL.M., recently served as a judge on the High Court of Eastern Denmark. Schall Holberg, an attorney at Bech-Bruun in Copenhagen, is also an associate professor of EU law at the University of Copenhagen.

2012
JADE A. CRAIG was named an associate at Phelps Dunbar in Tampa, Florida. He focuses his practice on litigation, as well as labor and employment matters. Craig previously served as a special policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

2014
KIPP MUELLER recently co-founded SketchyLaw, an online legal education company that specializes in the use of visual symbols and auditory cues to help students recall legal concepts in preparation for law school course and the bar exam.

2015
CHRISTOPHER O. DACHNIWSKY was named an associate at Thompson & Knight in Dallas. He focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution.