Issue: Fall 2015
5 results
Graduated in 2010s
2013
Fall 2015 Class Note
Geeti Faramarzi, LLM ’13: Assisting with Australian Inquest into 2014 Lindt Café Siege
Long before American television viewers awoke to reports of a suspected terrorist attack in Australia, Geeti Faramarzi, LLM ’13, was watching the chaotic scene unfold live outside her Sydney office. “I was told that an armed robbery was taking place next door at the Lindt Café,” recalls Faramarzi, a solicitor at the Office of the State Coroner of New South Wales (NSW).
Graduated in 2000s
2009
Fall 2015 Class Note
Daniel Matzkin, ’09: A New Perspective on Hearing Cases
According to Daniel Matzkin, ’09, his typical day as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida is just like everyone else’s in that same position. And if you ask whether law school was particularly challenging for him, he’ll tell you that it is equally challenging for nearly everyone.
Graduated in 1990s
1997
Fall 2015 Class Note
Dina Leshetz Bakst, ’97: Advocating for Work-Family Balance
When the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was reintroduced with bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate in June, it was a personal victory for Dina Leshetz Bakst, ’97. Bakst helped to draft the legislation, which provides stronger legal protections for pregnant women in the workplace.
Graduated in 1980s
1985
Fall 2015 Class Note
Samuel Zhang, LLM ’85: Facilitating Business Deals with Cultural Insights
Just as he has represented U.S. and European companies with investments and cross-border transactions in Asian countries throughout the past two decades, Samuel Zhang, LLM ’85, is now assisting companies from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan that seek to conduct business in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world.
Graduated in 1970s
1977
Fall 2015 Class Note
Larry Elder, ’77: Filling the Conservative Airwaves
Larry Elder, ’77, has offered his wisdom on his talk radio show, now on the air for some 20 years. It would be difficult to find another U-M alum who can mix it up like Elder can. He represents a small category: black conservatives. Suffice it to say that the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have not been on Elder’s show.