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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Chris D. Slater was reappointed to a four-year term as a magistrate on the State of Michigan’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Magistrates by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. He lives in Grand Rapids.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

T. Michael Johnson joined CIFC Asset Management LLC in New York as global co-head of business development. He has nearly 20 years of experience in alternative investment sales and most recently served as a managing director and head of investor relations at Carlyle Global Credit.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Bruce Goldner received a 2022 Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York for his pro bono work helping nonprofits protect their intellectual property. He is co-head of the intellectual property and technology group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Ronald Hall was appointed to serve on the Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. He is the president and chief executive officer of Bridgewater Interiors LLC, an automotive interior manufacturing firm. He serves on several executive boards, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago–Detroit Branch and the Detroit Regional Chamber. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Andrew Manitsky has been elected president of the Vermont Bar Association. He was also recently elected to the American Law Institute. He is a litigator in Burlington, Vermont, with the firm Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Peter T. Mooney was elected chair of the University of Michigan’s Board for Student Publications. The board is made up of nine members appointed by the president of the University and supervises the operations of The Michigan Daily, the Michiganensian yearbook, the Gargoyle humor magazine, and the Shei fashion magazine. He is a member at Simen, Figura & Parker PLC in Flint, Michigan. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Jean M. McCarthy has been named chief diversity officer at Quinn IP Law in suburban Detroit, where she also is a shareholder and patent attorney. She will provide strategic leadership to the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, working with attorneys, staff, and administration to advance recruitment efforts, provide professional development, and implement DEI programs and initiatives throughout the firm.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Susanne Baer, LLM, has stepped down from the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, after her 12-year term as justice in the First Senate. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier subsequently awarded her the Grand Cross of Merit for services to the Federal Republic of Germany. She returns to Humboldt University Berlin and is the L. Bates Lea Global Law Professor at Michigan.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Jamie Jorgensen was named vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at the University of Iowa in fall 2022. Previously, he served as senior counsel at Husch Blackwell LLP in Denver and was chief of staff and chief legal counsel at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Chris Ware was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Itron, a technology provider for energy and water utility services. He is based in Austin, Texas.