Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Valerie Jarrett was elected as a new member of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees. She currently serves as CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation and was the longest-serving senior adviser to the Obama administration.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Peter Maassen was selected by his fellow justices to serve as chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. He served in private practice in Anchorage before his appointment to the court in 2012.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Rodney Martin was recognized by Comprehensive Therapy Center as one of its 2022 Legacy Award winners for his 25 years of service on its board of directors. He is of counsel at Warner Norcross+Judd in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
The Hon. Susan Segal was reappointed in November as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Gov. Tim Walz. She was appointed to the court in 2019 and appointed chief judge in 2020. Before her appointment to the court, she served for 12 years as the Minneapolis city attorney, managing an office of more than 100 employees.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Walter Sutton was awarded the 2023 Cora T. Walker Award. The National Bar Association’s Commercial Law Section presents the award to those with a history of supporting the section and championing diversity. He also is a past president of the National Bar Association.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
The Hon. Roger Gregory is one of four recipients (along with Reginald “Reggie” Turner, ’87) of the American Bar Association’s 2023 Spirit of Excellence Award. The award honors the struggle of racially and ethnically diverse lawyers and celebrates those who navigate their own way while paving the way and assisting those who follow. He is the chief judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Corinne Fombelle joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as an associate in the firm’s intellectual property group. She is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Michael Heck 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 Troy and before becoming a magistrate operated his own law firm for more than 25 years.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
John Zavitsanos was named a Titan of the Plaintiff’s Bar by Law360 for winning several recent health care-related jury verdicts. He is a co-founder of the AZA law firm, based in Houston.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Mary Jo Wiggins received the Bernard E. Witkin Award for Excellence in Legal Education from the San Diego Law Library Foundation. The award recognized her contributions as a faculty member and former vice dean of the University of San Diego School of Law.