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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Jessica (Dvorak) Whitney was appointed deputy attorney general in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General in February. She is an 18-year veteran of the Office of the Iowa Attorney General, where she served as deputy attorney general for public policy and consumer protection. As one of four deputy attorneys general in Minnesota, she co-leads the office’s consumer protection work.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Janelle Beavers joined Alvarez & Marsal in February as a managing director in its disputes and investigations practice. Most recently, she served with the Civil Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice, where she led investigation and litigation teams comprising agents from seven federal agencies.  

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Adam Grant was elected as a member of Dickinson Wright in January and is based in the Detroit office. His practice centers on commercial litigation and real estate/landlord-tenant litigation. He also has significant experience in the areas of financial services litigation and products liability litigation.  

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Amanda Garcia-Williams was recognized on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2022 Influential Women of Law list. The award honors women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system, their commitment to their communities, and their service to the profession. She is the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Husch Blackwell. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Kamal Ghali has co-founded Chaiken Ghali LLP, an Atlanta-based boutique firm focused on white-collar trials and investigations. Most recently, he was a partner at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, where he also led that firm's white-collar defense practice. Before that, he worked as a white-collar and cybercrime prosecutor and as deputy chief of the US Attorney's Office in Atlanta. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Richard Kim, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s global finance practice and co-chair of the New York corporate practice, was honored by Crain’s New York Business on its 2022 Notable Asian Leaders list. He also serves as the office’s co-hiring chair and co-career development liaison. He is active in mentoring programs through the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Michael Vardanian was promoted to partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP. He is a member of the private equity practice and the corporate department. His practice focuses on advising private equity firms on transactions involving the retail, media, telecommunications, waste management, manufacturing, technology, and energy industries.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Laura Appleby, a finance and restructuring partner at Faegre Drinker, has been elected office leader of the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on complex bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, and distressed transactions.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Adam Deckinger became general counsel and secretary of Tyson Foods Inc. in January. He has worked for Tyson since 2018 and recently served as senior vice president and head of law and compliance. He worked in The Boeing Company’s global litigation and investigations team and as an attorney in private practice before joining Tyson. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Kamao Shaw joined Riemer & Braunstein LLP as a partner in Newport Beach, California. He previously served as a commercial real estate finance partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in Orange County.