Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Evan Dunn is now general counsel of TuSimple, a global autonomous driving technology company headquartered in San Diego, after serving as deputy general counsel and corporate secretary. Before joining TuSimple, he was deputy general counsel for a publicly traded real estate investment trust company.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Devika Persaud received the 2022 Rising Star Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC. The award recognizes early career Bar members who have achieved distinction in their respective field while demonstrating a strong commitment to the organization and the South Asian community. She is an associate intellectual property litigator at DLA Piper.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Randolph Pistor joined Dickinson Wright in Ann Arbor as of counsel. An experienced corporate and securities attorney, he previously served as chief compliance officer and chief legal officer for an investment advisory corporation.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Victoria “Tori” Roth joined the US Department of Homeland Security as attorney advisor, where she will advise the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. She previously served at the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a supervisory attorney advisor.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Christopher “Kit” Tholen, who worked as an assistant prosecutor in Grand Traverse County in northern Michigan for the past 10 years, became the new county prosecutor in neighboring Charlevoix County in January.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Andy Alexander was elected partner at Calfee, Halter & Griswold, based in the firm’s Cleveland office. As part of the intellectual property practice group, he assists clients with patent, copyright, and trademark litigation and counseling.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Samuel Hall was promoted to partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He practices in the firm's litigation department and crisis management group in Washington, DC, representing clients in matters including government investigations, congressional hearings, enforcement actions, sanctions, and anti-corruption issues.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Jennifer Hartnett was promoted to partner at Mayer Brown in Chicago. She first joined the firm in 2018 and works in the banking and finance practice group.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Robert Huff was elected partner at Varnum, a Grand Rapids, Michigan, law firm. He is a member of the firm’s estate planning practice team. He joined Varnum in 2017 after practicing in Florida for several years and frequently counsels clients who own property or relocate to Florida.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Pete Scherer was promoted to counsel in Ropes & Gray’s real estate investments and transactions group. He represents private equity clients, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, and other financial institutions in a wide variety of commercial real estate matters. Based near Boston, he has been with the firm since graduation.