Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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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
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
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
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
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
Frank Shaw is now deputy general counsel, Americas, at First Solar Inc., a US-based solar module manufacturer. Previously, he was corporate and energy counsel at Skadden, Arps.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Martese Johnson delivered the keynote address at Ferris State University on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He is an associate in the real estate practice group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. He also is a social justice advocate, stemming from his experience as an undergraduate student who was beaten by officers near a bar in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2015.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Robert A. Stein’s firm, The Stein Law Firm PLLC, received special acknowledgements in the 2023 rankings of Best Law Firms by U.S. News and World Report. The firm is recognized in the areas of family law, commercial litigation, trusts and estates litigation, and personal injury litigation–plaintiffs.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
James M. Moore received the Distinguished Service Award from the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been in private practice for 50 years, representing labor unions and workers, after beginning his career as a clerk for the Hon. John Feikens, ’41, on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Joseph Kent, JD/MBA, joined Gunderson Dettmer as a corporate law clerk in January. He is based in the New York office. He also is CEO and founder of JMK & Co., a grad school admissions consultancy.