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Class Note Fall 2023

John Vryhof, partner at Snell & Wilmer, was among the top 50 pro bono attorney awardees at the Arizona Bar Foundation 2023 Awards Luncheon. In his practice, he oversees estate planning, trust and estate litigation, charitable planning, foundation and nonprofit organizations, business succession planning, and international estate planning. He previously worked at Streich Lang (now Quarles & Brady) in Phoenix and Sidley & Austin in Chicago.

Class Note Fall 2023

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz has published four articles in the American Bar Association's Voice of Experience newsletter in 2023. The titles include “Thanks For Noticing - Finding Joy Amid the Shadows of Life,” “Simple Twists of Fate,” “Ancient Wisdom for the Human Condition in 2023: Living with Death,” and “Doctor! Doctor! Can’t You See I’m Burning, Burning?” He is a member of the Philadelphia-based law firm Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci PC.

Class Note Fall 2023

Julie Arvo MacKenzie has rejoined Squire Patton Boggs as of counsel in the public and infrastructure finance practice, particularly for the benefit of nonprofit charter schools and health care facilities. Previously, she was a shareholder at Engelman Berger PC, where she co-founded the firm’s public finance group. 

Class Note Fall 2023

Warren von Schleicher joined the Chicago office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner. He represents insurers and employers in matters related to life, health, pension, disability claims, and bad-faith litigation. Before joining Hinshaw, he was the managing partner of Smith|von Schleicher+Associates.

Class Note Fall 2023

Sondra Soderborg has published her debut novel, Sky Ropes (Chronicle Books, 2023), a middle-grade fiction story in which the protagonist tries to hide her fear of the high-ropes course at a team-building camp. She has worked as an attorney and as a teacher at a high school and prison. Reflecting on her career, she says, “All of it has been useful. None of it compares to the sheer joy and wonder of writing for kids.”

Class Note Fall 2023

Brian Gearinger maintains a solo law practice in Santa Rosa, California, specializing in representing victims of civil rights violations. He was part of a three-attorney team who obtained an $8.25 million jury verdict in federal court for an unlawful detention of three African American women.

Class Note Fall 2023

Samuel Silver joined Philadelphia boutique firm Welsh & Recker in June after having spent the entirety of his legal career at Schnader Harrison. He specializes in representing global manufacturers of products in litigation and product safety matters. Other litigation includes intellectual property disputes, restrictive covenants, and defending members of the equestrian sport against charges brought by the sport’s governing bodies.  

Class Note Fall 2023

Kiren ​​Dosanjh Zucker, a professor of accounting, communications, and ethics at California State University Northridge, is the winner of the 2023 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction, recognizing original stories illuminating the role of the law or lawyers in modern society. In her story, “Memory of a Braid,” the protagonist is told her hair violates workplace appearance policy.

Class Note Fall 2023

David Meyer was installed as president and dean of Brooklyn Law School in September, the 10th person to serve in that role since the school was founded in 1901. Meyer had served as the dean of Tulane University Law School since 2010. Before that, he was on the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Law.

Class Note Fall 2023

Kevin A. Mills joined GMTO Corp. as vice president for legal affairs and general counsel after eight years serving as general counsel to University of the Pacific. GMTO Corp. is an international nonprofit whose mission is to design, build, and operate the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), part of the United States’ Extremely Large Telescope Program. Now under construction in the high mountains of Chile, the GMT will be one of the most powerful telescopes in the world when completed.