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Class Note Summer 2024

Rebecca Seguin-Skrabucha, a member in the Troy, Michigan, office of Bodman PLC, was appointed as vice chair of the firm’s workplace law practice group. She concentrates her practice in advising employers, including municipal governments and businesses of all sizes, on compliance with state and federal employment and labor laws. She also conducts workplace investigations and management training. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Matthew Worsham has been appointed chair of the Martin County Bar Association’s Wills, Trusts & Estates/Probate Committee for the 2023–2024 term. He is a trusts and estates litigation attorney with Jones Foster, a private and commercial law firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. His practice focuses on probate, guardianship, trust litigation, and trust and estate administration. (may have submitted a photo that I can’t access - in the email)

Class Note Summer 2024

Julian Kleinbrodt was elected partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He practices in the firm’s litigation department and is a member of the antitrust and competition practice group. He has particular experience with claims involving price-fixing, monopolization, attempted monopolization, refusals to deal, tying, bundling, exclusive dealing, disparagement, market allocation and division, and no-poach provisions. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Matt Gregory was elected partner in the Washington, DC, office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He practices in the firm’s litigation department and in the appellate and constitutional law and the administrative law and regulatory practice groups. Before joining Gibson Dunn, he clerked for Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the US Supreme Court and for the Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge, ’93, on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Class Note Summer 2024

Raj Patel joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Chicago as a partner in the firm’s construction and real estate litigation group. He advises clients on construction, infrastructure, leasing, and supply chain transactions across industries such as education, automotive, aviation, oil and gas, and sports and gaming. Before joining Faegre, he was a partner at Honigman LLP in its Chicago office.

Class Note Summer 2024

Mei-Li da Silva Vint was appointed chief commercial officer for Brevet Capital Management, where she oversees product development and commercial strategies. She continues to co-manage Brevet’s platform origination businesses, including the operations of the real assets group. She is a longtime executive with the firm, previously serving as the chief compliance officer. Before joining Brevet in 2016, da Silva Vint worked at Morgan Stanley, covering institutional clients in fixed income, equity, and structured private secured loans.   

Class Note Summer 2024

Heba Aref, a member in the Detroit office of Bodman PLC, was appointed as co-chair of the firm’s banking practice group. She represents financial institutions in the structuring, negotiating, and documenting of loan transactions, including syndicated loans, bilateral loans, subordinated loans, and participations. Before joining Bodman, she practiced in the New York, Minneapolis, and Palo Alto offices of Dorsey & Whitney. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Aaron O’Donnell, a real estate attorney, was recently elevated to partner in Holland & Knight LLP’s Chicago office. In his practice, he represents institutional, private equity, developer, and corporate clients in all aspects of real estate transactions. The primary transaction types he oversees include the acquisition, financing, joint venture structuring, development, and disposition of real estate. 

Class Note Summer 2024

John J. Tepedino has been promoted to partner at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf. He is based in the firm’s New York office and focuses his practice on bankruptcy litigation, including as part of the team representing the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. He has led dozens of adversary proceedings resulting in the recovery of millions of dollars for the victims of Madoff’s fraud. He also has handled a variety of matters in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcies. Before joining Windels Marx, he was an associate in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he focused on US and cross-border corporate investigations and securities litigation. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Azadeh Shahshahani delivered the opening keynote speech at the Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale Law School, which was the conference’s 30th anniversary. She is a legal and advocacy director at Project South, a nonprofit organization that focuses on developing activist strategies in response to social issues in the US and Global South. She is a president of the National Lawyers Guild.