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Class Note Summer 2024

Tara McGrath, nominated by President Biden, was appointed as US attorney for the Southern District of California, making her the chief prosecutor and top federal law enforcement official in one of the busiest federal districts in the nation. McGrath previously served as an assistant US attorney in San Diego and Washington, DC, before spending the past four years working as a legal adviser for the Marine Corps, of which she is a veteran. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Samir Parikh joined Wake Forest University School of Law in North Carolina as a professor of law. Previously, he was the Robert E. Jones Professor of Advocacy and Ethics at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Also, the Yale Law Journal recently published his new essay, “Opaque Capital and Mass-Tort Financing.”

Class Note Summer 2024

Vivek Sankaran was named one of the Leaders in the Law for 2023 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He is a clinical professor of law at Michigan Law and is the director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic. His work is centered on advocating for children’s and parents’ rights during child welfare proceedings. In 2009, he founded the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, the first organization in the country to provide multidisciplinary legal assistance to families with the goal of preventing children from unnecessarily entering the foster care system.

Class Note Summer 2024

Brian Gallini was appointed dean and tenured professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, effective June 30. Previously, he served as dean and professor of law at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. He is a leading scholar in criminal law and focuses his work on law enforcement discretion issues in the context of interrogation methods, consent searches, and profiling.   

Class Note Summer 2024

Joshua Lee joined Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He is co-head of the litigation and disputes department, focusing on product liability, consumer disputes, and environmental and mass tort litigation. Lee joins NRF from Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a Chicago-based litigation firm he helped form. He has defended clients across a range of areas, including pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, and chemical exposure.

Class Note Summer 2024

Indraneel Basu Majumdar joined KPMG Law UK as director of the firm’s financial services team. His practice is based in London and is focused on payment services and digital assets. Before joining KPMG, Majumdar was the senior financial services solicitor for Harper James Solicitor, a law firm in Birmingham, England.

Class Note Summer 2024

Markeisha Miner recently became the University of Rhode Island’s vice president for community, equity, and diversity. Previously, she was the dean of students at Cornell Law School. She has been active in community organizations, including the American Bar Association’s Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section Leadership Academy and the State Bar of Michigan’s Character and Fitness Committee. She has served on the board of trustees for the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation and the board of directors for Alternatives for Girls. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Tina Samanta was recently elected partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She joined the firm in 2007 as an of counsel attorney in its New York office. Samanta has represented financial institutions, corporations, and individuals in sensitive and high-stakes securities-related investigations and litigation. She is a frequent public speaker and author on matters relating to the enforcement of securities laws.

Class Note Summer 2024

The Hon. Kyle Seedorf was appointed chief judge in the 17th Judicial District of Colorado. He worked in private practice, and as general counsel and director of legal affairs for the Colorado Department of Higher Education, before being appointed as a district court judge in 2019.  

Class Note Summer 2024

Christopher Timura was recently elected partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, DC. He joined the firm in 2017 as an of counsel legal adviser. He is a member of the firm’s international trade and white collar defense and investigations practice groups, where he advises individuals and companies on how to solve regulatory, legal, and political problems involving national security, trade, and foreign policy. He also assists clients working with emerging technologies in international trade compliance, export control licensing, supply chain, and corporate social responsibility strategies.