Issue: Summer 2024
159 results
Class Note Summer 2024
Ryan Walters has been promoted to chief of the Special Litigation Division for the Office of the Texas Attorney General. He previously served as deputy chief and eventually special counsel for the same division. Before joining the Office of the Texas Attorney General, Walters was the assistant attorney general in the Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine in the Employment Law Section from 2013 to 2016. He then worked as an attorney for the Texas Public Policy Foundation until 2021.
Class Note Summer 2024
Brandy Robinson was appointed to the Michigan Appellate Defender Commission by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, representing the State Bar of Michigan. She is a managing attorney of criminal practice for the Neighborhood Defender Service of Detroit. Before her recent appointment, Robinson was chair of the State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section, a member of the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, and vice chair of the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.
Class Note Summer 2024
Ken Gish rejoined Stites & Harbison in Lexington, Kentucky, as a partner in the environmental, natural resources, and energy service group and the business and finance service group. His practice focuses on assisting corporate and institutional clients in meeting sustainability goals through renewable energy purchases, advising clients in the energy industry, and assisting renewable developers in all aspects of project development. He also is an active member of his community, currently serving as the director of LexArts Inc.
Class Note Summer 2024
Pippin C. Brehler has been elevated to assistant chief counsel with the California Air Resources Board in Sacramento, where he has helped lead California’s groundbreaking requirements for advanced zero-emission vehicle emission standards. Among other previous positions, he clerked for the Hon. Marilyn J. Kelly on the Michigan Supreme Court. This past summer, he returned after a two-decade absence to compete in his fourth Bayview Mackinac Race, sailing from Port Huron to Mackinac Island. Outside of the office, he rallies behind his two daughters to support them through the adventures of high school.
Class Note Summer 2024
Matthew Johnson has been appointed to a three-year term on the management committee at Warner Norcross+Judd LLP. He is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he chairs the firm’s corporate practice group. He represents closely held and family-owned businesses, emerging growth companies, and investors on such matters as mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings, formation and capital raising, succession planning, and board governance.
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.
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
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
Chase Cantrell was reappointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to represent the general public on the Michigan Board of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons. He is the executive director and founder of Building Community Value, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to implementing and facilitating real estate development projects in underserved Detroit neighborhoods. His term runs through June 30, 2027.
Class Note Summer 2024
Susan Bassford Wilson was recently promoted to assistant general counsel II at Ryder System Inc., a leading logistics and transportation company. Since joining the company in 2021, she has focused on labor and employment matters in North America. Previously, she was a labor and employment partner and co-chair of the digital workplace and data privacy practice group at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP.