Issue: Summer 2024
159 results
Class Note Summer 2024
Mark Garibyan was promoted to special counsel at Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP in New York. He specializes in commercial, business, and bankruptcy disputes as well as shareholder activism litigation. He also focuses on internal and government investigations relating to federal securities law, anti-money laundering, and issues relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He previously worked in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions and securities group.
Class Note Summer 2024
Lee Crain was recently elected litigation partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He focuses on trial and appellate litigation in both federal and state courts, and he has experience litigating cases involving media and entertainment, tech, employment disputes, and the First Amendment. He also has experience in crisis counseling and leading teams seeking or defending temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions.
Class Note Summer 2024
Michael Waldman was named a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP. He is a member of the banking practice and finance department, where he represents financial institutions in leveraged finance transactions that include acquisition financing, debt restructuring, cross-border transactions, asset-based financing, recurring revenue-based financing, and margin loan financing.
Class Note Summer 2024
Allyson Terpsma, a partner in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, office of Warner Norcross+Judd LLP, was chosen to serve a three-year term on the firm’s management committee. She provides skilled labor and employment counsel for employers in higher education and health care, among other industries, and has handled disputes over disciplinary actions, contract interpretation, and compensation through arbitration and litigation.
Class Note Summer 2024
Brianna Oller was elevated to partner at Latham & Watkins LLP in New York. She is a member of the banking practice and finance department, representing clients in acquisition financing, direct lending, cross-border matters, and other leveraged finance transactions.
Class Note Summer 2024
Michael Malenfant was elected counsel at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston. His practice focuses on assisting energy clients in a range of regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. He has advised clients in the midstream and power industries on issues related to certificate and rate proceedings, state and federal appellate proceedings, transactional matters, and jurisdictional and regulatory matters related to emerging energy technologies.
Class Note Summer 2024
Steven Beigelmacher was promoted to partner at Perkins Coie LLP, based in the firm’s Seattle office. He is a member of the patent prosecution and portfolio counseling practice, where he advises clients on patent analytics, provides strategic portfolio counseling, and supports inter partes reviews and litigation. He leads efforts involving patent due diligence, valuations for sales and acquisitions, and comparative analyses. He joined the firm in 2014 as an associate and was elevated to counsel in 2021.
Class Note Summer 2024
Christa Wittenberg, a litigation attorney at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC, was recently elected to the firm’s board of directors. She has been with the firm since 2014 as a member of its litigation practice group, where she assists businesses and individuals with pursuing and defending complex civil litigation issues. Wittenberg is the chairperson for the communications committee at the State Bar of Wisconsin and is a member of the boards of directors of LOTUS Legal Clinic, the Association for Women Lawyers, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association.
Class Note Summer 2024
Rabbi Dan Horwitz recently began his tenure as the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville, Tennessee, where he focuses on serving the needs of the local Jewish community through philanthropy. He has experience as a pulpit rabbi in a congregation of more than 900 people. Rabbi Horwitz is a member of OHALAH (the Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal) and the State Bar of Michigan. He also recently released his first book, Just Jewish: How to Engage Millennials and Build a Vibrant Jewish Future (Ben Yehuda Press, 2023).
Class Note Summer 2024
Gregory Lavigne joined Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in the firm’s energy, transportation, and infrastructure group, based in New York. Before joining the firm, he was a partner at Allen & Overy. He advises private capital providers and major sponsors in tax and private equity, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and structured finance transactions. He also has extensive experience in renewables, alternative energy, and energy transition markets.