Issue: Summer 2024
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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
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.
Class Note Summer 2024
Samuel Duncan was promoted to partner at Ropes & Gray LLP. He is a tax lawyer based in the firm's New York office. Duncan joined the firm in 2021 as counsel. Previously, he worked as counsel at the New York law practice Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Class Note Summer 2024
Brett Gelbord was named among the Top 200 Global Psychedelic Lawyers and Policy and Regulatory Experts of 2024. Gelbord is a member of the labor and employment group at Dykema Gossett PLLC in Detroit, where he is spearheading the firm’s work in the emerging psychedelics industry. He advises clients on the legal risks of doing business within the industry, as well as advocating for legislative and policy changes. Previously, he was a senior counsel at the firm.
In Practice Summer 2024
Faizah Malik, ’11: Fight for Housing Justice
Faizah Malik, ’11, managing attorney of housing justice at Public Counsel in Los Angeles, is working to address the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.
Class Note Summer 2024
Greg in den Berken recently became an assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was previously an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, DC, where he focused on appellate and complex commercial litigation.
@UMICHLAW Summer 2024
Human Trafficking Clinic Finds Multidisciplinary Solutions
The Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic had been representing victims of labor and sex trafficking for more than a decade when its director, Bridgette Carr, ’02, began to envision a broader mandate for the clinic—one that would help combat trafficking before people become clients.
Class Note Summer 2024
Brian Davis, ’14, and Katy McNeil, ’14: Persevering, Together
Anyone who met Brian Davis and Katy McNeil in 2021 would have assumed they led a charmed life. Both had graduated from Michigan Law in 2014 and were climbing their respective career ladders. But behind the scenes, Davis was beginning to experience unsettling health problems.
