Issue: Summer 2024
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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.
Class Note Summer 2024
David Kowalski was elevated to counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP in San Diego. He is a member of the complex commercial litigation practice and litigation and trial department, in which he represents clients through trial in complex litigation matters in federal and state courts. He joined Latham & Watkins after graduation as an associate and had previously worked there as a summer associate.
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.
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
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.
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.
@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.
