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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Azadeh Shahshahani delivered the opening keynote speech at the Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale Law School, which was the conference’s 30th anniversary. She is a legal and advocacy director at Project South, a nonprofit organization that focuses on developing activist strategies in response to social issues in the US and Global South. She is a president of the National Lawyers Guild. 

Class Note Summer 2024

John J. Tepedino has been promoted to partner at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf. He is based in the firm’s New York office and focuses his practice on bankruptcy litigation, including as part of the team representing the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. He has led dozens of adversary proceedings resulting in the recovery of millions of dollars for the victims of Madoff’s fraud. He also has handled a variety of matters in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcies. Before joining Windels Marx, he was an associate in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he focused on US and cross-border corporate investigations and securities litigation.