Issue: Summer 2025
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Class Note Summer 2025
Alison LeVasseur, a partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird LLP, has been named to the 40 Under 40 class of 2024 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She focuses her practice on general corporate matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions for private equity firms, other privately held businesses, and public companies.
Class Note Summer 2025
Changsheng “Eric” Song has been named counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles. He is a member of the firm’s transactional tax practice and tax department, advising financial institutions, private equity funds, and public and private companies on domestic and cross-border transactional tax matters. Before joining Latham & Watkins, Song was the international tax manager at Amazon.com Inc., where he oversaw international tax planning for Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios.
Class Note Summer 2025
Robert R. Teel joined Foster Garvey PC as a principal in the firm’s commercial and intellectual property (IP) practice in Portland, Oregon. Teel’s practice focuses on technology companies, particularly those developing advanced software, electrical circuits, and optoelectronics. He advises clients through complex patent filings and on due diligence and IP-related matters in mergers, acquisitions, and technology transfers. Previously, Teel was a partner at Stoel Rives LLP.
Class Note Summer 2025
Ray Mangum joined Redgrave LLP in Washington, DC, as a partner and member of the firm’s management committee. He serves as counsel in large-scale litigation, government investigations, and regulatory reviews. Before joining Redgrave, Mangum was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
Class Note Summer 2025
Leah Mintz was promoted to partner at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, where she works in the firm’s trial practice group. She is an appellate lawyer and counselor with experience representing clients during strategic motion practice and throughout the post-trial and appellate process in federal and state courts. Mintz also routinely litigates original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction matters in the Commonwealth Court, including in challenges to decisions of various administrative agencies. She joined Duane Morris in 2017.
Class Note Summer 2025
Sean O’Neill was elected to partner at Cooley LLP. O’Neill is a member of the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital group and represents emerging growth companies at all stages, as well as venture capital firms and strategic investors that finance and acquire these companies. O’Neill’s practice also involves venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
Class Note Summer 2025
Nathan Schuur joined Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner in the firm’s private funds group. He previously was counsel to a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he provided legal and policy advice on rulemaking, enforcement, and litigation, with a focus on investment management issues. Schuur also served in the rulemaking office of the SEC’s division of investment management. At Proskauer Rose, his practice will focus on regulatory and compliance issues related to the Advisers Act and Investment Company Act.
Class Note Summer 2025
Joseph Kemp was named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 class in the games category. Kemp founded Games that Matter LLC. His debut game, DISBARRED: The Card Game, combines practical legal insights with gameplay. Kemp also is the founder and CEO of JMKemp & Co. LLC, a consultancy for graduate school applicants and startups.
Class Note Summer 2025
Reem S. Aburukba joined Bodman PLC as an associate in the firm’s litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice group. Before joining Bodman, Aburukba clerked for the Hon. Tracy Van den Bergh of the Washtenaw County Trial Court.