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Class Note Summer 2025

Elizabeth A.N. Haas was appointed senior vice president and general counsel for the Milwaukee Brewers, a Major League Baseball team. Haas’s oversight includes the Brewers and their minor league affiliate, the Carolina Mudcats, as well as the club’s operations in Arizona and the Dominican Republic. Previously, she was a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP and national chair of the firm’s antitrust and competition practice group.

Class Note Summer 2025

The Hon. Kerene Moore was elected to a six-year term on Michigan’s 15th District Court. Most recently, Judge Moore was the director of the Conviction Integrity and Expungement Unit in the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office, where she helped people work to obtain clemencies, correct wrongful convictions, and expunge their records. She previously was a judicial attorney and referee on the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Michigan in Washtenaw County and has represented clients at the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the Michigan Advocacy Program.

Class Note Summer 2025

Dennis Daniels was appointed partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. He is a litigator and trial lawyer who defends clients in high-profile and high-exposure cases in Texas, California, and throughout the US. Before joining Bradley, Daniels practiced at Fee, Smith, & Sharp LLP.

Class Note Summer 2025

Sylvia Favretto was promoted from associate general counsel to general counsel of Mysten Labs. Previously, she was global lead regulatory counsel at Block Inc. and counsel at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where she represented banks, financial technology companies, and other financial institutions.

Class Note Summer 2025

Chad Ray joined Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC as a shareholder with the firm’s intellectual property team in Dallas. Ray is a patent litigation attorney and focuses on trademark and copyright matters in the energy, automotive, life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, technology, and telecommunications industries. Before joining Munsch Hardt, he was a partner at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal LLP.

Class Note Summer 2025

Phillip Zeeck was appointed assistant general counsel of the Big Ten Conference, where he manages contracts, policy development, legal analysis, intellectual property, and outside counsel coordination. He also serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Previously, Zeeck was of counsel at Polsinelli PC.

Class Note Summer 2025

Corwin J. Carr was elevated to partner in the employment group at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg (BFKN) LLP in Chicago. Carr is an adviser, litigator, and transactional attorney with a wide-ranging employment practice. Before joining BFKN, he was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP.

Class Note Summer 2025

Sam DeBaltzo was elevated to partner at Tonkon Torp LLP, where he focuses on real estate transactions. He represents clients on purchases and sales, leases, easements, and secured and unsecured financing. He also negotiates construction and architect agreements and frequently advises on real estate aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions.

Class Note Summer 2025

Serena Rabie was named partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, where she represents clients in complex business disputes involving banking and financial services, antitrust, commercial, and constitutional law. Rabie also has significant appellate experience and has successfully handled state, federal, and administrative appeals. She joined the firm in 2023.

Class Note Summer 2025

Rebecca Seguin-Skrabucha, a member of Bodman PLC’s workplace law practice group, recently became the group’s co-chair. She advises employers, including municipal governments and businesses of all sizes, on compliance with state and federal employment and labor laws.