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Class Note Summer 2025

David K. Porter was named the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Honolulu Field Office. He most recently served as the chief of staff for the deputy director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC. Porter has held numerous roles within the FBI, including at the field offices in Detroit and Pittsburgh, the Public Corruption and Civil Rights programs, the Cyber Division, and the Counterintelligence Division’s Foreign Influence Task Force. Before joining the FBI, Porter served as counsel for the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Class Note Summer 2025

John D. Myer was named a fellow at 5 Lakes Institute, where he will help entrepreneurs, researchers, and businesses in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions identify and overcome challenges to the commercialization of technology. Myer is a senior counsel at Husch Blackwell LLP, where he helps clients develop, fund, and deliver advanced science and engineering technologies. He previously served as general counsel and corporate secretary at the US Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Class Note Summer 2025

Kevin O’Gorman was appointed global co-chair of international arbitration at Norton Rose Fulbright. He is based in Houston and Washington, DC, and acts as counsel and arbitrator in international and domestic cases.

Class Note Summer 2025

Otto Beatty began serving on the Columbus [Ohio] City Council in January. He has worked extensively in economic development, small business support, and real estate investment, focusing on increasing access to affordable housing and expanding opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs. He served as president of Otto Beatty Companies and Otto Beatty Real Estate, is the owner and managing director of Intelligent Office of Columbus, and is a principal with OB3 Advisory and Management Ltd.

Class Note Summer 2025

The Hon. Michael Warren was reelected to a six-year term on the Oakland County [Michigan] Circuit Court. He presides on the business court and general criminal dockets and has served on the bench since 2002. In 2009, Warren co-founded the Patriot Week Foundation with his daughter, who was 10 years old at the time. The organization aims to deepen American understanding of history and the US Constitution through programming that culminates with Constitution Day each September 17. The Patriot Week Foundation has worked with state and federal legislatures and other groups to pass resolutions and encourage schools, municipalities, and other organizations to promote American constitutional values.

Class Note Summer 2025

Rocco Testani was named US general counsel at Eversheds Sutherland, where he is a partner in the firm’s litigation practice group and most recently served as the firm’s co-head of global litigation. Testani focuses his practice on class actions, commercial litigation, dispute management, and real estate disputes. Testani also has served as outside general counsel to two large public school districts and as a special assistant attorney general. Additionally, he works on civil justice reform in Georgia, was a leader in establishing the statewide business court, and chairs the amicus curiae committee of Georgians for Lawsuit Reform.

Class Note Summer 2025

Jeffrey L. Stec recently published Humanizing Public Conversation: Building Trust and Cooperation with Your Constituents. The book is designed to offer insights from 20 years of helping local governments engage the public in civil, productive conversation. Stec is the executive director of Citizens for Civic Renewal, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit that works to build collaborative community governance by engaging citizens in public policy deliberation, government and institutional partnerships, and neighborhood empowerment projects.

Class Note Summer 2025

Phyllis Marcus was named vice president of BBB National Programs, a nonprofit that oversees more than a dozen national industry self-regulation programs that provide third-party accountability and dispute resolution. She leads a team of attorneys and professionals in the programs national advertising division. Most recently, Marcus was a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Washington, DC, where she was a member of the antitrust and privacy groups. She also has served as chief of staff for advertising practices and as leader of the children’s privacy regulatory and enforcement program at the Federal Trade Commission.

Class Note Summer 2025

Daniel Brubaker was named chief operating officer of the Michigan Supreme Court. Brubaker served as chief commissioner of the court for 13 years, coordinating the flow of cases through the court from filing to disposition. Before that, he served for a decade as a commissioner, reviewing applications for leave to appeal and preparing summary reports for the justices.

Class Note Summer 2025

David Rugendorf was named pro bono committee co-chair at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in Los Angeles. He has served as an immigration and nationality attorney at the firm for more than 25 years, providing representation to employers, entrepreneurs, and individuals in administrative petitions to governmental agencies. Rugendorf serves a range of industries and counsels his international clients on travel and global mobility issues pertaining to admission to the United States.