Issue: Winter 2025
114 results
In Practice Winter 2025
Her Own Experience with Infertility Motivates Alexis Cirel, ’03, to Advocate for Better Surrogacy Laws
Alexis Cirel, ’03, a partner at Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP in New York City, spent years advocating for new surrogacy laws in New York and Michigan. Her dedication to the issue is rooted in her own experience with infertility in the early 2010s.
Class Note Winter 2025
Avi Kupfer was named a Law360 Rising Star for his environmental law practice at Mayer Brown LLP, where he is a partner. He focuses his practice on briefing appeals and dispositive motions in federal and state courts and developing legal strategy for proceedings before courts and administrative agencies. Kupfer is a former trial attorney at the US Department of Justice and former manager of the Office of Regional Counsel Land Law Branch of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Class Note Winter 2025
Ryan Samii was a guest on the American Arbitration Association’s The AAAi Podcast in conversation with Bridget Mary McCormack—the association’s president and CEO, former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice, and member of the Michigan Law faculty. Samii is the head of product innovation at Harvey; previously, he was head of legal vertical at Hebbia AI and worked in private practice at Paul Hastings LLP.
Class Note Winter 2025
Ava Morgenstern, an immigration attorney, joined Erickson Immigration Group PC in Arlington, Virginia, as an associate.
Class Note Winter 2025
Abigail Barkwell joined Bernstein Shur as a shareholder in the business law group. She previously was in-house counsel at the auction house Christie’s. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, art law, and employment disputes, and her clients range from businesses to cultural institutions.
Class Note Winter 2025
Danielle Maldonado joined the Chicago office of Ogletree Deakins as an associate. Her practice focuses on labor and employment law related to a number of federal and state laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She represents clients in state and federal courts as well as before other state and federal agencies.
Class Note Winter 2025
Michelle Sargent was named a Law360 Rising Star. She is a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she advises public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Sargent also provides counsel regarding general corporate matters, including reporting requirements, corporate governance issues, and other strategic considerations.
Class Note Winter 2025
Michael Goodyear joined New York Law School as an associate professor. He previously spent two years as an acting assistant professor and fellow at the New York University School of Law. Goodyear’s research and teaching focus on copyright and trademark law and law and technology. His latest scholarship has or will appear in the UC Davis Law Review, Arizona State Law Journal, and UC Law Journal. Goodyear has presented at conferences at Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Berkeley, and Emory University, and in London, Munich, and Hong Kong.
Class Note Winter 2025
Charles Berdahl joined Pierce Atwood LLP as an associate in the firm’s business practice group. Before joining the firm, Berdahl was a litigation and trial associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, DC, where he represented clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes with a focus on antitrust and securities litigation.
Class Note Winter 2025
Bailey Tulloch joined GableGotwals as a litigation associate in the firm’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, office. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and other business disputes in federal and state courts. Before joining the firm, Tulloch served as a law clerk to the Hon. David Alan Ezra of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.