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Class Note Winter 2025

Steven Bressler joined Democracy Forward as a senior legal adviser. Previously, he was deputy general counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he led all appellate, amicus, and defensive litigation work, including a successful defense of the agency’s funding statute in the US Supreme Court, and supervised responses to congressional oversight. Bressler previously served at the US Department of Justice in a variety of roles, including senior trial counsel in the Federal Programs Branch and chief of staff in the Office of Legal Policy. He also was detailed to President Obama’s White House Counsel’s Office.

Class Note Winter 2025

Ann-Marie Anderson joined Klinedinst PC as senior counsel. She has served as lead counsel in complex transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters and represented a wide range of publicly-traded, privately-held, and government entities across industries in her 30 years of practice. She speaks annually at the State Bar of Arizona Convention and other legal, technology, and academic organizations.

Class Note Winter 2025

Joel Hassman Samuels was named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Miami. He has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina for the last five years.

Class Note Winter 2025

Kristen (Brink) Rosati received the David J. Greenburg Founders Award, the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) highest distinction. Rosati is a partner at Coppersmith Brockelman in Phoenix and is the chair of the firm’s governance committee. She is a former AHLA president and has been a frequent speaker and author of many AHLA publications.

Class Note Winter 2025

Jennifer Scheller Neumann was appointed of counsel in the Washington, DC, office of Holland & Hart LLP. She joins the firm after two decades at the US Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, where she most recently served as chief of the Appellate Section. In that role, Neumann directed litigation and appeals on issues that involved every major environmental and natural resources statute and represented a broad range of federal agencies.

Class Note Winter 2025

George Vincent joined The Kroger Co. as secretary and general counsel. He previously served as managing partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP from 2007 to 2022. Vincent also has served as board chair for various civic and business organizations, including the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, The Christ Hospital, the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. 

Class Note Winter 2025

Myint Zan, LLM, published “Reminiscences about Michigan Law School Classes of 1981–82” in the Seoul Times. The article highlights how lessons from Zan’s time in Ann Arbor have remained salient throughout his legal career. He is a retired professor of law who taught at universities in Malaysia, Australia, the South Pacific, and the US.

Class Note Winter 2025

William Young was reappointed to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for a three-year term. Young is a retired attorney and has served as a Michigan employment relations commissioner since 2021. He previously was a shareholder at White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini PC and spent nearly 28 years with the firm, where he represented unions and teachers, among other clients. In retirement, Young volunteers with Ingham County Meals on Wheels, is a member of the Spring Lake Village Historical Commission, and serves as a fellow with the Michigan State Bar Foundation.

Class Note Winter 2025

Thomas Linn received the 2025 Pro Bono Service Award from the Legal Services Corporation in recognition of his commitment to expanding access to justice for underserved Michiganders. Linn serves as of counsel and chairman emeritus to Miller Canfield PLC, following nearly eight years as the chief executive officer and 20 years as a managing director. He was nominated for the award by Lakeshore Legal Aid, where he currently serves as chair of the board of directors. 

Class Note Winter 2025

Ross Petty recently published From Marking Products to Marketing Brands: A Legal Perspective on the History of Brand Marketing (Springer Nature, 2025). The book examines the historical evolution from marking or branding products for ownership purposes to branding products in order to promote the brand itself. He is the author of two other books on the law, advertising, and marketing. Petty is an emeritus professor of marketing law at Babson College, where he served on the faculty for 31 years.