Issue: Summer 2026
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Class Note Summer 2026
Douglas Park published Starting Startups: Integrate People, Product, and Position for Success (Advantage Media, 2026). The book provides insight for startup founders related to team performance, market dynamics, and competitive strategy.
Class Note Summer 2026
Andrea P. Clark recently joined River Partners, a nonprofit restoring riverways and floodplains, as its senior director of strategy and risk management. Previously, Clark was a partner in the water practice group at Downey Brand LLP in Sacramento, California, where she served as general counsel to a variety of public agencies and advised clients on water rights, floodplain management, and public agency law.
Class Note Summer 2026
William “Bill” Quick opened a boutique practice, Outside Inside Counsel LLC, to serve family offices with growing portfolios. He has nearly 30 years of experience managing the corporate portfolios of family offices and business enterprises that have an array of corporate, finance, transactional, and related legal needs, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, asset and equity purchases and sales, security law and corporate transparency act compliance, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and operational exigencies.
Class Note Summer 2026
Azadeh N. Shahshahani served as a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School in fall 2025. The fellowship program brings outstanding public interest attorneys to Harvard Law School to counsel students about careers in public service.
Class Note Summer 2026
Ryan Danks, former director of civil enforcement for the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, has joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP as a partner in its antitrust and competition group. Based in the Washington, DC, office, he also works in the firm’s government and regulatory litigation practice.
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Jessica Jiwon Choe, ’24: Connected by the ZEC
Food has always been a source of joy for Jessica Jiwon Choe, ’24, especially traditional Korean dishes. The main character of her debut children’s book couldn’t agree more. Choe served as a student attorney in the Zell Entrepreneurship Clinic, where A Colorful Collection (ACC) was a client and earned its publisher status. Later, Choe became a client of ACC, ultimately sharing Yuna Choe and the Perfect Bowl of Rice with young readers.
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The Hon. J. Chris Larson, ’99: Boosting Inclusion
The Hon. J. Chris Larson, ’99, created an internship program for people with intellectual disabilities and established inclusivity guidelines for his courtroom.
Class Note Summer 2026
Donica T. Varner stepped down from her position as vice president and general counsel of Cornell University in February. She was the first Black person to serve as the university’s chief legal officer; she also mentored undergraduates in the Meinig Family National Scholars Program and was an executive sponsor of the Women of Color Colleague Network. Varner previously held leadership roles at Oberlin College, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.
Class Note Summer 2026
Gabriel J. Chin and three other University of Michigan alumni connected at a recent conference at UC Davis School of Law. Chin, the Edward L. Barrett Jr. Distinguished Professor at UC Davis School of Law, is pictured, left to right, with Christiana Ochoa, BA ’93, dean at Indiana University Maurer School of Law; Angela Onwuachi-Willig, ’97, dean at Boston University School of Law; and Meera E. Deo, ’00, the Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair at Southwestern Law School.
Class Note Summer 2026
David Plunkett, a shareholder with business law firm Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC, was included in the commercial dispute category of Legal 500’s Elite City Focus regional list for Detroit. Plunkett is a litigator and business lawyer who handles contract disputes, shareholder disputes, land use and zoning, employment law, and real estate matters. He also is an experienced probate litigator, including will and trust disputes.