Issue: Fall 2022
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Class Note Fall 2022
Rick Bendix was named the 2021 Volunteer of the Year by Legal Aid Chicago for his work assisting pro se consumer debtors with bankruptcy cases. He is a partner at Advocate Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank.
Class Note Fall 2022
Nancy Schiffer was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the State Bar of Michigan Labor and Employment Law Section, which is presented to individuals who have made major contributions to the practice of labor and employment law. Schiffer spent several decades representing unions and most recently served a term on the National Labor Relations Board.
Class Note Fall 2022
Fred Krupp, leader of the Environmental Defense Fund for 37 years, was elected to serve a six-year term as an alumni fellow of Yale University’s board of trustees.
Class Note Fall 2022
The Hon. Hildy Bowbeer retired after eight years as a magistrate judge in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota. Before this position, she served as the assistant chief intellectual property counsel at 3M Co. In retirement, Bowbeer, along with her husband, Bill Klein, ’79, plans to travel internationally. She will remain involved in continuing legal and judicial education through the US Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program, as well as with the Sedona Conference and the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Class Note Fall 2022
Charles R. Lowery Jr., director of legislative policy and external affairs at New American Funding, was chosen as president-elect of the DC Bar for the 2022–2023 term. He will serve in that position for one year before becoming president in 2023. Read more.
Class Note Fall 2022
Jim Shaughnessy joined software company DocuSign as chief legal officer. He previously served in various corporate affairs roles, including an eight-year stint as general counsel at Workday, an enterprise management software company.
Class Note Fall 2022
Sinéad G. Redmond joined Bodman PLC as an associate in Ann Arbor, where she is part of the real estate practice group.
Class Note Fall 2022
Ian Sterlin joined the Boston office of McCarter & English as an associate in the intellectual property practice group.
Class Note Fall 2022
Mariah M. Silverste in joined Michigan’s Allegan County Government as an assistant public defender. Most recently, she was a member of the litigation practice group at Foster Swift.