Issue: Fall 2022
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Class Note Fall 2022
Gates S. Hurand was promoted to senior counsel to Commissioner Caroline D. Pham at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Previously, he served in the commission’s enforcement division as senior trial attorney.
Class Note Fall 2022
Guy-Uriel Charles, the Charles Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard, was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He teaches and writes about election law, race and law, constitutional law, and civil procedure.
Class Note Fall 2022
Monica Barrett received a 2022 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of College and University Attorneys in recognition of her “extraordinary service both to the association and to institutions of higher learning.” Barrett is the co-managing member of Bond, Schoeneck & King’s New York office, where she provides legal advice to educational institutions.
Class Note Fall 2022
Eric Acker, a patent litigation partner at Morrison & Foerster, was the lead trial lawyer in a case involving one of Japan’s leading research-based pharmaceutical companies, for which he recently helped secure a $775 million patent litigation settlement. He has been with the firm since 1999 and is based in San Diego.
Class Note Fall 2022
Brad Weber, a partner at the Dallas office of Locke Lord LLP and co-chair of its antitrust practice group, was elected to serve as the 2022 chair of the Dallas Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Dallas Bar Association.
Class Note Fall 2022
The Hon. Gilbert M. Román became the chief judge of the 22-member Colorado Court of Appeals in January and is the first Latino to hold the position. He has served on the state’s intermediate appellate court since 2005.
Class Note Fall 2022
Laura L. Romeo joined Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, as a senior attorney and co-leader of the firm’s environment, energy, and resources law practice group. She has extensive expertise in environmental and sustainability issues and previously served as assistant division counsel for the US Army Regional Environmental and Energy Office.
Class Note Fall 2022
Kent Matsumoto and his wife, Constance, will publish their debut novel, Of White Ashes, in early 2023. Inspired by the true stories of the authors’ family, the story follows two Japanese Americans during World War II as they endure internment camps and other hardships. After spending 36 years as legal counsel for several publicly held companies, Matsumoto was recently appointed director of Peoplesbank, an independent community bank that operates financial centers in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Class Note Fall 2022
Benedicte Bayi-Mathijsen took on a new role as senior director of privacy and compliance with Christian Dior Couture in New York. She previously held privacy counsel positions in the San Francisco area, including with Facebook, Twitter, and PayPal.
Class Note Fall 2022
Kurtis T. Wilder was named to the executive committee of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Formerly a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, Wilder is a shareholder at Butzel Long in Detroit.