Issue: Fall 2022
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Class Note Fall 2022
Maren R. Norton was named office managing partner at the Seattle office of Stoel Rives LLP. She first joined the firm as a summer associate in 2003.
Class Note Fall 2022
Daniel Fazio joined DLA Piper as a partner in the firm’s employment practice in Chicago. Previously, he was with Winston & Strawn LLP for 12 years.
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
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
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
Kevin O’Gorman was named head of arbitration at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in Houston. He practices international and domestic arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator.
Class Note Fall 2022
Dina Bakst, co-founder of A Better Balance, was a 2021 recipient of the Heinz Award, which recognizes individuals who make lasting contributions to the arts, the economy, and the environment. Her organization conducts policy work and provides direct legal services and public education to advance worker protections on issues such as equal pay, paid family and medical leave, protections for pregnant and breastfeeding workers, and affordable quality child care and elder care.
Class Note Fall 2022
Brian Bernhardt joined Fox Rothschild LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina, as counsel in the firm’s tax controversy and litigation department. Previously, he was a partner at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.