Issue: Fall 2022
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Class Note Fall 2022
Tiffany Pollard has joined Davis+Gilbert as a partner in the firm’s corporate and transactions practice. Most recently, she was head of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions at Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS), where she helped lead Paramount Global’s acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Miramax and its joint venture with Tyler Perry to launch its first direct-to-consumer offering (BET+ streaming). Her practice will focus on representing public and private companies in M&A, joint ventures, minority investments, and general corporate matters.
Class Note Fall 2022
Andrew Tavi was promoted to senior vice president of legal, external affairs, and sustainability for Nissan Americas. In addition to serving in his current roles as chief legal officer and head of government affairs, as head of sustainability he will have overall responsibility for leading the strategy and implementation of the company’s goals to achieve zero fatalities and carbon neutral status in North and South America.
Class Note Fall 2022
Michael T. Cahill was appointed to serve on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. He is president and Joseph Crea Dean of Brooklyn Law School, where he also is a tenured professor of law.
Class Note Fall 2022
Brian Horne has been named partner in charge of the Los Angeles office of Knobbe Martens. He has been with the firm since graduating from law school and is a litigator who handles patent, trade secret, trademark, trade dress, and breach of contract cases.
Class Note Fall 2022
Elliot Regenstein published Education Restated: Getting Policy Right on Accountability, Teacher Pay, and School Choice (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), which offers a pragmatic approach to education improvement at the local and state level. He is a partner at Foresight Law+Policy in Chicago.
Class Note Fall 2022
George Higgins was named the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Cornell University Law School. Formerly a public defender and trial lawyer, he also is an avid dramatic improviser and taught a seminar titled Improv, Storytelling, and Trial Advocacy during the fall 2021 semester.
Class Note Fall 2022
Tillman “Tim” L. Lay joined Best Best & Krieger LLP in Washington, DC, as a partner in its telecommunications and municipal law practice groups. He has more than 35 years of experience handling complex telecommunications matters.
Class Note Fall 2022
Stephen Selbst was elected to the Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation in Connecticut. He is a partner at Herrick Feinstein LLP, where he co-chairs the firm’s restructuring and finance litigation practice.
Class Note Fall 2022
Myra Selby was honored by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession with the 2022 Margaret Brent Award, which recognizes women who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way for other women in the legal field. She is a partner at Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis.
Class Note Fall 2022
John Glowney published his debut full-length poetry collection, Visitation (Broadstone Books, 2022). His work has received recognition from organizations including the Poetry Society of America. He lives in Seattle.