Section: In Practice
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In Practice Winter 2024-2025
John Tepedino, ’04: Restitution for Victims of Madoff’s Fraud
When John Tepedino made a career transition into bankruptcy litigation, one of his clients had a connection to one of the largest financial frauds in history: Bernard Madoff’s investment firm.
In Practice Winter 2024-2025
Nina Ruvinsky, ’13: Historic Fraud in a Nascent Market
When fraud charges against Sam Bankman-Fried jolted the financial world in December 2022, it capped several frenetic weeks of work for Nina Ruvinsky, ’13. She and her colleagues at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in parallel with counterparts at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Securities Exchange Commission, had brought a complex, first-of-its-kind case, which involved more than $8 billion stolen from Bankman-Fried’s FTX cryptocurrency exchange.
In Practice Summer 2024
Faizah Malik, ’11: Fight for Housing Justice
Faizah Malik, ’11, managing attorney of housing justice at Public Counsel in Los Angeles, is working to address the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.
In Practice Summer 2024
Alan Alexander, ’11: Building a Lower-Carbon Energy Sector
Alan Alexander’s work on energy transition projects—including those focused on producing more-sustainable fuel for airplanes—involves collaborating with investors and clients in the energy sector to upgrade existing plants and invest in the research and development of renewable fuels and other low-carbon energy sources.
In Practice Fall 2023
Kristin Johnson ’03: Protecting Consumers by Policing Crypto Markets
As one of five members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a sister agency to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Kristin Johnson and her colleagues are charged with regulating US derivatives markets. As such, they oversee the creation and enforcement of rules to prevent fraud and manipulation in the markets they supervise—including crypto.
In Practice Spring/Summer 2023
Christopher Perras, ’11: Hate on Trial
Christopher Perras, ’11, specializes in prosecuting hate crimes as a special litigation counsel in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
In Practice Spring/Summer 2023
Nadia Shihata, ’03: The Women Who Finally Stopped R. Kelly
Nadia Shihata, ’03, had taken down drug dealers, an Albanian crime boss, and other nefarious characters. This time, she and a team of prosecutors were leveling charges against Robert “R.” Kelly, an R&B superstar.
In Practice Winter 2022
Scoring a Win for Student-Athletes
It was something of a full-circle moment for Linda Coberly, ’95, when she set out to coordinate amici filings in the landmark NCAA v. Alston case, in which student-athletes successfully sued the NCAA by arguing that the organization’s compensation practices violated antitrust laws.
In Practice Winter 2022
Law at the Bottom of the Earth
Ted Kill, ’07, covered a lot of ground between Michigan Law and his arrival in Antarctica, when he travelled to the continent as part of an interagency federal government inspection team. His journey to the bottom of the earth started with a clerkship at the International Court of Justice that he secured through Michigan Law, which served as a bridge to joining the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser.
In Practice Fall 2022
From Pizzagate to Private Practice: Navigating Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity
Demian Ahn, ’03, worked at the intersection of radicalized online spaces and violent behavior during his time as an assistant US attorney.