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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

The Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder, a shareholder at Butzel in Detroit and a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, has been elected chair of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for a one-year term. He concentrates his practice in litigation, appeals, and mediation and facilitation. He serves as a neutral mediator/arbitrator with New Era ADR, a digital advanced dispute resolution platform. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Rob Portman retired from the US Senate in January after 30 years of public service, including 12 years in the US House and representing Ohio in the US Senate since 2011. He leaves the Senate with a reputation of working across the aisle to address policy issues. He has established the Portman Center for Policy Solutions at the University of Cincinnati—which will promote civility, bipartisanship, and finding common ground through programming, an annual symposium, internships, scholarships, and research opportunities on policy issues. He is donating his congressional papers to the center. He also joined the think tank the American Enterprise Institute as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the practice of public policy and recently was named to the board of directors of Proctor & Gamble.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Anita Fox has been named chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee, which ensures Michigan has a strong voice in determining health insurance policy on the national level. She is the director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

The Hon. Stephen Bushong was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in December by then-Gov. Kate Brown. He had served on the Multnomah County Circuit Court since 2008, including as presiding judge and chief civil judge. Previously, he litigated civil cases as an attorney at the Miller Nash law firm and as chief trial counsel and attorney-in-charge of the Special Litigation Unit at the Oregon Department of Justice.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Ron Lopez has retired after 40 years at Thelen LLP and then Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco as a commercial and intellectual property litigator. He tried cases all over the US, as well as internationally, including the largest patent case ever tried in the Thailand IP Court, which involved disk drive patents and resulted in a complete victory for his client. He is now general counsel and chief licensing officer for OneD Battery Science, a company based in Palo Alto, California, that is developing next-generation silicon anode technology for electric vehicle batteries. He and his wife, Angela Karikas, split their time between Bainbridge Island, Washington, and Piedmont, California.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

The Hon. Mark Boonstra published In Their Own Words: Today's God-less America…What Would Our Founding Fathers Think? (Liberty Hill Publishing, 2021–2022). The three-volume series details the words and religious lives of all 118 signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. He is a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

John Lister has been elected a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP in Chicago. A member of the banking practice and finance department, he advises financial institutions, alternative financing providers, corporate borrowers, and private equity funds on a range of leveraged finance transactions.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Daniel H. Golub has joined Volpe Koenig in Philadelphia as a shareholder. Experienced in intellectual property law, he most recently served as counsel at Rembrandt IP Management. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Joseph T. Neely was a 2022 Missouri Lawyers Media Up & Coming Awards honoree. The award recognizes early career legal professionals who demonstrate professional accomplishment, skill, and leadership beyond their years, and an extraordinary commitment to the community. He is a partner at Behr McCarter in St. Louis.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

David Slovensky is serving as senior vice president and general counsel for Georgia Power. He previously served as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief ethics and compliance officer for Southern Company Gas. Among other responsibilities since joining Southern Company Gas in 2004, he created and led the information and records management functions.