Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Matt Preston published an article in the Belmont Law Review titled “The Tweet Test: Attributing Presidential Intent to Agency Action,” in which he discusses a solution for federal courts to invalidate federal agency regulations based on a president's public statements if they show unlawful animus. He is a senior law clerk at a federal district court in Saginaw, Michigan.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Allie Maldonado, ’00: Making History
When Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, ’00, first donned the robes of a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals at her January swearing in, she became the first tribal citizen to sit on the court.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Virginia Morrison, ’03: From Lawyer to Brewery Owner
Virginia Morrison, ’03, left her employment law practice to become CEO of Second Chance Beer Company, based in San Diego, which not only produces award-winning craft brews but also gives rescue dogs a second chance at life.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Kate Powers, ’20: Holding War Criminals to Account
Kate Powers, ’20, serves as the executive director of Global Accountability Network (GAN), an organization that works to bring justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Eric Cox and Rob Burnett, ’17: On the Ground Floor in FinTech
Eric Cox and Rob Burnett, ’17, first met in their Law School supersection, and the self-described best friends now work alongside one another at Netcapital, a tech firm in the nascent but beginning-to-boom financial technology sector.
In Memoriam Spring/Summer 2023
Sam Zell, ’66
Sam Zell, ’66, an entrepreneur and maverick in the business world, died May 18, 2023, at his home in Chicago. He was 81.
In Memoriam Spring/Summer 2023
Professor Emeritus Carl E. Schneider, ’79
Carl E. Schneider, ’79, the Chauncey Stillman Professor Emeritus of Law, died on May 6, 2023. He was 75.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Richard Leslie
Richard Leslie will be elected chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Senior Lawyers Division Council at the ABA annual meeting in August. He currently serves on the council as chair-elect and previously was vice chair. He has served in the ABA House of Delegates, currently on behalf of the Miami-Dade County Bar, for 20 years.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Walter Sutton was awarded the 2023 Cora T. Walker Award. The National Bar Association’s Commercial Law Section presents the award to those with a history of supporting the section and championing diversity. He also is a past president of the National Bar Association.