Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Nathaniel West has been appointed senior oversight counsel in the US Department of Agriculture’s Office of General Counsel. He previously served in the US House of Representatives as counsel for the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Earlier in his career, he practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Katy McNeil was promoted to partner at Mayer Brown in Chicago, where she is a member of the renewable energy, banking and finance, and global projects practice groups. She has been with the firm since 2015.
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.
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
Kail Jethmalani was promoted to counsel in the antitrust practice group at Axinn. Based in the New York office, he has represented clients before the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and competition regulators in Europe and Asia. Additionally, the New York State Bar Association has recognized him for his pro bono contributions.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Joel Bryant has been promoted to partner at Miller Canfield. He is a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group and is based in the Ann Arbor office.
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
Elisabeth (Madden) Read completed five years of honorable service as an officer in the United States Air Force JAG Corps and has joined Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP in Seattle as an associate. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Ronald Hall was appointed to serve on the Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. He is the president and chief executive officer of Bridgewater Interiors LLC, an automotive interior manufacturing firm. He serves on several executive boards, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago–Detroit Branch and the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Reginald “Reggie” Turner is one of four recipients (along with the Hon. Roger Gregory, ’78) of the American Bar Association’s 2023 Spirit of Excellence Award. The award honors the struggle of racially and ethnically diverse lawyers and celebrates those who navigate their own way while paving the way and assisting those who follow. He also received the 18th Annual Dennis W. Archer Public Service Award from the Detroit Bar Association for exemplifying the ideal of the law as public service. He is the immediate past president of the American Bar Association.